Cimmeria

The Cimmerian Bosporus has been fought over for its resources and strategic importance for millennia. The adventurous Greeks of Miletus, in Asia Minor, formed several colonies around the Black Sea coast during the 6th and 7th centuries BC in order to exploit its resources for trade with the wider Greek world. By the beginning of the 5th century BC their government had gravitated from classical Greek democracy to control by a single family. The current ruler, Satyrus, conquered nearby Greek cities, heralding the birth of the Cimmerian Kingdom, and a dynasty of rulers that endures to this day. Despite this strength, Cimmeria remains under threat from the surrounding nomadic tribes, and from the avaricious gaze of nearby Pontus, whose military strength may yet prove its undoing.

Faction Name Cimmeria

Campaign main_rome

Culture rom_Hellenistic

Subculture sc_rom_greek

Military Group cimmerian

Faction Group rom_faction_group_black_sea

Faction Group

Black Sea Colonies
The people of the Black Sea worked hard to change the name of the Unhospitable Sea to Hospitable one.

Political Parties

Other Families
The leading families are united at court by a shared culture. By age and experience these nobles are most qualified to rule or provide counsel when necessary.

Spartocid Dynasty
The Spartocids, although tyrants, have proved themselves benevolent rulers. Their kingdom is governed with fairness and enjoys good diplomatic relations with the rest of the Greek world.