ΙCΑΡΝΟΝΑΡΙΟΙ - The Lords of Iron

Something you might find useful in the future: a "modern Gaulish" conlang.
Thanks, I know about it and it served as a basis on differentiation of Brittonic, for instance.
Note, that said, that's based on late Gaulish and with a fair influence of Latin in cases and grammar. While I don't think Greek influence on Gaulish would be more important than IOTL (for exemple, -os genitive singular going from -ū)to -oi). Don't get me wrong, I'll probably use this website (I actually do partially) , which uses sources I have access to (see bibliography), but I think I' may have a different take on case simplification (the attested os>o, for exemple; giving something along epo rather than ép) and I'm unsure about a total disappearance of cases in the forseeable future.
 
By the way, and for details-hunters, the sentence "Some of them, especially coastal ones as Letara, might have been originally emporioi of inner dunnoi that they overshadowed and eventually dominated." is a reference to a very recent discovery at Lattes, near the harbor of Lattara.
http://www.montpellier3m.fr/actualite/les-decouvertes-archeologiques-du-chantier-des-hauts-de-lattes
http://www.montpellier3m.fr/actualite/lancement-des-fouilles-archeologiques-sur-la-zac-ode-la-mer

The place was a fortified town of the late First Iron Age, possibly the greatest agglomeration in Mediterranean Gaul of its era, before declining at the benefit of Lattara in the early IVth century, and quickly abandoned; turned into small occupancy with cremation of bodies. ITTL, the city is already no more, replaced by its emporion but maybe I could turn it as a sanctuary as Pech Maho was IOTL.
 
Hi, just to say I'm still working on this (normally, the next update should be posted...soonish) but I really need some help for a basemap I'm currently working on, basically with reliefs and rivers (as well managing to put two basemap togethers). @Alex Richards proposed his help (twice actually, so kudos for him), but if there's someone willing and motived to do some ungrateful job...
Basically this is the file (215 Mo) : I don't ask anyone to do the whole task for me, of course, but if you could help with the rough underlined region and with fitting the two basemap togethers, it would be really helpful.*
And you'll get credit for this, of course, including in the TL.
 
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I have a base map of Gaul I created for my TL (mountains + rivers)
Well, the map I've uploaded have already its coastline done (including historical coastline correction), so there's already this. Now, not that your map is in anyway bad far from it (its actually fitting your approach with Ist century BCE), but I went to something a bit different (for exemple, using the basemap to highlight economic exchanges). That being said, if you think there's no real need for a more detailed map...
 
Well, the map I've uploaded have already its coastline done (including historical coastline correction), so there's already this. Now, not that your map is in anyway bad far from it (its actually fitting your approach with Ist century BCE), but I went to something a bit different (for exemple, using the basemap to highlight economic exchanges). That being said, if you think there's no real need for a more detailed map...
Where's the map?
 
I wonder if not having Northern Gaul or generally Northern Europe in this base map would be good long term, are you planning to expand this one or have alternative base maps as well?
 
I'll offer to help out, but I can't get that file to load to look at what you've already done.
Weird, it seems to work for me. Did you try Inkscape to open the .svg?

I wonder if not having Northern Gaul or generally Northern Europe in this base map would be good long term, are you planning to expand this one or have alternative base maps as well?
it's why I inserted the sister map for Northern Europe in the file (it's on the left of the main map) : it's just, giving they're different scales, I've no idea how to put these together.

Now, I mostly just need the relief, rivers and general check of southern Gaul because the next updates wouldn't really go much in detail about northern Europe or even northern Gaul. But you're right, it's something that need being adressed and I really have no clue how to manage that.
 
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