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It seems that the donkeys were already in place during the Iron Age for the Iberians on the coast thanks to the Phenicians. I agree. For the trader, since it is lightweight, I would say the horse should be used. For the Celtic rotary mill, either we question the whole concept (because it has major historical flaws like other buildings) but it means that we should also consider an alternative or modify the balance. Or we keep the concept and we use cattle. Technically most of the rotary mills are hand driven but among the Gauls, cattle is generally used for hard work.

At my knowledge, the cattle are used to do the labor in the field. This a meal for the wealthy, not the farmers. The donkey is attested to the transport only during the Roman era in Gaul, probably because it is something inherited from the Romans: For the moment I see only a document saying the introduction of the Donkey and of the Mule by the Romans at end of the iron age. I will check that in one of my book with more archeological data. Edit: Nope. No donkey, neither any mule. I read an entire chapter about animal domestication over the territory of the Senones, these species are not mentioned.

In the case of their video about Celtic warrior, this is a high-level of never seen bulls**t. The material from this video is clearly based on the first Europa Barbarorum mod on RTW, which is very very very problematic for the barbarians factions.

La guerra en el Michoacán prehispánico en el Posclásico Tardío. Economía política, Estado y sociedad tarasca (2019) La presente investigación aborda el tema de la guerra practicada por las sociedades indígenas del antiguo Michoacán en la época prehispánica, durante el Posclásico Tardío (1200-1522), especialmente las guerras de conquista emprendidas por el linaje gobernante de los Uacúsecha. Con estas acciones bélicas, los tarascos lograron imponer su dominio político, explotar la fuerza de trabajo, extraer los excedentes de bienes materiales que se producían e imponer su ideología, sobre vastos territorios del occidente de Mesoamérica habitados por un gran multitud de pueblos de diverso origen étnico, lingüístico y cultural, constituyéndose como una de las entidades políticas de organización estatal más importantes al momento de la llegada de los europeos en el siglo XVI. La investigación inicia con la exposición de un marco teórico-metodológico que propone una imagen interpretativa del pasado cuyo eje articulador es el materialismo histórico, complementado por otras posiciones teóricas pertinentes. Las fuentes analizadas durante la investigación fueron documentos de valor etnohistórico ya publicadas, algunos documentos de archivo inéditos o poco conocidos, así como información producto de las investigaciones arqueológicas. Así mismo, fue necesario elaborar un nuevo análisis sobre el desarrollo histórico, la economía política y sociedad tarasca, que permitieran contemplar una imagen más completa sobre la guerra y todo lo que a ella concierne por parte de la sociedad indígena en el occidente mesoamericano. Los capítulos siguientes están dedicados al análisis de la sociedad tarasca, detallando el fenómeno de la guerra de forma multidisciplinar, enfocándose la atención en aspectos como la cosmovisión que justificaba la guerra, los tipos de guerra practicados, el ejército tarasco, la panoplia de los guerreros, la indumentaria e insignias, órdenes militares, rituales de guerra, las guerras tarasco-mexicas, la expansión a las cuatro partes del mundo y las defensas de las fronteras, las estrategias y tácticas de los campos de batalla del Michoacán antiguo, concluyendo con la participación de los guerreros michoacanos en la conquista de la Nueva España en la primera mitad del siglo XVI. https://www.academia.edu/38685887/La_guerra_en_el_Michoacán_prehispánico_en_el_Posclásico_Tardío._Economía_política_Estado_y_sociedad_tarasca_2019_?fbclid=IwAR1eZnS-cDv9IRY3AC-_kji1afzcwwWf3lBD4KghnoiUiVoAa4zLNJkFsl8

Another account [7.22] To the extraordinary valor of our soldiers, devices of every sort were opposed by the Gauls; since they are a nation of consummate ingenuity, and most skillful in imitating and making those things which are imparted by any one; for they turned aside the hooks with nooses, and when they had caught hold of them firmly, drew them on by means of engines, and undermined the mound the more skillfully on this account, because there are in their territories extensive iron mines, and consequently every description of mining operations is known and practiced by them. They had furnished, more over, the whole wall on every side with turrets, and had covered them with skins. Besides, in their frequent sallies by day and night, they attempted either to set fire to the mound, or attack our soldiers when engaged in the works; and, moreover, by splicing the upright timbers of their own towers, they equaled the height of ours, as fast as the mound had daily raised them, and countermined our mines, and impeded the working of them by stakes bent and sharpened at the ends, and boiling pitch and stones of very great weight, and prevented them from approaching the walls.

