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but... are another temple as oracle in Didyma with the same shape as you make. The neighboring town of Daphne epitomized this ambiance. ust a short distance south a long theriver, terraced on a plateau of cool forests filled with gurgling falls and springs, Daphne provided wealthy Antiochenes with a summer retreat frorn the heat of Antioch (Lib. Ep. 419). The fresh breezes, the healing waters, and the sacred grove of Apollo and Daphne, verdant with the laurel from which Daphne rakes its name, attracted pleasure seekers then just as it does today. Many of the mosaics come from the concentration of elite residences in this suburb. http://www.ancient.eu/article/640/ About Daphne The End of the temple

Earlier myths include traditions that Pythia, or the Delphic oracle, already was the site of an important oracle in the pre-classical Greek world (as early as 1400 BCE) and, rededicated from about 800 BCE, when it served as the major site during classical times for the worship of the god Apollo. Apollo was said to have slain Python, a "drako" a serpent or a dragon who lived there and protected the navel of the Earth.[3] "Python" (derived from the verb πύθω (pythō),[4] "to rot") is claimed by some to be the original name of the site in recognition of Python which Apollo defeated.[5] The Homeric Hymn to Delphic Apollo recalled that the ancient name of this site had been Krisa.[6] Others relate that it was named Pytho and that Pythia, the priestess serving as the oracle, was chosen from their ranks by a group of priestesses who officiated at the temple.

Antioch, I found a great source in my own language. In the forest of Daphne the legend had held the judgment of Paris, where the goddesses called him: the son of King of Troy judge the beauty of the 3 goddesses. The winner was Artemis, but he cheated. Centuries later it would say the wedding between Cleopatra and Mark Antony took in this place, because he could not be a more pleasant frame. Seleucus I built a temple to Pythian Apollo in Daphne's forest/Gardens/Paradise. and in this temple a great and valuable statue of the god who carved Bryaxis was installed. Bryaxis was also responsible for sculpting one of the four faces of the Mausoleum or tomb of Mausolus, one of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World, and a huge statue of Serapis in Alexandria, which tumble in the film Agora. He also ordered plant a cypress forest, to complete the vegetation that was naturally there. http://www.sofiaoriginals.com/jl102mundohelenistico10.htm about the sculptor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryaxis

Source. http://www.honga.net/totalwar/rome2/building.php?l=en&v=rome2&f=rom_seleucid&b=rom_HELLENIC_temple_paradise_of_daphne_5 The groves and "gardens" of Daphne, near Antioch. became famous in later times as the scene of idolatrous practices intimately bound up with the grossest and most shameless sensualism. We have few details of the ancient Syrian rites; but there is reason to believe that, wherever Astarte, the Dea Syra, was worshipped, whether at Daphne, or at Hierapolis, or at Balbek, or at Aphek, or at Damascus, or in Palestine, one and the same character of cult prevailed. The nature-goddess was viewed as best worshipped by rites into which sensualism entered as an essential element. Profligacy that cannot be described polluted the consecrated precincts, which were rendered attractive by all that was beautiful and delightful, whether in art or nature-by groves, gardens, statues, fountains, shrines, temples, music, processions, shows - and which were in consequence frequented both day and night by a multitude of votaries. And burneth incense upon altars of brick; literally, upon the bricks. It is not clear that "altars" are intended. More probably the incense was burnt upon the tiled or bricked roofs of houses, where the Jews of Jeremiah's time "burned incense unto all the host of heaven" (Jeremiah 19:13; Jeremiah 32:29; Zephaniah 1:5). Brick altars are nowhere mentioned. The Assyrians and Babylonians made their altars of either stone or metal ('Ancient Monarchies,' vol. 2. pp. 36, 37; Herod., 1. 183). The Hebrews in early times had altars of earth (Exodus 20:24). The "altar of incense" in the tabernacle (Exodus 30:1-3) was of wood plated with gold; that of burnt offering, of wood plated with bronze (Exodus 27:1, 2). Solomon's altars were similar. Elijah on one occasion made an altar of twelve rough stones (1 Kings 18:31). The Assyrians used polished stone, as did the Greeks and Romans. http://biblehub.com/isaiah/65-3.htm ___ http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=church&book=hammer&story=antioch

