a decent grasp of the history of the people involved
The Odrysian state was the first Thracian kingdom that acquired power in the region, by the unification of many Thracian tribes under a single ruler, King Teres. Initially, the state included eastern Thrace and regions as far north as the mouths of the Danube. Later, its territory increased significantly and was contained in the following borders: the Black Sea to the east, Danube to the north, the region populated with the tribe Tribali to the north-west, and the basin of the river Strymon (Struma) to the south-west. This large territory was populated with a number of Thracian and Daco-Moesian tribes that united under the reign of a common ruler (king), and began to implement common internal and external policies. Those were favorable conditions for overcoming the tribal divisions which could lead gradually to the formation of a more stable ethnic community.
According to the Greek historians Herodotus and Thucydides, a royal dynasty emerged from among the Odrysian tribe in Thrace around the end of the sixth century BC, which came to dominate much of the area and peoples between the Danube and the Aegean for the next century. Later writers, royal coin issues, and inscriptions indicate the survival of this dynasty into the early first century AD, although its overt political influence declined progressively first under Macedonian, later Roman, encroachment. Despite their demise, the period of Odrysian rule was of decisive importance for the future character of south-eastern Europe, under the Roman Empire and beyond. Under the Odrysians Greek became the language of administrators; Greek customs and fashions contributed to the recasting of east Balkan society. The Odrysians created the first state entity which superseded the tribal system in the east Balkan peninsula. Their kings were usually known to the outside world as kings of Thrace, although their power did not extend by any means to all Thracian tribes. Even within the confines of their kingdom the nature of royal power remained fluid, its definition subject to the dictates of geography, social relationships, and circumstance.
Teres' son, Sitalces, proved to be a good military leader, forcing the tribes that defected the alliance to acknowledge his sovereignty. The rich state that spread from the Danube to the Aegean built roads to develop trade and built a powerful army. In 429 BC, Sitalces organized a massive campaign against the Macedonians, with a vast army from independent Thracian and Paionian tribes. According to Thucydides it included as many as 150,000 men, but was obliged to retire through failure of provisions, and the coming winter.[1]
In the 4th century BC, the kingdom split itself in three smaller kingdoms, of which one, with the capital at Seuthopolis survived the longest. During the Hellenistic era it was subject at various times to Alexander the Great, Lysimachus, Ptolemy II, and Philip V, and was at one time overrun by the Celts, but usually maintained its own kings. During the Roman era its rulers were clients of Rome until Thrace was annexed as a Roman province in 46 AD.
personal names (you need hundreds of these)
Teres
Sparadok
Seuthes
Amadok
Cotys
Cersobleptes
etc.
a list of ethnicities relating to the EB trait system,
Same as Getae, but with a little more Hellenic/Makedonian influece
names of regions, settlements and other locations,
City names can be found in several sources.
you need a working familiarity with the language that they spoke since EB does everything in native languages,
detailed descriptions of everything related to military matters including archaeological references,
a unit list derived from above,
a workable and realistic system of government buildings, tech trees and cultural buildings (with names in the applicable language),
unique landmarks, cultural information, religious information
and then you need to model, skin and code the units.
After that we can talk about reforms and scripted gameplay. Not to mention voicemods
Again quite similar to the Getai, but with more Hellenic influences.
This is only an example, based on Wikipedia, where I copied this from, because I only had 15 minutes to do that.
More valuable sources for this potential Faction would be Homer, Herodot and Thukydides.
This faction could, as does Baktria, start as kind of a Satrapy to Makedonia or as an independant faction, like the Getai. I had no time to check yet, what status would be historically accurate.
This people not only was the most powerful of all Thracian tribes, but also involved in several epic conflicts. In the 5th century BC they drove the Persian Empire out of Europe, when they invaded their lands to attack the Scythians, they fought the invading Celts under Brennus. They were Subject to Alexander the Great and friendly to Philipp V. and his son Perseus. Even when the Romans conquered large parts of Greece, they fought them, f.e. in the third Mithradic war.
They had a high level of state-organization and social structure (hellenic model), far beyond tribe-society.
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Bear in mind that 'it would be cool' is not enough reason: you have to have verifiable historical sources that cover all the details, such as;
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