We love Egypt but feel the need to be part of other Hellenic cultures so we are rebuilding a more neutral group, one that will represent all Hellenic Hoplites from around the world.

The new group will be called Hellenic Hoplites {Hellenic} http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/groups/Hellenichoplites

join group and declare what faction you will represent as a Hoplite soldier!

The latest patch in Rome 2 will require new army builds. We ran unit test and found many new outcomes.

Stratopedon
Conscripts and levies are drilled in mock battle so that they understand something of real war.
Description

Training areas were a common feature in Greek settlements where every citizen was expected to play a part in warfare. These camps, forts and stratopedon prepared citizens, professional soldiers and mercenaries for the realities of the battlefield. It taught them how to follow orders, form up, and move as a phalanx, and to defend themselves and each other as a cohesive unit.

Details of training varied across the Hellenic world. Spartan warriors, by virtue of being a dedicated army supported by their helot slaves, could devote their entire lives to military training. In contrast, Athens required its citizens to spend two years learning the military arts, with 18 year old conscripts having instruction in weapons, and drilled in tactics and siegecraft for attack and defence

The powerful {GOPE} general {Grailknights}Arcticshieldbreakr has returned to Alexandria with his armies. The people celebrate and honour his many war victories for Egypt.

Today we hold celebration in honour of our Great Library.

As an archive and centre of learning, nothing rivals the Great Library.
Description

The most famous of all ancient libraries was founded in 288BC as part of the Alexandrian Museum by Demetrius of Phaleron. Originally based on the library of Athens, it housed mainly Greek scrolls but was open to poets, scientists, scholars and philosophers from all peoples. It was the vision of Alexander, as Aristotle’s pupil, to bring together all the knowledge in the known world under one roof, and some 70,000 scrolls were held. Much medical, scientific and scholarly work was undertaken, including the first star atlas. Aristarchus, a scholar using the library, worked out that the world revolved around the sun nearly 2000 years before Copernicus, and it was here that the Old Testament was first translated into Greek. For six centuries the Great Library embodied academic research and study. It declined after the Roman occupation and was destroyed by fire in 272AD.