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There are some good ideas for maps and biomes here. Tibetan Plateau. Loess Plateau Sichuan Nanzhao Plateau. southern hills. Vietnam Plains. Steppes Manchuria plains

So many DLCs It's starting to look like a Capcom game with the DLCs.

Have you tried it with mods? Like Terra Magna or Delenda Est.

The palace of Herods had interesting details.

Fair point.

Fire Temples (Atashgahs), a sacred places of worship in ancient Persia, were constructed as early as Achaemenid Empire around 5th Century BC. Most renowned fire temple, Temple of Ahura Mazda, was built by Achaemenid king Darius I around 518 BC, in Pasargadae, present-day Iran. These temples were dedicated to the Zoroastrian deity Ahura Mazda, and they served as centers for Zoroastrian rituals and ceremonies, particularly the veneration of fire as a symbol of purity and divinity. Over time, tradition of fire temples spread throughout the Persian Empire and continued into subsequent dynasties, including Parthians and Sassanians. Sassanian Empire, in particular, saw the proliferation of fire temples across its vast territories, with notable examples in places like Nagsh-e Rostam and Takht-e Soleiman. Despite the decline of Zoroastrianism as the dominant religion in Persia following the Arab conquest in 7th Century AD, remnants of these ancient fire temples still stand today.

She doesn't look like a queen in that outfit.

I did not find this term in English as such. But I did find the mobilization thing Roman Republic The Roman Republic was able to mobilize at various times between 6% (81–83 BCE) to as much as 10% (210s BCE) of the total Roman population, in emergencies and for short periods of time.[2] This included poorly-trained militia. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobilization

The Romans in the era of the republic had along with their allies high birth rates giving them advantages in wars when it came to replenish large population masses, that is called replacement rate according to military experts. In the period of the collapse of the west empire those birth rates were low and the Roman armies at that time were already foreigners who were their enemies, i.e. the Germanic tribes. The collapse is inevitable throughout history, societies in all the great empires become weak men, due to the good life of the golden age, this happened with the Persians and then with the Arabs in Spain. The problem with narcissism and a fragile culture is that the leaders are part of that culture and are the reflection of the culture, they make bad decisions and are easy to manipulate. Let's not expect a decaying culture to have leaders like Caesar instead of Honorius.

That's the problem with asking players, they're going to always want the way the game was before, like when they got used to alpha 23. We have to force the advance sometimes, there are people who will like the nostalgia of AoE I and II with the elephants used as battering rams, but you have to leave those archaisms (I mean it's obsolete) aside sometimes( not always) I like the concept of the scythed chariots of AoE I for those of 0 AD, at least their role and that they stop being a copy paste of mounted archer, we have many units that do that role even within the same faction.

It would be nice if it was a hybrid so it has a dual purpose. But it should not be the best siege option. But in real life an elephant has the strength to destroy houses.

It's very good but "community-mod's changelog" is very long. The changelog window should be longer for better readability.

Sebasteion Mausoleum of Glanum.

I found this detail on the internet and I liked it. It's fantasy kind but still. It looks like a portal, it doesn't matter, it looks good and it could fit with some building like. It have a Bovine and a Mesopotamian Lion.

That design looks good but a section like that would have to be designed for the mods. "About the mod" maybe.

We can have 2 spearmen, one is this one and the other is the Limitanei trained in the fortress, with low cost and training time and high HP or dps. Hastatus will be Phalanx and Spearman like unit, trained from the barracks

The Dominate-era hastatus Тукеев П.Д. By the end of the third and beginning of the fourth centuries CE, the Roman military machine had undergone drastic changes. The basis of the combat formation of the army was now the heavy infantry, which Ammianus Marcellinus and Vegetius called hastati. The hastati were armed with shields and universal spears (hasta), suitable for both throwing and hand-to-hand combat. In addition to the spear, each Dominate-era hastatus could carry long sword (spatha). Hastati operated as tight phalanx of heavy spearmen, able to crush enemy ranks with frontal assault and hold the line under such assault from the enemy. This specialization became possible thanks to high quality and quantity of cavalry and skirmishes in Roman army of III and IV centuries. Traditional army discipline and regular training gave hastati a good fighting chance both against Germanic shield walls and Sassanid cavalry. It is believed that the Roman heavy infantry of the Dominate era was formed in six ranks (ordines). The first, second, third and sixth ranks were hastati. Moreover, the hastati of the first two and sixth ranks necessarily wore body armor, whether it was chainmail (lorica hamata) or scalemail (lorica squamata). The first rankers often wore greaves (ocrea) and right hand protection (manica). Plate armor (lorica segmentata) fell out of use by the second half of the III century CE. The third rank of hastati did not have body armor and, according to some versions, consisted of fresh recruits. The fourth and fifth ranks could be skirmishers (lanciarii) and archers (sagittarii). Equipment The equipment of the Dominate-era hastatus could consist of the following elements:: Fabric and leather items: Upper tunic-manicata (tunica manicata), made of wool Underwear tunic-manikata, made of linen Pannonian cap (pileus pannonicus) Leggings (bracae) Cloak (sagum or chlamys) Military boots (campagi militaris) Cingulum Focale Socks Windings Subarmalis Elements of protective equipment made of metal and wood: Helmet (cassis) Shield Lorica hamata or Lorica squamata Ocrea Hand protection (manica) Elements of offensive weapons: Hasta Spatha Other elements: Clasp (fibula) Bag

