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Well, looks like a camel riding a dwarf, so a "camel rider" ^^

Now you're confusing the territory of modern nations with where ancient tribes used to live. Only because Celtic culture used to thrive in a geographic region that's now part of Germany, this doesn't turn Germans into Celts. Do some research on the Voelkerwanderung and you'll understand why the one is not identical to the other.

Feel free to sanction this bumping (by deleting my post), but it seems the appropriate place to recall that as displayed on the picture above, the whole syntagma should be granted a fairly high piercing armor, or more precisely some resistance to arrow damage, as the arrayed sarissa would ultimately act as solid net able to deflect some missiles. I'm not a specialist however to quantify the deflection, but it should surely be less protective than a tortuga. The distinction between general piercing damage and arrows is not a problem for the first ranks, because of the sheer length of the sarissa, no match to other spears. Or make the archer less efficient (on the opposite, skirmishers would hit normal piercing armor). I don't know how you can handle a flanking or rear attack by archers, though. This is in case you schedule to have raining arrows over a formation...

As far as I know, the only textual evidence of the Carthaginians using towered elephants is with Hannibal's elephant, "Sura" or "Syrian." The rest of Carthage's elephant corps went un-towered. There is plenty of evidence that the Ptolemaic war elephants used towers, so they will definitely have towers.

Also the Seleucids/Macedonians/Ptolemies used war elephants. INDIAN WAR ELEPHANTS OF ANTIOCHUS III AND AFRICAN WAR ELEPHANTS OF PTOLEMY IV IN THE BATTLE AT RAPHIA, 217 BC Ptolemaic Egypt and Seleucid Empire

Position: Sound designer Do you understand that Wildfire Games is a non-commercial project, work for 0 A.D. is volunteer, and work is done for free? Yes Do you agree to distribute all your work for Wildfire Games under Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license? Yes Name: Brandon Morris Email: Brandonmorris12@gmail.com MSN Messenger: Brandonmorris12@live.com Location: Dallas, TX Availability: I go to school and have a part time job so I am not looking for a lead part. But I am willing to assist an other lead sound guys to increase their work flow. Age: 24 Occupation: Freelance Audio Engineer/Sound Designer Skills and Experience: I have been working on open source games for sounds and music for 5+ years now. Some works I have done in the past have been Flare Rpg and Dretchstorm ( a updated version of tremulous). I also supply free sounds under the CC-by-3.0 licence for Opengameart.org. Motivation: My motivation comes from the thrill of building an atmosphere from scratch. From Bg to Foley, to out of this world hard fxs. It makes me feel good about myself. Personality: I am a back of the bus quiet kind that enjoys learning from what people do and get up to the front if no one else can do what they are trying to do. I let people take the wheel but if they die in the driver seat, I will take over quickly. Short Essay: I found out about Wildfire games about 2 years ago and I placed a forum post for a sound position. But at that time i was doing fulltime work and full time schooling. Now I have more times on my hands and I would like to get back into it. Interests and Hobbies: Enjoy working with other people that share a love for sound. Also love talking about music and I'm into competitive gaming. Especially on a strategy/game theory level. Community: Gamasutra, IdmForums, Opengameart,Gameboom Favorite Game: Favorite game of all time from a emotional point of view would prob be starcraft and Warcraft II Tides of darkness. Those games is what started this snowball of digital realm sound design. Work Examples: Here is a short Demo Reel.

Hui, Tremulous (I don't know Dretchstorm, have to check it out ^^) and Flare are really cool games! Welcome to the 0 A.D. community

Okay, thank you. I am rather a fast learner, when I set my mind to it, so I'll pick something and work on it.

Why not call the tech Ritual Sacrifice or something like that then?

I think some folks are putting too much stock into the religious motivations of pagans of this time. Sure, some believed that glorious death in battle guaranteed a better afterlife, but I don't think this was the main basis for great deeds and warlike-spirit. Most Roman soldiers during the 2nd Punic Wars were likely fighting because they were defending their city and homes from a foreign invader (Hannibal). Persian soldiers fought at Thermopylae because they were conscripted to. As far as I know, Ahura Mazda blessed truth and justice and things like that, not reckless battlefield heroics. Carthaginians in the 3rd Punic War fought to prevent their own enslavements and slaughter. Alexander fought for everlasting fame and glory, not to gain some kind of comfortable afterlife. The men beneath him fought for riches and plunder. The Teutones fought the Romans under Marius in order to secure a new homeland (and lost badly). I think it would be cool to have some kind of tech at the temple that boosts your units, but base it on religious rites or rituals. These were very important to superstitious soldiers and helped curry the favor of the gods for their cause, or so they believed. Alexander sacrificed with his army's priests every morning. Priests from many cultures ritually slaughtered goats, chickens, and cattle prior to battle (Greek: "Sphagia") for favorable omens. Ritual feasts accompanied religious and civic festivals, with burnt offerings "given to the gods." Spoils of war were dedicated to temples in honor of the gods and to gain their favor. Religious oracles were consulted by private citizens, governments, and kings for guidance.

What about the Gladiators? http://www.durolitum.co.uk/gladtypes.html

Kind of like the Roman persecutions of the Christians? Or the Seleucid persecutions of the Jews (Maccabean revolt anyone?)? Or the Aztec subjugation of the Mayans? Or the Hindu persecution of the Buddhists in the 7th century?