Ultimate Aurelian

Some posts from earlier threads; could be useful for Suebian shields (Gives an idea what patterns they used). Wheel symbol (civ emblem?)

Missisipian warriors (some speculation): https://www.artstation.com/artwork/YBGGOY

The merchant could have an ox cart or horse (Donkeys were not common in Germania; donkeys were only introduced in Gaul after the Roman conquest). The slingers could have capes like the other units. They may even have used them to carry rocks like the (Germanic?) slingers in the column of Marcus Aurelius (Too much work to animate, but they could just have a cape as a nod to that.) This is how EB2 portrays them Some of the units seem to have Celtic Montefortino helmets which might be outdated for the timeframe (They fell out of use before the Gallic Wars.).

https://tidsskrift.dk/kuml/article/view/24902 It has been speculated that the statue was covered in clothing Tacitus' Germania has an interesting passage regarding the cult of Nerthus, which may hint at that as well (Or just a cloth covering the chariot?) Regarding antlers or animal heads on statues, i could not find anything about it. Antler seem more associated with celtic deities. In later germanic mythologies most of the gods are human in appearance (Although there are couple depictions of figures with horned headgear).

Perhaps something like this (1st Century BC statue from Possendorf.) It was apparently around 90 centimeters tall. Those were larger, but more crude in style: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braak_Bog_Figures

I guess this is following the ''battle sanctuary'' concept The statue might be too late, the equipment (Kite shield, conical helmet with mail aventail) appears to be from the early middle ages.

Could be mostly unpainted but with small player color designs. Or just painted in solid player color (With no patterns) I think most shields for citizen units could have the wooden spina instead of a metal boss. Elite would get metal bosses (The simple round one or the one who is just a metal reinforcement on the wooden spina) Champions would get metal bosses (Simple round one and pointy round one) and have metal rims on shields

This is indeed the modern perception of a catapult (A siege engine that launches stones). But in antiquity the term catapult was also used to describe bolt shooting engines. Personally i think stone thrower is a better term since it is more accurate; but still easy to understand.

Out of curiosity,is there a particular reason the color red was chosen for Xiongnu?

https://www.gov.mb.ca/sd/pubs/parks-protected-spaces/park_info/whiteshell_petro.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroform Could be a reference but their exact relationship with ancient Anishinabee (Or when they were built) is not clear. Some are tentatively dated to 500 AD based on nearby archeological finds.

I like the new forge personally, i feel it's more accurate without the big chimney. I'm not sure the wooden totems fit, as far as i know they were mainly used in the Northwest.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onager_(weapon) If this is true the Onager might be too late for the Principate Romans, (But would fit a possible late Roman civilization).

Possible references for Germanic statue: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braak_Bog_Figures

I think it would fit well for the Xiognu. From what i read the Scythians were not really shamanistic, they had a polytheistic religion with some similarities to other indo-european ones. This could be a reference for Enaree (Beardless man on the right)

Not sure why the back of the lower floor is made of stone then. I think it might be better to use the same texture all around, since I don't think they used stone for buildings in that period.