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    Arrogant Ashigaru Moderator Ludens's Avatar
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    Default Re: Hey, QQ.

    Quote Originally Posted by Megas Methuselah View Post
    Why can't the so-called "Barbarians" build huge cities?
    Because they didn't do so historically? Huge cities require some sort of administrative system to work. "Barbarian" governments were often pretty rudimentary compared to the bureaucracies of Rome and the western Greeks. The latter, in turn, paled next to the vast systems of the eastern empires.
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    Default Re: Hey, QQ.

    Plague control is difficult in big cities, which might be one of the reasons...




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    Default Re: Hey, QQ.

    Quote Originally Posted by Ludens View Post
    Because they didn't do so historically? Huge cities require some sort of administrative system to work. "Barbarian" governments were often pretty rudimentary compared to the bureaucracies of Rome and the western Greeks. The latter, in turn, paled next to the vast systems of the eastern empires.
    That makes sense and all, but that new Boii preview with huge cities got me wondering, eh?

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