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Port of Ostia
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 1:28 pm
by wijse
Ostia was Rome's seaport, IMHO Rome should have a harbour/port in the game. Rome was supplied with grain from the grain provinces to the port of Ostia.
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 2:46 pm
by PhilThib
wijse wrote:Ostia was Rome's seaport, IMHO Rome should have a harbour/port in the game. Rome was supplied with grain from the grain provinces to the port of Ostia.
Nope...in Ancient times, the distance between the two was more than enough to have Rome besieged and isolated from the sea. Making it a port would make siege impossible for forces without a blockade force... Not realistic, thus no change. This is WAD
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 5:54 pm
by Bertram
Ostia antica is about 15-20 km from Roma, (and now about 5-10 km from the sea).
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 10:03 pm
by PhilThib
Which is a huge distance in terms of ancient siege warfare
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 10:36 pm
by yellow ribbon
daily marching time in peace, 30 km in even Austrians wooded, enemy infested mountains...
but Rome shouldnt have a harbor for warfleets...
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 3:20 pm
by squidelica
i went to ostia antica while i was in Rome during June, its an amazing place well worth a visit, so is emporium in spain....
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2012 3:58 pm
by Taijian
PhilThib wrote:Making it a port would make siege impossible for forces without a blockade force... Not realistic, thus no change. This is WAD
Does this feature (supply production in a non-blockaded port of a sieged city) actually work now? Because in WIA it sure as hell doesn't.
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2012 5:42 pm
by Jim-NC
Not yet. It was remarked upon in another thread, and they were trying to fix it for this game.