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**Apázlinemjó** · 06-15-2010, 21:32

Originally Posted by Noble Wrath

Well, they are possibly not persian (it seems Persians favoured longer and more brightly coloured tunics), they are definitely not african, they don't have a celtic feel and though their gear is Sweboz-like they're too dark to be Germans. They could fit somewhere around the Black Sea. Maybe a regional unit like Doryphoroi Pontikoi or a unit in the getic roster?

Dugundiz Xathjiskā! :D

**Ibrahim** · 06-17-2010, 23:34

Originally Posted by Apázlinemjó

Dugundiz Xathjiskā! :D

Goths?

I dunno; I'm going on a limb that tha second word refers to a region, and that the coincidental sounding name really is for the goths.

**Hannibal Khan the Great** · 06-18-2010, 05:57

Originally Posted by Ibrahim

Goths?

I dunno; I'm going on a limb that tha second word refers to a region, and that the coincidental sounding name really is for the goths.

Xathjiska (is pronounced Hathiska?) = Chatti

**Tux** · 06-18-2010, 08:24

No.

**Apázlinemjó** · 06-18-2010, 11:10

Originally Posted by Tux

No.

Then it's a disguised Cohors Imperatoria!

**Phalanx300** · 06-18-2010, 13:56

ARe they even Germanic? Their faces would make me think so, with the open mouths screaming ;P. But their spears seem more Celtic design. And the cape and their colours are a bit meh. I believe the Germanic cloths which were found featured a long cape and more colourfull then shown here.

Perhaps Belgae. They do look a lot like Celto-Germanic spearmen from EBI.

**Tux** · 06-18-2010, 14:26

No no no. Gah!

**nazgool** · 06-18-2010, 14:31

Maybe Dugunthiz Hattisku or Druhtiz Habukisku ??

**machinor** · 06-18-2010, 15:02

Undercover Argyraspidai!

**Ca Putt** · 06-18-2010, 15:48

I'd say undercover Peltastai Makedonikoi or Arcani :P

their "footwear" does not look very germanic(or belgian) more like the things the Iberians wear in EB1. would work with their dark hair and the fact that they are unshaved(Xathoz would be shaved or at least not ashairy as them afterall they are certainly not Jugunthiz ;) ). ignoring the lack of the stereotype Iberian Shield painting I'd suppose they belong to a Celto-Iberian or at least Pyrenean faction(forgot their name right now but y'all know what I mean ;)

edit: would also fit with "my" theory that this occultus sig is a bull -> Spainiards like Bulls :D

btw the shield painting does look VERY unelaborate compared to may others. don't get me wrong I love how it looks as if it was self painted by the warriors.

Edit: I'm a silly Hellen, wrote Arcani with k XD

**Tux** · 06-18-2010, 16:58

Originally Posted by Ca Putt

I'd say undercover Peltastai Makedonikoi or Arcani :P

their "footwear" does not look very germanic(or belgian) more like the things the Iberians wear in EB1. would work with their dark hair and the fact that they are unshaved(Xathoz would be shaved or at least not ashairy as them afterall they are certainly not Jugunthiz ;) ). ignoring the lack of the stereotype Iberian Shield painting I'd suppose they belong to a Celto-Iberian or at least Pyrenean faction(forgot their name right now but y'all know what I mean ;)

edit: would also fit with "my" theory that this occultus sig is a bull -> Spainiards like Bulls :D

btw the shield painting does look VERY unelaborate compared to may others. don't get me wrong I love how it looks as if it was self painted by the warriors.

Edit: I'm a silly Hellen, wrote Arcani with k XD

To give one little tip, actualy the shoes are of germanic origin:

Just some simple leather shoes and under some socks if you can call them that.

https://h.imagehost.org/0488/3_18.jpg

**Ca Putt** · 06-18-2010, 17:39

awww damn :D

**Noble Wrath** · 06-18-2010, 18:13

Alright, next guess. they have some connection to Germania (their shoes - I can't believe you guys implemented that detail into the model, you obsessed nerds

) but they are too dark to be Germans. What if they represent a tribe in the Alpes? Weren't those people darker than their northern neighbours? Also their status as an elite unit is contradictory to their simple attire. Could this be because the mountaineers of the Alpine regions were rather poor? Are we looking upon the finest sons or Raetia?