The Greeks could've ruled the world.. ..Alexander did!

>>3334016
They conquered a good chunk
Ruling is where they fucked up

>>3334016
>Greeks
>Rulling
we can't really do it

>>3334034
>>3334031
Forgive me ignorance, but why did Alexander not select a successor before he died?

Gods... I hate Gauls.

>>3334082
He did.
>the strongest

>>3334082
He meme'd his answer, forever establishing that Northerners will become comedians.

>>3334082
Too busy getting totally shitfaced.

>>3334166
Seriously?
How could he think that would be a good idea?

>>3334209
he didn't, he just thought he was being le badass

Alexander was a hellene. Possibly a half-breed given his molossian or otherwise exotic mother.

>>3334209
Well he either said "Krateros" or "The strongest", which sound the same in the Ancient Greek so it was up in the air. Not to mention he was delirious from fever (or poison).

>>3334214
Molossians were a Greek tribe. Epirus is where Greeks lived before they moved to the rest of the Greek area.

File: 1491942656104.jpg (30KB, 220x220px) Image search: [Google]

30KB, 220x220px

>>3334375
>Molossians
>Greeks

>Epirus.
>Greeks

Those sheep fucking northerner barbaroi? Nice joke, hoi polloi.

>>3334399
Greeks called each other barbarians.

>>3334399
Epirus was definitely a part of the Greek world. Macedonian nobility was considered Hellene in status, but the population of Macedonia were definitely barbarians.

>"Why would Baal send such a vision?!"

>>3334399
>>3334413

Lmao. Molossians are Hellenes. I've heard it all. Maybe they were vaguely Hellenised in the 3rd century, if that.

They're in the hinterlands east of Kerkyra. Shit tier savages; that's coming from the 5th century Hellenes, not me. They probably still ate human flesh. Definitely illiterate.

File: muh proto greek.png (238KB, 460x380px) Image search: [Google]

238KB, 460x380px

>>3334441
eat shit nigger

>>3334417
>"I think the children will be quiet tonight"

>>3334031
Not really, they ruled it pretty well. They just didn't rule together.
>>3334082
He died suddenly
>>3334209
Most likely a Myth. It's far likelier that he died quickly or failed to become lucid enough to name a successor while he languished.
He most likely assumed his son would rule after a period of regency.

File: GW1000H643.jpg (166KB, 1000x643px) Image search: [Google]

166KB, 1000x643px

>corinthian helmet
i dont fuck with that shit nigga

>>3334470
Great job highlighting a barbaric backwater. Next you can tell us about the learned Thracians.

THE BRUTII ARE THE ONLY TRUE ROMANS

WE SAVED ROME

>Thread on Rome Total War turned into arguing over Alexander's heritage
I'm not even mad.

>>3334016
>The Greeks could've ruled the world..
Too bad you guys were right next to Rome

>>3334564
THE JULII PROSTITUTE THEMSELVES

AS IF 'THE PEOPLE' MATTER...

BAH!

>>3334613
WoW Rood

File: carthage2.jpg (176KB, 1050x596px) Image search: [Google]

176KB, 1050x596px

Last night, the crying of the children kept me awake...

Carthage, gone!

>>3334613
THEY TAKE OUR SONS AND TURNED THEM INTO LITTLE ROMANS
HAH!

File: BeniCamel.jpg (54KB, 400x429px) Image search: [Google]

54KB, 400x429px

>>3334627
As a kid I always thought that Beni from The Mummy was the Carthaginian voice actor

https://youtube.com/watch?v=1XQU8k8XVAA

>>3334405
QVISQUE EST BARBARVS ALIO

>>3334627
>tfw you couldnt save her

>>3334082
Died at 33 and spent most of his later years shitfaced. He was still planning new campaigns before he fell ill.

>can never get RS2 to work on steam
>windows 10 refuses to play non-steam RTW
I miss Roma Surrectum.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqHyWoMrbwQ

>>3334470
>3rd millenium
What is the migration period
What is the bronze age collapse
What is the Doric invasion

The Epeirotes were considered hellenized illyrians by the Greeks of the 5th century onward. Learn yourself a little history.

>>3334650
>QUE
see me after class

>YES, STRATEGOS!

No more move, Sir!

MY FAMILY, THE HOUSE OF SCIPIO, ARE BELOVED OF THE GODS

>>3334399
Greeks also considered Alexander to be barbarian, but later on they had no trouble of what tumblrettes call cultural appropriation.
>Macedonia being irrelevant shithole
>Fucking barbarians you are not greek
>Macedonia conquers persia
>Oh you are greek through and through

>>3334016

Alexander was from Macedonia OP.

Greece is a debt infested shithole.

>>3334209
>>3334016

Just my humble opinion but of all great men and women, Alexander is the least great. When he came to power he was in charge of the most military advanced nation around. He didn't invent the Companions or the Macedon Phalanx, he didn't conquer Greece...

All he did was get that army to move eastwards, and because the Persians underestimated his army, they quickly fell to his sword.

He was decent on the field, and the way he handled logistics was neat, however, let's not get ahead of ourselves and call him "the Great."

It was his army that truly got him where he was.

>>3335211

Alexander the tyrant.