The Dominate-era lanciarius Тукеев П.Д. It is believed that the Roman heavy infantry formation of the Dominate era consisted of six ranks (ordines). The first, second, third, and sixth ranks were composed of hastati spearmen. The fourth and fifth ranks could consist of archers (sagittarii) and skirmishers (lanciarii). The latter will be discussed in this article. Even in the time of Pompey and Caesar the Roman army lacked light infantry capable of operating in loose formation as skirmishers, scouts, and pursuers. According to the available information, the auxiliary cohorts could not fully meet the need for light infantry, and some of the legionnaires, mostly young, fast and hardy, were allocated to the antesignani, a temporary light infantry unit. By the start of III century CE the need for light infantry had only increased, especially in the east, where Rome's opponents, the Parthians and later the Sassanid Persians, traditionally used a lot of missile infantry and cavalry. In addition, the heavy infantry of the Roman army was now mostly used defensively, which only increased the army's need for skirmishers. Therefore, since the end of the third century CE lanciarii, light infantry armed with several javelins (light or heavy) and shields, became the constant part of legions and auxiliary cohorts. For these fighters mobility and stamina meant much more than passive protection from armour, so lanciarii could go into battle not only without body armor, but even without helmets. In combat the lanciarii could, depending on the circumstances, either stand in the fourth rank of the heavy infantry formation and throw javelins from there, or act in a loose formation in front of a phalanx of hastati. The lanciarii also performed scouting and pursuing retreating enemies. According to Ammianus Marcellinus, the hastati were expressly forbidden to leave the formation for pursuit, a task assigned to the lanciarii and cavalry. The great importance of the lanciarii is also confirmed by the fact that there were many independent army units consisting entirely of lanciarii, some of which later received the status of Palatine, the elite ones. Equipment The equipment of the lanciarii of the Dominate era may include the following elements: Fabric and leather products: Upper sleeved tunic (tunica manicata), made of wool Underwear sleeved tunic (tunica manicata), made of wool Pannonian cap (pileus pannonicus) Leggings (bracae) Cloak (sagum or chlamys) Military boots (campagi militaris) Cingulum Focale Socks Windings Elements of protective equipment made of metal and wood: Helmet Shield Weapons: Spatha Light javelin (lancea) Heavy javelin (spiculum) Plumbatae Other elements: Clasp (fibula) Bag The lanciarius set may not contain all of the aforementioned items. The javelins might be of just one type, light or heavy, and the sword might not be present at all

Less income meant less military budget, and both the weapons and the training of the soldiers declined as Rome neared its end. Thanks to falling wages and worsening conditions of service the army became progressively barbarized, until it was indistinguishable from the invaders crossing the Rhine and Danube. At the same time segmented armor, piles and convex shields were abandoned in favor of weapons that were cheaper to manufacture and maintain, such as chain mail and flat shields, which eliminated Rome's technological advantage over its enemies. Without motivation to train, the formations of the past fell into oblivion, with the new legionaries fighting on a shield wall bristling with spears. These changes were accompanied by a new combat doctrine based on large phalanxes of spearmen, who hurled a hail of darts and javelins at the enemy before charging with barbaric shouts. While reserves were maintained, the abandonment of the rotation system prevented the front line from being relieved, so that second-rank units were now used to fill gaps. The aggressiveness of Sassanid Persia led to new wars in the East against horsemen, so that Rome had to significantly increase its cavalry with catafracts and mounted archers, who now had a greater weight in combat, acting as hammer on the anvil of the spearmen. The introduction of the stirrup in the 4th century by the Huns accelerated this medievalization of the battle, passing the decisive role of the infantry to the armored knights formed by nobles and bodyguards of great leaders. https://historia.nationalgeographic.com.es/a/ejercito-romano-combate_19648 From Spanish.

A weather god or goddess, also frequently known as a storm god or goddess, is a deity in mythology associated with weather phenomena such as thunder, snow, lightning, rain, wind, storms, tornadoes, and hurricanes. Should they only be in charge of one feature of a storm, they will be called after that attribute, such as a rain god or a lightning/thunder god. This singular attribute might then be emphasized more than the generic, all-encompassing term "storm god", though with thunder/lightning gods, the two terms seem interchangeable. They feature commonly in polytheistic religions, especially in Proto-Indo-European ones. Storm gods are most often conceived of as wielding thunder and/or lightning (some lightning gods' names actually mean "thunder",[1][2][3] but since one cannot have thunder without lightning, they presumably wielded both). The ancients didn't seem to differentiate between the two, which is presumably why both the words "lightning bolt" and "thunderbolt" exist despite being synonyms. Of the examples currently listed storm themed deities are more frequently depicted as male, but both male and female storm or other rain, wind, or weather deities are described. Canaanite edit Ba'al, Canaanite god of fertility, weather, and war. Hadad, the Canaanite and Carthaginian storm, fertility, & war god. Identified as Baʿal's true name at Ugarit. Early forms of the Jewish Yahweh worship Egyptian Horus, the Egyptian god of rainstorms, the weather, the sky and war. Associated with the sun, kingship, and retribution. Personified in the pharaoh. Set, the Egyptian chaos, evil, and storm god, lord of the desert. Perun, Slavic god of thunder and lightning and king of the gods. Thor, Norse god of thunder/lightning, oak trees, protection, strength, and hallowing. Also Thunor and Donar, the Anglo-Saxon and Continental Germanic versions, respectively, of him. All descend from Common Germanic *Thunraz, the reflex of the PIE thunder god for this language branch of the Indo-Europeans. Jupiter, the Roman weather and sky god and king of the gods. Zeus, Greek weather and sky god and king of the gods Indra, Hindu God of the Weather, Storms, Sky, Lightning, and Thunder. Also known as the King of gods https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_god