What!?! I simply responded to a map of modern day Mediterranean islands ISOTed to an early roman empire, 1 or 2 pages back. I made no political statement whatsoever. And the issue of a few hundred thousand firearms will most definitely "affect" the roman legions when they come knocking.
Am I...
By most moderate, conservative estimates Cretans have stockpiled a completely illegal arsenal of about 600.000 to 1.000.000 firearms, including about 100.000 AK-47s. With the corresponding amount of ammunition. Accidental and not-so-accidental firearm casualties are a daily issue, as is...
Alright. Nisyros, Santorini, Methana, Sousaki. Vitosha has never erupted in historical times. 3 out of 4 greek volcanoes are "smoking" as we speak. Right now. Not to mention the Italian ones... I'm not trying to put your map down. I'm just pointing out a mistake in geology...
OK, I am a huge fan of B_Munro's work and his steady output of great maps but I have a bug with the super-Teuton one and it really is a historical one:
Knowing the sheer amount of violence which erupted during the Sicilian Vespers against the (also catholic as the Sicilians I emphasize, not...
For BryanIII:
No need to turn Napoleon to Leonidas. In Greek the name Napoleon is fully and readily understood as Lion (Leon) of the Forested Valley (Napa/Napi). In modern times this coincidence has even led to some crazy conspiracy theories...
Great map and concept by the way!
Thanks for your swift reply Beedok.
I used "..." on "worker's utopia" since I'm aware of what kind of stalinist hellhole this certain phrasing implies. Heck, I'm even a socialist myself. But this 5% of voters is well aware that what they're advocating for is never going to be implented, and so...
OK guys, I've got a little rant and I hope you're patient with me.
As a greek who greatly enjoys both B_Munro's and Beedok's work I've just got to ask why exactly are we modern greeks such nationalistic diehards? I get that we have a 6% of assholes who vote for Golden Dawn but why would the rest...
Just a bit of semi-nerdy input on my behalf: there are still isolated rural regions in Greece practicing ritual animal (bulls, pigs, lambs mostly) sacrifice and animal parts based divination to this very day and things were even hairier back in the 1840s. The local orthodox priests basically...
For GodRaimundo:
Oh, now I get what you tried to do with the Εύξεινος thingy. The structure you're looking for is Εύξεινων (plural genitive) Φυλών (plural genitive). Try lumping your thema situation under the larger unit of Δεσποτάτο (Despotato) whose official would be a Δεσπότης...
OK, I'm not a historian but I have a bit of historical knowledge on byzantine naming so I'll give it a try. The name Κατεπάνω (Katepano) refers to the military commander of a Θέμα (Thema), the keystone of middle byzantine military administration. His area of jurisdiction would be known as...
Hi everybody!As a map enthusiast I really enjoy this epic thread but unfortunately my map making skills are practically non-existant!I was wondering if a more map-experienced member would be interested in exploring the consequences of Bela III inheriting both Hungary-Croatia as well the ERE at...