File: hqdefault.jpg (12KB, 480x360px) Image search: [Google]

12KB, 480x360px

NO PEACE WITH ROMANS! MEN OF STONE, AND IRON AND LIES!

https://youtube.com/watch?v=irXQid4peS0

File: nervouspep.jpg (7KB, 231x218px) Image search: [Google]

7KB, 231x218px

>>3334512
>be me 15yo
>wonder what he meant by this
>mfw years later realizing he sacrificed them to Baal

>>3334082
Because he died in his 30s

File: image.jpg (87KB, 500x667px) Image search: [Google]

87KB, 500x667px

>>3335229

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d3biTBKtFs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDMdmlUgMNU

>>3335313
THE DAY IS OURRRRRRRRRRRRRRSSSS

>>3335283

I'm confused. What do the Turks have to do with anything?

>>3334082
he did though

>>3335089
Nope. Greek tribes. Stop being a conceited bitch.

>>3335214
Even if Greece was razed to the ground it would be better than Macedonia, isn't Greece your number 1 investor too?
Imagine being so shit that fucking Greece is your economy's lord.

File: 1396258418892.png (37KB, 111x142px) Image search: [Google]

37KB, 111x142px

>>3335245
>0:34

THE ENEMY ARE BADLY BLOODIED. THEY HAVE LOST HALF THEIR MEN!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY81yYFzgiU

>>3336036
THIS IS A CLEAR VICTORY, THAT ONLY GOES TO MEN OF GREAT VIRTUE AND VALOUR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67bZGL3hMnI

>>3335216
Hi John Green. Your books suck.

>COMPANION CAVALRY
>FOR MACEDON
>CHILIARCHOS
>ADVANCE

Everyone hated Rome 2 but it was comfy and fun as heck.

>>3334375
haha Molossians and the people of Epirus were Illyiran..

GIVE ME BACK MY LEGIONS

ORDERS?
FORWARD!
MOOOOOOOOOVE
FORWARD!
MOOOOOOOOOVE

>>3336498
ENOUGH
SAGUNTUM HAS FALLEN AND OUR WESTERN ALLIES HAS FAILED US

WARRRCRYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!

>>3336430

nowadays with all the patches and mods it's good

>>3336599
apart from era, theres no reason to play R2 over attila. Soon as the early antiquity mod for Attila comes out it will be completely obsolete.

Gotta love the logistics system in DEI though it should become a standard feature.

>>3336625

ancient empires is never going out

>>3336629
what makes you say that? I heard they made a lot of progress recently and were close to an alpha release.

>>3334564

cornellia best house

File: diadochi.jpg (202KB, 1500x1395px) Image search: [Google]

202KB, 1500x1395px

>>3334166

>>3336625
Normies and casuals hate Attila's setting because its "boring." Only patricians appreciate the atmosphere of apocalyptic crisis as Rome crumbles around them.

>>3334166
>Ptolemy teleports behind PErdiccas

Heh, nothing personal kid.

>>3336430

>PROUD ROMANS ALL
>OBLITERATE THEM
>SIC DOMINE
>MANDATA TUA

they didn't slouch with the dialog at least

>>3336732
eh it was kinda fun for a while but the wre campaign gets very boring no matter how well you do, its still an endless game of shifting armies around, squashing inevitable rebellions, and hoping you have armies at the borders when the huns and other barbars come knocking, and you do this defensive tedium for like 1-2 weeks of real life time depending on how much you play before you can finally kill attila, and by that point youve done like 200 defensive sieges. Once thats over, youre a powerhouse with no rival and proceed to squash the rest of the mob, boring. Its fun for a good 50 turns because its so hard and scary, but it gets old once you figure out how to win both tactically and strategically and realize how much of a slog it was, certainly not replay worthy.

>>3336769
also the wre campaign being the hardest is a meme
try playing as pagan lithuania,surrounded by teutons,poles and novgorod with denmark looming
and also constant crusades by autistic christians

THE ENEMY LEADER FLEES THE FIELD
SHAMEFUL BEHAVIOR FOR ANY MAN, BUT FOR A LEADER IT IS BEYOND BELIEF

File: eb caledonians.jpg (438KB, 1280x960px) Image search: [Google]

438KB, 1280x960px

>>3334016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EjXTvYhyEw
Yes, Rome needs a strong, unwashed PINGAS!

>>3334650
BUZZ BUZZ BUZZ
AMEENO

>>3334674
Carthage is the whore who got what she deserved but white knights still protect her

>>3334082
He did. He chose Perdiccas. But the other Generals spreaded myths that he didn't, or he didn't chose anyone, to make everyone skeptic of the claim.

>>3334016
Please stop, Alexander was a moody stupid kid who Philip II hated, Alex knew this and had his father assassinated, then asked the Delphi to clear his name.

Alex would have been some bum commander living in Greece.

Philip II was the real genius.

The dominant world culture stems from Greece.

>>3339037
Philip II was some drunken fool

>>3335293
Arabic Winter is much more chill track imo

>>3336853
thanks anon i need that

>>3340723
go crack your head with a tabla

>even roman swords have taken scipii lives, that we do not forget, or forgive.

scipii were the best

*clicks autoresolve*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2t-17lZoz0

File: 1412639946801.gif (977KB, 480x270px) Image search: [Google]

977KB, 480x270px

>>3341886

>>3341886
Oh god. I remember using my dads old pc in the attic, when ever I would loss a battle it would take forever to load up with this song playing in the background. I was young so it always hit me really really hard.