Nations Revealed #3

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Lot of typos in it, don't know why.

Besides the typos and grammar errors , it is really horribly written, too.

But hey, it's something.

 

[Rhion]

I hope that Paradox would use the names suitable for that era. IMHO, Ptolemaic Empire is better name for that nation than just Egypt.

I don't believe that'd be really necessary. The Ptolemaic Empire is in fact a reference to a dynasty and not a territory. So naming it the Ptolemaic Empire will only be correct as long as the Ptolemeans are in power, but since Rome will be largely character driven and will feature civil war, the ruling dynasty is definately subject to change.

 

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I don't believe that'd be really necessary. The Ptolemaic Empire is in fact a reference to a dynasty and not a territory. So naming it the Ptolemaic Empire will only be correct as long as the Ptolemeans are in power, but since Rome will be largely character driven and will feature civil war, the ruling dynasty is definately subject to change.

then they could call it aiegyptos or something... since the known world was dominated by hellenic/greek culture and language at that time

 

[Snall]

then they could call it aiegyptos or something... since the known world was dominated by hellenic/greek culture and language at that time

I'm good with Egypt.

 

[Andrelvis]

then they could call it aiegyptos or something... since the known world was dominated by hellenic/greek culture and language at that time

In English versions of the game though, English names are the best fitting. Same goes for the other language versions.

 

[Jolt]

True. Then again, I suppose it would be possible to have another dynasty take over... say, a branch of the Seleucids or the Antigonids.

But that's just a guess on my part, and that would apply equally to the Seleucid Empire, for instance. Then again, it would be kind of hard to come up with an "alternative name" on the same level as Egypt for that particular state.

Well, there was a name for the country the Seleucids ruled. Whilst Antigonids ruled as "Kings of Macedonia", Ptolomaics ruled as "Kings of Egypt", the Seleucids ruled something broadly called by all Greeks as "Asia", making them "Kings of Asia" or "Basileus Asiatikos" as Alexander once called himself when he sent a letter to Darius. Therefore, the most correct "Alternative name" as you describe it, for the Seleucid Empire would be Asia, though that would sound ankward for modern players.