"Hannibal had no offspring, as far as we know, and no political legacy to speak of, but he is the one who lives on in popular memory. Blame the elephants. 🐘"
Yes, but they teach you this, usually, in a vaguely roman shaped, or inspired, building, in an institution based on supposedly Greek originals, and (when in the USA) situated in a country whose institutions were/are intentionally based on what they understood of the Roman Republic.
With all the talk of history and gaming, I feel like I should bring up Paradox Development Studio's titles (Victoria, Crusader Kings, Europa Universalis)...
there's nothing quite like it, just such a detailed geopolitical simulation, and more than once it's inspired me to read up on a country I'd never heard of before seeing it on the world map.
In re games, thinking about Expeditions: Rome. Bret Deveraux pointed out in a blog post what it gets extremely wrong in the details. I've played it. I'm no scholar, only an interested reader of the period. It feels only history-adjacent (however entertaingly so) and not to the level of AC: Origins in its interest in fidelity.
"Hannibal had no offspring, as far as we know, and no political legacy to speak of, but he is the one who lives on in popular memory. Blame the elephants. 🐘"
Yes, but they teach you this, usually, in a vaguely roman shaped, or inspired, building, in an institution based on supposedly Greek originals, and (when in the USA) situated in a country whose institutions were/are intentionally based on what they understood of the Roman Republic.
With all the talk of history and gaming, I feel like I should bring up Paradox Development Studio's titles (Victoria, Crusader Kings, Europa Universalis)...
there's nothing quite like it, just such a detailed geopolitical simulation, and more than once it's inspired me to read up on a country I'd never heard of before seeing it on the world map.
In re games, thinking about Expeditions: Rome. Bret Deveraux pointed out in a blog post what it gets extremely wrong in the details. I've played it. I'm no scholar, only an interested reader of the period. It feels only history-adjacent (however entertaingly so) and not to the level of AC: Origins in its interest in fidelity.