posted 28 May 2009 13:17 EDT (US)
Egypt
After the death of Alexander the Great the empire he had
created tottered and fell into disarray with remarkable speed. His empire was the largest ever seen, and the generals struggled against each other for the ultimate prize that none of them was quite strong enough to gain. The Diadochi, or Successors, were only strong enough to hold together fragments of Alexander’s empire.
Egypt was one part of that empire and by anyone’s standards it is an ancient land. It is now ruled by Greek Pharaohs, the descendants of Ptolemy I, one of Alexander’s able generals. The Ptolemaic dynasty adjusted rapidly to Egyptian ways and adopted the many of the royal ways of the Pharaohs - including divine status and marriage between the Pharaoh and his sister in each generation. All the succeeding Pharaohs have been called Ptolemy, and their sisters (more often than not) Cleopatra in the Egyptian fashion.
However, this is not the Egypt that Alexander and Ptolemy Soter have created. The lands of the Nile have been devastated by wars against it's neighbours and by civil wars between the claimants to the throne, and the Ptolemaic Royal House, that once ruled in Cyrenaica, Syria and Anatolia, now counts only with Cyprus amongst it's foreign posessions, and the current King is only so because Sulla made him so.
Rome is always a threat, but there are closer threats. Parthia, Pontus and Armenia all look with envy to Egypt and would do whatever it takes to get their hands on its lands. If Egypt can defeat it's enemies and take back the lands that were once theirs, then the Ptolemaic House can rule again a great empire and make Alexandria the Capital of the World.
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Egypt Unit roster
Barracks
Level 1 - Levy Spearmen
Level 2 - Machimoi (thank you, Andalus, for the armour for these
Level 3 - Hellenic Infantry
Level 4 - Ptolemaic Legionaries
Level 5 - Basilikon Agema
Stables
Level 1 -
Level 2 - Machimoi Cavalry
Level 3 - Agema Cavalry
Level 4 - Elephants
Level 5 - Companions
Archery Range
Level 1 - Skirmishers
Level 2 - Archers
Level 3 -
Level 4 - Onagers
Level 5 - Heavy Onagers
Ports (depending on the region)
Cretan Archers*
Galatian Mercenaries*
* - Cretan Archers will be available to recruit on Alexandria and Cyprus' port, Galatian Mercenaries only in Cyprus.
O xelin angellein Lakedaimoniois hoti tede
Keimetha tois keinon rhemasi peithomenoi.
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After the death of Alexander the Great the empire he had
created tottered and fell into disarray with remarkable speed. His empire was the largest ever seen, and the generals struggled against each other for the ultimate prize that none of them was quite strong enough to gain. The Diadochi, or Successors, were only strong enough to hold together fragments of Alexander’s empire.
Egypt was one part of that empire and by anyone’s standards it is an ancient land. It is now ruled by Greek Pharaohs, the descendants of Ptolemy I, one of Alexander’s able generals. The Ptolemaic dynasty adjusted rapidly to Egyptian ways and adopted the many of the royal ways of the Pharaohs - including divine status and marriage between the Pharaoh and his sister in each generation. All the succeeding Pharaohs have been called Ptolemy, and their sisters (more often than not) Cleopatra in the Egyptian fashion.
However, this is not the Egypt that Alexander and Ptolemy Soter have created. The lands of the Nile have been devastated by wars against it's neighbours and by civil wars between the claimants to the throne, and the Ptolemaic Royal House, that once ruled in Cyrenaica, Syria and Anatolia, now counts only with Cyprus amongst it's foreign posessions, and the current King is only so because Sulla made him so.
Rome is always a threat, but there are closer threats. Parthia, Pontus and Armenia all look with envy to Egypt and would do whatever it takes to get their hands on its lands. If Egypt can defeat it's enemies and take back the lands that were once theirs, then the Ptolemaic House can rule again a great empire and make Alexandria the Capital of the World.
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Egypt Unit roster
Barracks
Level 1 - Levy Spearmen
Level 2 - Machimoi (thank you, Andalus, for the armour for these
Level 3 - Hellenic Infantry
Level 4 - Ptolemaic Legionaries
Level 5 - Basilikon Agema
Stables
Level 1 -
Level 2 - Machimoi Cavalry
Level 3 - Agema Cavalry
Level 4 - Elephants
Level 5 - Companions
Archery Range
Level 1 - Skirmishers
Level 2 - Archers
Level 3 -
Level 4 - Onagers
Level 5 - Heavy Onagers
Ports (depending on the region)
Cretan Archers*
Galatian Mercenaries*
* - Cretan Archers will be available to recruit on Alexandria and Cyprus' port, Galatian Mercenaries only in Cyprus.
O xelin angellein Lakedaimoniois hoti tede
Keimetha tois keinon rhemasi peithomenoi.
[This message has been edited by neo_deus (edited 03-17-2010 @ 11:50 PM).]
