Alpha 8 name ideas?

[tribalbeat]

Herodotus.

[Alpha of the Eagles]

Helvetii. The Germano-Celtic (people seem to disagree over this) tribe the Romans pwned, but went down in a heroic, last stand.

[Cassador_Chris]

Is there any particular feature/theme we should consider?

[Mythos_Ruler]

Herodotus is a good one.

[tribalbeat]

Is there any particular feature/theme we should consider?

Anything that has to do with the time frame of 500 BCE - 0 CE.

[AuroN2]

Mattering on what comes next i guess.

If The Iberians were comming in Alpha 8, i would choose "Hispania"

But that just me. Any support on my idea?

Editing out the Magical Double post in one post. Just saying.

Edited September 18, 2011 by AuroN2

[ribez]

it seems the next civilization that will be introduced is the persian, so my suggestions are:

1. Haxâmanishiya: old Persian for Achaemenid, known as the first Persian Empire, expanding to eventually rule over significant portions of the ancient world which at around 500 BCE stretched from the Indus Valley in the east, to Thrace and Macedon on the northeastern border of Greece . The Achaemenid Empire would eventually control Egypt, encompassing some 1,000,000 square miles (2,600,000 km2) unified by a complex network of roads and, ruled by monarchs, to become the greatest empire the world had yet seen. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire)
2. Hagmatana: old Persian name of Ecbatana, one of the most important cities of the persian empire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecbatana, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamadan)

[Jeru]

Alpha 8 should be a celebration of Ancient Persia. It would be such a pity to ruin that with the name of a Greek historian who hated them.

Some original Old Persian names whose English rendering may start with H are Haxāmaniš/Hakhamanish (Achamenes, founder of the Achaemenid dynasty) and Ḫšayāršā/Khshayarsha (Xerxes I).

But I'm thinking about Hystaspes, which is the Hellenized name of Darius the Great's dad.

[Android_]

Herodotus.

+1. With the addition of the Persians there cannot be a better one.

Edit:

Alpha 8 should be a celebration of Ancient Persia. It would be such a pity to ruin that with the name of a Greek historian who hated them.

Well obviously to us as Western historians the Greco-Persian wars is the first thing to come our minds when we talk about the Persians, and he is our main source for that, so... he is obviously the most significant name for us in that context.

Edited November 26, 2011 by Android GRRR

[oshron]

as awesome a name as Herodotus is, i put my vote forward for Hagmatana; there's simply too many greco-roman names already, we should focus on the other civs as much as we can, especially since alpha8 will (presumably) include the persians

ive made this suggestion before, but i think that, if we completely cycle through all the letters of the english alphabet for alpha names, then we should start again at A and work our way through it once more. we can save Herodotus for Alpha 34

[MishFTW]

Hadhayosh... relates to Persia. A hadhayosh is a monster from Persian mythology.

[gadox13]

Haxāmaniš , the legendary founder of the Achaemenid Dynasty, the greatest persian dynasty and one of the most important old empires.

[Android_]

Haxāmaniš , the legendary founder of the Achaemenid Dynasty, the greatest persian dynasty and one of the most important old empires.

Good one! My favourite suggestion so far (even over Herodotus) .

Edit: Found some good historic articles on him:

http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/achaemenid-dynasty

http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/achaemenes-greek

http://sitemaker.umich.edu/mladjov/files/persia_achaemenid_period.pdf

Edited December 7, 2011 by Android_

[tinoesroho]

Haxāmaniš +1

[oshron]

id like to retract my early vote and recast it for Haxamanis

[Mythos_Ruler]

Haxamanis is good enough for me.

[Ykkrosh]

I vote in favour of anything with non-ASCII characters ("ā" and "š" etc), because they're more fun

[JuliusColtranePille]

Haxāmaniš +1

Yes!

[Mythos_Ruler]

I love how in every Alpha naming discussion we reach this critical mass settling on one name.

[Spahbod]

From wiki's Hakhamanish Article:

Haxāmaniš:

Achaemenēs (English pronunciation: /əˈkɛməniːz/, from Ancient Greek: Ἀχαιμένης, Old Persian:

[Zeta1127]

I like Herodotus, seems to fit the theme that is already there.

[Thorfinn the Shallow Minded]

I agree with Zeta1127

[hhyloc]

How about Hagmatāna ? The name fits with the Persian theme too.

Hagmatāna is old Persian for the city of Ecbatana, which literally means "the place of gathering", believed to be the capital of the Median Empire taken by the Persian emperor Cyrus the Great during his revolt. Cyrus along with Harpagus led his armies against the Medes in many battles until it's capture in 549 BC from Astyages, effectively conquering the Median Empire. Under the rule of Darius the Great, the city was greatly expanded and served as the summer capital for the empire. This is also the place where Bessus, the (unofficial) last king of the Persian Empire was killed for his murder of Darius III.

Edit: I've noticed that ribez has suggested it earlier, oh well.

Edited December 10, 2011 by hhyloc

[zaphzaph]

"The Persian armies, as many contemporary armies (but not the Greeks), were organized according to a decimal system, by 10, 100 or 1000. An officer being responsible for every subdivision:

Number-name of the unity(unit) and title of the officer

10 000 - baivarabam-Baivarapatis 1 000-hazarabam - Hazarapatis 100--satabam Satapatis 10--dathabam Dathapatis"

Source : http://lemondeantique.forumactif.com/t490-l-armee-perse

So Hazarapatis could be a good name for Alpha 8.

[gadox13]

I like Herodotus, seems to fit the theme that is already there.

i don't know man, but i think that herodotus is very.... clasic.

Yeah, he is the father of the history and registered Greco-Persian Wars, but the main theme should be the persian civilization.

So Haxāmaniš sounds..... exotic, really exotic : )

PD: I hope than the alpha 8 will be our christmass gift