Subscribed: I doubt I'll be able to say anything very intelligent about this place and time, but I eagerly await your development of it.
Well, what we need is a map.
the Amavadatids were thus able to consistently able to punch above their weight in conflicts with other large powers, most infamously in the invasion of Akhaimenid Anatole.
Isn't Greece too poor to be the ground for a strong independent kingdom?
It's a bit difficult for me to see them being able to extend their reach that far that fast (and conversely, if Taras is included, why not also e.g. Rhegium, Kroton, Thurii, etc. as well as Sicily?)
this is very, very good.
Seconded.
You pull off the very difficult task of making your "ancient sources" actually sound like ancient sources, which I've only ever seen done once or twice. I'm currently reading Herodotos, and it's not at all jarring: great work!
So, just to let everyone know what my plans are to do with updates in the future- my plan is that, at minimum, there'll be an update each Tuesday unless something has gone very wrong, at which point I'll have said something. There may sometimes be updates more frequently than once a week, like with these last two, but the minimum aim is for at least once a week.
A great god is Ahuramazda, the greatest of the gods, who created this earth, who created yonder sky, who created man, created happiness for man, who made Xshayarsha, king, one king of many, one lord of many.
I am Xshayarsha, the great king, king of kings, king of all kinds of people, king on this earth far and wide, the son of Darayavaush the king, Haxamanishiya.
Xsharyarsha the great king proclaims: King Darayavush, my father, by the favour of Ahuramazda, made much that is good, and this country he ordered to be conquered; as he did not complete a conquest, then I ordered that this conquest be made, and ordered this inscription be made in victory.
Me may Ahuramazda protect, together with the gods, and my kingdom and what I have done
A document from the Theban satrapal archives, dating to 381 BCE.