An alternate name for Paradise of Daphne was the gardens of Daphne. even I found a wierd source but don't contradict anything is in Spanish. Probably the Spanish reference in the game Total War, to the same building. Built in Antioch, the \'Paradise of Daphne\' was a series of pleasure gardens and parks. In a dry, desert country, any garden would be a welcome place to relax. Never ones to be backward in publically condemning the vice and immorality of others, the Romans saw the place as a sink of depravity and debauchery. It was just the sort of place Romans would never be interested in, not even a little bit. Oddly, given the Roman attitude, Daphne was not a wanton or lewd figure in myth, rather the reverse. The story of Daphne and Apollo is not a particularly happy one. The god Apollo, who liked to think of himself as something of an archer, offended Eros, who then took two of his arrows and shot them at Apollo. The gold-tipped arrow caused almost-insatiable lust in whoever it struck, in this case Apollo. The lead-tipped arrow caused a horror of all acts of love or intimacy, and this struck Daphne. Apollo pursued Daphne to slake his appetites, while the poor nymph did her best to get away. As she wearied of the chase, Daphne appealed to the river gods for help. Her father transformed her into a laurel tree; Apollo, still desperately in lust, claimed the laurel as his special tree, so accounting for the use of laurel leaves in the worship of Apollo.

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@wackyseriousmaybe more complex, I will find more suitable,, the textures need be more damaged by the time and weather. like that Tv show the "Earth without humans"

about mods... in French

I love the idea to have ruins in the eyecandy, can be nice Ancient abandoned temples surrounded by plants.

Here is the first time I meet the idea. In this game of course.

We have a developer zone, so I love investigate so much, so I enter in the page where are top features. http://trac.wildfiregames.com/wiki/GameplayFeatureStatus You can find a similar topic pinned here.

@Player1 you commentary have very great reason , this proves why I'm not like this kind of scenario, isn't for personal reasons, because isn't realistic, I can't handle. Can an be nice keep by arcade mode or TBS campain but not by default gameplay. is my opinion.

Turn based is the awaited.

Can be really nice Lordgood. http://ageofempires.wikia.com/wiki/Mantlet

Lordgood and if you added the gardens as separate buildings, you know as special building or eyecandy.

The art developemnt/ team don't work like programmer one. this topic is like the task or equivalent to the ticket. And there are a lot of place holder art, many civs even are finish because that.

Ok... Mayans are from a long time frame, so the unique Mayan period to fit with the game is pre classic... But still a long time... the Mayans is one of my favorite culture after all Mediterranian ones. but is hard to fit to the game, because the technology evolving in precolumbian civs. So they looks more primitive in some ways, but have weapons made by volcanic material ( obsidian) that can handle European Iron. And create several damage, and have knowledge of jungle/deep forest warfare. The Aztecs are more Medieval equivalent, so they even exist in Roman times. And have similarities with Mayans in warfare. The problem is lacking of cavalry units... But they have a bunch of ranged very specializated. unlike the Aztecs and Incas they never was unifiqued, so they are similar to Greek city states. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_warfare the Incans are very newest culture compared with Mesoamerican, they are from 1400 AD. But Incans have an ancestors, but they are other culture, not Incans properly, because Inka means "Lord", so they are a cultured based in Incan dynasty...

About this great garden-park. Antioch was even more renowned for lovely gardens than Alexandria. The town had a wonderful site. The main street was a long continuous portico, with houses on one side, and on the other side gardens that extended right to the foot of the mountain : they contained all manner of summer-houses, baths and fountains, which, however, did not appear on the hill, “so as not to destroy the impression of regularity.” A second street reaches to the Orontes. In front of the West Gate the road passes through a wonderful suburb called Heraclea; farther on one gets to the famous park called Daphne after 7.5 kilometres of vines and roses on the south of Antioch. From this park the whole great estate took the extra name of Epidaphne. This too was originally a sacred grove which enclosed the Τερτνος the asylum with the temple of Apollo and Artemis. The great shady park had a circumference of eighty stadia. The springs here were more abundant than the earth had ever beheld, and the wonderful cypresses, three hundred in number, were, according to tradition, planted by the Seleucids. Later generations could not say enough of the beauty of the baths, the portico, the places of amusement. The crowds found excellent hostels where vines grew even in the rooms, while in the gardens were wafted to them the aromatic odours of the flower-beds. Daphne is praised as the fairest spot on earth. http://www.gardenvisit.com/history_theory/library_online_ebooks/ml_gothein_history_garden_art_design/greek_contact_eastern_gardens the Paradise will representation the mix of eastern culture with Hellenism.

Eerdman’s Bible Dictionary has this info re: Antioch: https://bleon1.wordpress.com/tag/antioch/

I'm not sure if you want recreate a garden around... Like Paradise of Daphne. here a put this history about Apollo and Daphne. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_and_Daphne