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It's also possible that they speculated and gave them a similar helmet from other region.

You mean the bronze one ? I think it's likely a Coolus variant (There are no examples of bronze Port helmets); although Germans did sometimes remove the cheekguards on looted helmets. This is a Roman helmet modified by Batavians:

These are Lugians (Celticized eastern germanics, ancestors of the vandals). The iron ones are sometimes called Port helmet; they were more common in Gaul but there are finds of them in the east like the Simiechow helmet. The bronze one is a pretty generic; it seems to have a lip on the back so maybe it's a Coolus.

That typology of Celtic helmet shows up pretty late (After Galatian invasion), perhaps the Gauls copied hellenic helmets from Massalia, Carthage, maybe Rome as well.

Maybe we could use this mirror as a civ emblem ?

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015008158407&view=1up&seq=321 It is a elephant drawn chariot, the article calling it a tower was misinterpreting. Another passage on Porus elephants:

Veddic texts mention war elephants, i am not sure if they say anything about towers tho. It's possilbe that Curtius mentions Howdahs being used before that timeframe you mentioned Source on that statement is a Indian book from the 60s: Majumdar, R. C. (1960). The. Classical. Accounts.of. India. Calcutta: Firma K.L. Mukhopadhvay. p. 105.

I think Veddic text mention war elephants but i am not sure there is anything about towers.

According to Wikipedia they were loaned by Ptolemy II Philadelphus. I think at the time the Ptolemies had both Indian and African Elephants, so could have been either or a mix of both.

Jomon mercs could be featured indeeed, i think it might be better to use a separate mercenary camp; two handed swords (As posted by Genava above) first appear in the Kofun era and are not used by Jomon peoples. Alongside with priest and spearman, perhaps a Jomon Poison Archer or maybe even make the slinger a mercenary. Maybe a ''Korean'' (Baekje kingdom, who allied with Japan according to some sources) mercenary camp as well: Baekje pirate swordsman Unlocks mercenary medium ship (I'd say light ship does not need to be mercenary, the Yayoi had at least some naval capacity to be able to migrate from the mainland in large numbers). If cavalry needs to be included for balance, a tech at the Baekje camp unlocks light horse archer. Kumaso could be used too but we know very little about then, other than that they had some relation with bears due to their names (A few theories say they were Austronesians, or may have been a branch of the Jomon with the name coming from bear worship like the Ainu.)

I'd replace the citizen swordsman with a citizen axeman, maybe also have a slinger (Jomon used slings). Third hero could be Yamato Takeru Maybe replace Jinmu with king Suisho or emperor Keiko; Jinmu may be a bit out of the timeline since he is said to have been born at 660 b.c (Yayoi period is usually said to have begun at 300 b.c, but some argue for 800 b.c or even 1000.bc). I am not sure if Kofun should be the same civ, since Imperial Romans are a separate civ from Republic. For the fortress you would have to speculate a little, it could be a hill fort with a earthwork palisade: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_castle#Early_fortifications https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chashi

Yes, Islamic architecture is different from earlier Arabia; mostly due to Persian and Byzantine influence.

So something like medieval Swahili architecture but without the middle eastern influences ?

Perhaps there were other pigments in a shade closer to red or blue, considered less valuable due to being less bright and fading quicker. BTW not saying it is a accurate game, but i guess that's why RTW gave the Germans that weird pink color (When i first saw that i was like ''What, did they run out of colors ?).

Perhaps the author meant a dark red shade ? Latin colors names can be a bit confusing (Like the discussion on Augustus' hair color), it seems that the snails could also produce a variety red or blue hues not just purple. This is a depiction of a festival with men wearing the toga praetexta; described by ancient authors as having a purple stripe (Looks like red for modern eyes):

@Genava55 Is it possible for them to use torcs ? The original Latin version uses the term '' phalerae torquesque''. Tacitus also say Germanic women did not cover arms or breasts and wore purple. Not sure if that is true; perhaps he was basing his description on ceremonial costume ?

Goths could have the no- territory nomadic gameplay. Suebians could have weak buildings and ox carts like nomads but still have territory (Early germanics did not migrate as far, Tacitus says tribes where proud of how much empty land surrounded their settlements.) .

Yes, although they did form kingdoms later on from existing roman cities (Perhaps stone wall in phase IV like Sparta ?). On heroes maybe Alaric, Fritigern and Theodoric I, for Visigoths;while Ostrogoths get Ardaric, Odoacer, and Theodoric the Great. Ostrogoth wonder could be Theodoric's Mausoleum, for Visigoths i can't find much (Maybe Reccopolis Basilica ?).

Yes of course, Voodoo is not really tied to the Nok culture. Azanians (Early inhabitants of the Swahili coast, they cities are mentioned in the Periplus of the Erythrean Sea) could be another minor civ, i suggested to add Rhapta in the thread for the new south Africa map.

Military colony is a very hellenistic thing but it would be possible to have a similar building with different name. Maybe do like my above suggestion for Suebians, and have great hall UB where they can choose some regional mercs (Saxons, Franks, Vandals, Steppe raiders, romanized foederati etc.) perhaps train heros as well. One thing to settle is how the Ostrogoth/Visigoth divide is implemented (At the start like Hyrule Conquest ? two different techs for reaching the next phase ?). Looks great, the shingle roof on the old version was a bit vikingish and not very fitting for Suebians.

My point was not that the civ should be called Voodoo, just that a civ from that area would be hard to implement due to lack of material before the middle ages. The Nok culture is the most well known one, could be a mini civ in the future (Perhaps a African map with some neutral Nok settlements and mercenaries).

Voodoo originated in West Africa, an area who we know very little about in the time of 0 a.d. Alongside with Garamantes or Numidians, you could also have proto-Aksumites (Kingdom of D'mt).

@wowgetoffyourcellphone Interesting Spartan statues from the comic book Three: Dioscuri The ''Chained Ares'' Statue of Aphrodite holding a spear For Epirus other than Herakles; you could have a statue of Zeus since there was a large sanctuary dedicated to him at Dodona, or Achilles (Locally known as Aspetos, he was worshipped in Epirus and the royal line claimed to originate from him.).

Good article. On the topic of African Bush Elephants being ridden: Based on what i read i don't think there is much of a reason to use Bush Elephant for Ptolemies. Maybe for Kushites.

For heroes and maybe champions; it would be interesting to see heavy armor from later on the archaic period (Full panoply for heroes, champion has chance of having Mitra and/or Thigh guard): Link to detailed pictures of additonal armour pieces: https://br.pinterest.com/siresasa/ancient-greek-armour-only-historically-accurate/