-2.5% levy? C'mon why why why?
Bactria was a country in that time that included a lot of Afghanistan, especially the north. The Bactrians were an Eastern Iranian people, and they are probably some portion of the ancestors of all major groups in Afghanistan to varying degrees. Here's an excerpt from PhD candidate SR Huseini's work:
How did late antique Iranian societies receive โwomenโ? What kind of โrightsโ did women have in those societies? The answer we usually hear is: 'we do not know much about it because the male-dominant societies in late antiquity represented women often as โa manโs propertyโ and did not leave space for women to represent themselves'. However, this statement does not apply to late antique Iranian societies, whose diversity in languages, religions and cultures has been largely neglected...
Generally, women formed the foundation of the Bactrian family. Her situation changed once she married. She acquired certain rights that she did not have in her bachelor period. A Bactrian marriage contract produced in the year 110 of the Bactrian calendars (corresponding to 332 CE) in Rob region in southern Bactria illustrates the rights of a married woman. According to this document, two brothers named Bab and Piduk married a woman named Ralik at the same time. In other words, Ralik entered a fraternal polyandry in which a woman married more than one man. The document mentions that this type of marriage was โthe established customโ in the region. From Chinese and Arabic sources, we know that fraternal polyandry widely practiced in eastern Bactria and continued during the Islamic period...
*The marriage contract includes an important section that guarantees Ralikโs rights after her marriage. It mentions that the grooms had no right to take another wife, or to keep a freewoman as their โconcubineโ without Ralikโs agreement. If they did, then they were to pay a fine to her and to the government. If a son was born from Ralik, then she could decide for him to stay at home, or to work for others. However, if a girl (โlogdโ. ฮปฮฟฮณฮดฮฟ) was born from her, then not she, but the family decided for the girl. The document mentions that the employers of the grooms had no right to impose duties on Ralik or claim her children to be their slaves. If they did, then they should pay fines to Ralik's family (her new family) and to the government. She also received a dowry for her marriage. Some other legal documents mention that farming land could have been given a
... keep reading on reddit โกMainly Bactria, cause this guy doesn't seem to take care of his provinces so he has a rebellion like every few years. Like seriously it sometimes happens before a war I was doing ends, so then I can't disband my levies so the war exhaustion keeps going up.
Hello
An announcement on time? What is this an organized subreddit, anyways.
Third place: u/laowarriah with "Infinity war was the most ambitious crossover in history" - Greco-Buddhism:
Second place: Me with Ah yeah Gautama Buddha and his most famous compatriot Heracles, Greco Buddhism was some wacky shit
First place: u/parmesanpesto with Alexander really created confusing times
Pre-Columbian era
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-Columbian_era
In the history of the Americas, the pre-Columbian era spans from the original settlement of North and South America in the Upper Paleolithic period through European colonization, which began with Christopher Columbus's voyage of 1492. Usually the era covers the history of indigenous American cultures until significant influence by Europeans. This may have occurred decades or even centuries after Columbus for certain cultures.
(quite a broad category I know but we kinda need something like this right now)
Hello everyone,
I originally got into modding in Imperator: Rome due to a desire to finally make Maurya collapse like it did historically.
Scripting that tiny mod and seeing its results on the gameplay motivated me and my attention shifted to Bactria - a realm that would historically grow in size and expand into India.
But without further ramblings, I would like to share my Indo-Greek Bactria mod with the community.
Features:
- New and unique heritage for Bactria at game start
- New mission tree featuring 20 new objectives exclusive to Bactria
- New events as part of the missions
- More accessible satrap vassal requirements
The mission tree gives the player (or rather the AI) something to do while they remain a vassal under the Seleucid Empire. I do realize that the most optimal strategy would be to declare a war of independence as soon as Seleucus gets involved in the diadochi wars, but the short introductory part of the mission tree unlocks the option to break free from your overlord diplomatically.
Each mission is accompanied with its unique event popup that aims to add a bit of flavor to your playthrough.
In vanilla I:R, a satrap subject can be created if the future subject has access to Persian military traditions.
I've loosened that requirement so that future overlords who have access to Persian military traditions can create satraps out of nations who do not have access to those traditions.
The mission tree may not be 100% historically accurate, but I had fun scripting it over the past week nonetheless. I'm very proud that even the AI is capable to progress through a good chunk of the missions on its own.
If you have suggestions or encounter any bugs, please let me know.
I hope you enjoy!
Special thanks to the Imperator Invictus developers who helped me iron out a few scoping related issues! :)
Hey guys.
I'm just wondering if any of you have any advice for getting off to a good start as Bactria in the current build. Particularly when to break away from the Seleukids and how to handle the Mauryans.
Thanks in advance!
Hey r/AskHistorians,
I was listening to "The Ancients" podcast and it had an episode on "Ancient Afghanistan and the Land of a Thousand Cities" with David Adams. He talks about the archaeology he came across on his travels through the area and talks about how he likes to look on google maps to look for more.
To cut a long story short i've been using Bing as it has higher resolution imagery of the area and came across what appears to various networks of fortifications in the mountains. They all appear to be guarding mountain passes. My question is does anyone know who could have built them, or what periods they may be from. I know ancient sources from this area are scarce but i'm just curious if they're from ancient times or from more modern wars.
here are some coordinates of a few examples i've found:
Thanks in advance for any answers or help!
Iโm really liking the new changes coming in the Marius update but Iโm kind of disappointed that Parthia and Bactria (minor diadochi) did not get any love. The Greco-Bactrian kingdom has huge potential to make for a fun tall play style. While on the other hand for the game to continue Parthia needs to have a mission tree in order to diversify the steppes. Maybe there could be some unique events to Parthia and Bactria that help loosen the grip of the Seleucids on their lands. Maybe even a scripted war where Parthia gets major bonuses for fighting and taking Seleucid lands. Just food for thought. In general I think adding mission trees and unique events to tags other than Diadochi, Rome, and Carthage is must for Imperator to continue diversifying. What I mean is Gaul, Germania, Hispania, Anatolia, the Caucuses, and India.
Edit: Grammar correction
Finally getting Rome 2. I've always been partial towards the eastern map in total war games and Bactria looks really nice, but it's Rome 2 after all...
For example Alexandrou Limen, Alexandreia Eschate or Alexandreia Oxou. Did they just disappear with time? What happend with the native greeks? What was the cultural interaction between the populations? Why did Alexandria in Egypt become such a successful city but the others dont even exist anymore?