Seems good. Maybe Cassiuellaunos instead of Cassiuellaunus for the ancient hero of the Catafalque.

I was responding to the opinion from your link. It pisses me off to see people complaining while buying the game. I really disliked the direction took in the Total War series because of restrictive modding and lies from the developers about it. I choose to boycott the series since Empire, I never gave a cent to them since. From the previous HD you mean? Yeah I know they did something excessive with the language filter, they will probably change that.

If you don't like, you don't buy. Personally, I see AoE2 DE as an improvement.

Probably digging underneath yes. But still, it is impressive in regards of the murus gallicus and their solidity.

Actually even the Gauls did it.

I agree, it was probably a widespread method.

It will probably be extended for one month to each of your messages

In the first video, the soundtrack from 2m56s to 4m37s comes from the artist "The Ambient Composer" and is called "The Green Tavern".

In French: Playlist (although the titles are wrong): https://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x4xmn4 Légères perturbation en Centre-Gaule - le film Unsettled outlook for Central Gaul (French with English subtitles) https://vimeo.com/54526897

It is not necessarily a problem if this option can be turned off by the host. And if the option must be turned off in higher ranking game. There is a lot of players staying on single player game or playing online exclusively with friends without any competitive attitude. Actually it gives more time to focus on resources and buildings in early game, letting noobs the opportunity to masterize this aspect first. I don't see how learning scouting later will impact negatively your game. Scouting is easy, only time and click consuming. Yup. Ancestor is really nice the first hours and then you are bored to hell. I have no issue with dedicated base if it lets the opportunity to build the other buildings like you want. AoM was limiting but it wasn't an issue. Starcraft has also dedicated locations for the base but lets the player build as he wishes. I really hope they will make a Ancestor Legacy 2 with more features and more freedom in the building sets.

Interesting chapter giving a lot of informations:

Do not worry, it is not urgent. Focus on your studies.

Ok. Thx for your opinion and I agree. About the Britons, I really think there is a card to play with body painting and decorated shields to distinguish the ranks. I also think that their lack of armor (in comparison with the Gauls) could be compensated by an unique tech like the woad body painting exaggerating the medicinal properties of the pigment, giving them a slow health regeneration.

Among Gauls, there are evidences for linothorax or leather armors during the 5th, 4th and 3rd century BC. It seems to be quite common among elite because of the widespread representation of this kind of protection on different material from different regions. Possibly, it could have been an affordable protection for the cavalrymen because a scabbard with infantrymen and cavalrymen represented on it shows all the latter wearing those armors. They were higher class warriors so it could be plausible. Chain mail is becoming visible in burials around the 3rd century BC but it was quite rare and probably reserved to the elites. During the 1st century BC, production of chain mail seems to increase, probably because of a proto-industrialization with the factories starting to be specialized on different steps of the conception of weapons and adornments in general. But still, it would have been affordable to the higher members of the warrior class, maybe the cavalrymen in the 1st century BC were commonly using it. Helmets should have been a bit more common than the body protection, especially with simpler designs like the Coolus. Among Britons, a few chain mails have been found. Five at my knowledge, at Kirkburn, Lexden, Folly Lane, Baldock and Hayling Island. Like on the continent, it seems affordable for the elites. But there is no evidence for leather armor or linothorax. For the helmets, only a few have been found and some are related to Roman auxiliaries. However, highly decorated adornments, decorated shields and decorated scabbards were more common on the British Isles proportionally (although it could be due to a bias in the burial practice and a bias in the way archeology is performed in Britain in comparison with France and Germany). Edit: recent chapter Interesting reading Cavalry javelinists should be higher than average warriors. The concept of cavalry javelinists is often flawed by the unconscious comparison with the light infantry (ie generally poorer people) but actually light cavalry wasn't of the same status than the light infantry, even among classical civilizations. It is simply the use of body armor that is less useful for light cavalry (anyway the exposed part to missiles is the horse itself). I think it is not impossible that an elite Celtic cavalryman fighting with javelins could afford a body armor, furthermore because no evidences suggest clear defined tactical roles for Celtic cavalry. The possibility that Celtic cavarlymen were able to fulfill both light and heavy roles on the battlefield shouldn't be discarded. However, 0AD is a game with its own mechanics so it is ok to differentiate the two roles with two units.