![]() This could prove to be a solid location for a First Civilization vault in the game. As Socrates, which we already know is going to be a historical character in Odyssey, many of these people lived exactly in 431 BCE, so they might appear in the game as well… time to set the speculation train in motion again!ĭuring his work as stateman, Pericles promoted the arts and fostered democracy in Athens and that was also the period that that saw the construction of the Acropolis of Athens (including the Parthenon), as well as empire-building via the Delian League, the other main power of the Peloponnesian War which will feature prominently in Odyssey.Īh, needless to say, Athena (Minerva in the Roman Pantheon – and in the AC lore) is the patron goddess of Athens and the Parthenon is a former temple dedicated to her. Right after the Age of Pericles but still across the fourth and third century BCE, Athens also saw the likes of Guided by general and orator Pericles, Athens also saw a strong cultural flourishing thanks to figures like playwrights Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes, historians Herodotus and Thucydides, physician Hippocrates and philosopher Socrates. For what concerns us, the 5th century BCE coincides with the so called Golden Age of Athens / Athenian Democracy and later with the Age of Pericles, a period of political hegemony and economic growth. Now the capital of Greece, Athens has a history that goes back to the 7th – 11th millennium BCE. In the Classical Period, which is the one that is most interesting for us, Sparta was famous because it was the de-facto leader of the Greek city states in the Greco-Persian wars of 499-449 BCE, with the famous battles of Thermopylae (the legendary last stand led by King Leonidas that ended with a Persian victory) and of Plataea (with a decisive and final Greek victory), but also because it led the Peloponnesian League, one of the two main powers in the Peloponnesian War, which is the setting for our new game.Īnother very resounding name for a famous historical city and its region. Sparta’s history is a very long one, lasting from the 10th century BCE to 192 BCE when it was annexed by the Achaean League. ![]() Lakonia or Lacaedemon (now known as Laconia or Lacedaemonia) was the main region of the city-state where Sparta was located. … the first location from our list and it couldn’t be otherwise as our two heroes Alexios and Kassandra come exactly from this area. ![]() So, without further ado, let’s try and have a look at them as we have a lot to cover! What you see up here is a map of all the locations that we were able to grasp (and in some occasions hypothesize) based on the material that has been shared from official sources. ![]()
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