Uesugi Kenshin  | 10 Feb 2012 11:43 p.m. PST |
My top 5 would be: Celts,
Aztecs,
Egyptians,
Vikings,
Romans. |
| goragrad | 11 Feb 2012 12:06 a.m. PST |
Not to be too picky, but Vikings and Aztecs aren't quite what I consider Ancients. Romans,
Greeks,
Egyptians,
Hebrews,
Chinese. |
| Raynman | 11 Feb 2012 12:08 a.m. PST |
Mine would be: Egyptians,
Aztecs,
Spartans,
Germans/Gauls,
Druids |
| Ashurman | 11 Feb 2012 12:22 a.m. PST |
Byzantines
Egyptians
Sarmatians
Celts
oh, and Assyrians, of course <grin>! |
| kreoseus2 | 11 Feb 2012 3:03 a.m. PST |
Celts
Greeks
Roman
Hittite
Egyptian |
| SECURITY MINISTER CRITTER | 11 Feb 2012 3:17 a.m. PST |
Minoan and Mycenaean, Early/Later Hebrew, Akkad, and Spartan! |
| rvandusen | 11 Feb 2012 4:49 a.m. PST |
Where to start.
All of the Germanic, Celtic, Dacian folk.
The Romans-especially the period of Late Antiquity.
Sassanid Persians.
Huns
Three Kingdoms China through the period of anarchy in the north.
The Hittites
Mycenean Greek-again I mainly like the period right before their civilization fell apart.
Sea Peoples-somewhat connected to my previous list. Reading my list I see that I tend toward the Mad Max/Conan eras. |
| abelp01 | 11 Feb 2012 5:26 a.m. PST |
Assyrians
Romans
Vikings
Dacians
Hittites |
| citizen sade | 11 Feb 2012 5:30 a.m. PST |
What, no love for the Athenians, Macedonians, Carthaginians, Iberians or Illyrians? The republican Romans, if you believe their propagandists, had a few admirable qualities too. |
| ochoin deach | 11 Feb 2012 6:04 a.m. PST |
Mycenaean. Bronze Age generally. |
 Grelber | 11 Feb 2012 6:06 a.m. PST |
Mycenaeans
Athenians
Celts
If Ancient History stops at 476 AD Add:
Byzantines
Vikings
If Ancient History continues to 1453 by your reckoning Grelber |
| zippyfusenet | 11 Feb 2012 6:47 a.m. PST |
Hebrew
Canaanite
Phoenecian
Dilmuni
Harappan |
| epturner | 11 Feb 2012 7:17 a.m. PST |
Odin loves all his Vikings,
All the little Vikings in the world,
Be you Norse or Swede or Dane,
Odin loves you all the same,
Odin loves all the Vikings in the world… Vikings.
Celts
Assyrians
Egyptians (so my Assyrians have worth opponents) Eric |
| Coyotepunc and Hatshepsuut | 11 Feb 2012 10:10 a.m. PST |
New Kingdom Egyptians
Hebrews
Libyan Amazons
Thermidon River Amazons |
| Martin Rapier | 11 Feb 2012 11:18 a.m. PST |
I'm not sure I'd be willing to categorise any pre-antibiotic and public sanitation culture as a 'favourite', especially those indulging in human sacrifice, arbitrary murder for the resolution of disputes and mass slaughter for public consumption. I do however have various Ancient Armies which I like, and based on the responses above, that seems to be the main definition of 'like': Republican Roman
Carthaginian
Macedonian Rome is of course is an endlessly fascinating source of books, films and TV shows. |
| Shagnasty | 11 Feb 2012 11:24 a.m. PST |
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 20thmaine | 11 Feb 2012 12:12 p.m. PST |
Uesugi Kenshin – you've nailed it for me! Good Choice ! |
| Frederick | 11 Feb 2012 7:10 p.m. PST |
New Kingdom Egyptians
Greeks (Hoplite era)
Carthaginians ('cuase they can be Celts or Spaniards or Libyans or whatever)
Early Imperial Romans
Five Kingdoms Chinese |
| flooglestreet | 11 Feb 2012 8:11 p.m. PST |
Egyptians
Minoans
Sumerians
TMPers |
| corporalpat | 11 Feb 2012 9:02 p.m. PST |
In the order I like to play them…
Celts
Carthaginians
Romans
Greeks
Egyptians |
| Ancestral Hamster | 12 Feb 2012 7:52 p.m. PST |
Golden Age Athens
Bronze Age Trojans
Late Roman Republic
Mayans
Aztecs
However, the above is my POV if reading history. If I were to play Ancients, I'd drop Athens and the Mayans, move the Late Republican Romans to the top for army choice, and add Byzantium and Sengoku period Japan. (Which one would be army #2 is mood-based, although I have more books on the Sengoku period than I do on the Byzantines which would make research and painting easier for the former rather than the latter.)
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| John the Greater | 13 Feb 2012 7:55 a.m. PST |
Carthaginians
Gauls
Han Chinese
Late Romans
Maurya Empire |
| Willtij | 13 Feb 2012 3:44 p.m. PST |
Hebrew with my choice for military leader: Joshua. |
