Alright, this is an idea I had a few months ago, and one I might incorporate into the mini-TL and map series I'm working on, that I thought I'd see what people thought of.
Basically, the idea here is for an important city in the ancient to medieval world (before they got to big and complex for it to be possible) to essentially be moved, that is for all the buildings (either dismantled or not) to be moved from their original location to a new location with nothing but large empty land left where the city once stood.
I originally came-up with a few reasons for this, and they are as follows;
A. A country, after scoring a massive defeat to its enemy, decides to literally take the city as spoils/to deeply humiliate/to destroy the prestige of said enemy.
B. A country is fighting a war they've long admitted to themselves they can't win, so to try and ensure their state/society lives on they dedicate their non-military resources to moving the city to a place that it and its inhabitants will be safe.
C. Religious reasons, either stating they must have a new beginning or the present land is unholy or some promise of a new Holy land lead them to moving the city.
Originally I was thinking of the City of Rome being moved to the Balearic Islands or Iberian East Coast as a way of escaping defeat or it being moved to modern Tunisia by some really pissed off Carthaginians after winning a devastating defeat against the Roman Republic.
Anyways, thoughts, opinions, Parisians?
Basically, the idea here is for an important city in the ancient to medieval world (before they got to big and complex for it to be possible) to essentially be moved, that is for all the buildings (either dismantled or not) to be moved from their original location to a new location with nothing but large empty land left where the city once stood.
I originally came-up with a few reasons for this, and they are as follows;
A. A country, after scoring a massive defeat to its enemy, decides to literally take the city as spoils/to deeply humiliate/to destroy the prestige of said enemy.
B. A country is fighting a war they've long admitted to themselves they can't win, so to try and ensure their state/society lives on they dedicate their non-military resources to moving the city to a place that it and its inhabitants will be safe.
C. Religious reasons, either stating they must have a new beginning or the present land is unholy or some promise of a new Holy land lead them to moving the city.
Originally I was thinking of the City of Rome being moved to the Balearic Islands or Iberian East Coast as a way of escaping defeat or it being moved to modern Tunisia by some really pissed off Carthaginians after winning a devastating defeat against the Roman Republic.
Anyways, thoughts, opinions, Parisians?