Imperator: Rome allows you to play as a HELLENIC SPLINTER STATE!

We're back in Imperator: Rome, a game that I simply refuse to let die. Today, with the invictus mod, we look to Cyrenaica, a splinter state from the Hellenic Expansion of Alexander the Great. First, we need to get free of Ptolmeic Egypt, and maybe we can then look to reclaiming Alexander's Empire? But that depends on you! What do you think? Shall we reclaim Alexander's Empire?
Imperator: Rome allows you to play as a HELLENIC SPLINTER STATE!
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[@beep1859]

Laith would be the type of person to make a Carthaginian version of the roman empire just to make imperator more relevant. Regardless I like this content switch quite a lot honestly. Nice new flavor

[@FancyBurrito47]

He already did :D Tunisian man plays as CARTHAGE in Imperator: Rome (kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3bWpayCfNCCjsU)

[@sizanogreen9900]

Most rulers ever about their peasants: "They run out of food really quickly for some reason" once again Laith is giving us a very historical portrail of reality, like that one time where, playing as a horde, he got sold a province by the AI only to immediatly raise it to the ground. Pure gold.

[@imperatormaximus8952]

Fun fact, If you own other cities around the Mediterranean (ex: Athens, Pella, Babylon, Lysimachea, Rome if you are playing as Rome) you can move Alex's body there.

[@gabrieldossantos1116]

I feel dumb now, I'm literally majoring in history but was very confused for almost a minute. I don't know how it took me this long to see someone calling him Alex lmao

[@ServiusSiliceus]

​@@gabrieldossantos1116the Big Alex

[@hbskull321]

​@@gabrieldossantos1116 Maddest of lads, Alex

[@Smileyreal]

@@gabrieldossantos1116 With how many names are butchered by anglicisation i'm surprised i haven't seen more people call him Alex.

[@eclipse9483]

Let's go! Another episode from the Restitutor Orbis! I fully support your goal to keep this game alive, good luck!

[@zigedelic3909]

I'm a simple man, I see Imperator: Rome content, I like it, watch all the way through and leave a comment.

[@zigedelic3909]

Re: Barbarian strongholds - There is a map mode which shows where they are and how much they are civilising. The way to get rid of them is to enable the provincial edict that increases civilisation on the provinces adjacent to them.

[@neoceun]

Also in regards to the food situation, Invictus has this mechanism where during winter Food goes into deficit VIA Modifier.

[@henryglennon3864]

Now that he's finally playing in Libya, I've realized that Laith looks a lot like Mummar Khadafi. Anyone else see it? Usually it's easier to tell, because his face-cam's also glowing green, which lends to the effect.

[@BieBie98]

As far as I know the formations thing (Moose, Turtle, Dolphin, Hare, Wolf(?)) are a bit rock, paper, scissors-y. One counters the other, but you should take care to note that your army composition impacts the effectiveness of each tactic. A skirmishing tactic needs skirmishers, etc. Easiest way to tell is to just hover over the icon and see the percentage that indicates suitability. I believe that the cross/checkmark in battle is either suitability to your army comp or whether it is effective at dealing with the opposing tactic. This is just what I remember form playing the game some over a year ago, so I could be wrong.

[@litadahl6806]

Also of note, the icon is on the army screen, click it to change. Reorganization is also a useful button to find there too.

[@saltminer4429]

Laith, i have commented this before but the moose is the center icon on your army. It is your fighting style and you get bonueses on how well your army fights in that style. If you click on the moose in your army menu you can change your tactic.

[@iquabakaner]

You should send your ruler to siege every city, it triggers an event that gives popularity and money. You can get thousands of ducats from Egypt because of how many unfortified cities they have. The event only triggers when the besieger is your ruler, so you should make him lead a separate army to do it.

[@villehookeneriksson3473]

Going to watch the entire thing and leave an obligatory like anytime Laith uploads an imperator vid. Together we shall pull this game out of the ashes!

[@da_hidd3n_g3rman52]

We require you to don the banner and armor of our glorious, great king Leonidas.

[@andreascovano7742]

More Imperator Rome please!

[@legomanc4555]

Always excited to see more imperator content, only a shame there isn't more!

[@ohNojames]

Taking that province back is the first thing i do when playing as the Ptolemaic Kingdom. Very first thing I do. It's a province not an independent country. Lmao

[@explosiongames11]

theres a character button on each countries menu so u can see that countries characters its in the top right

[@dai-belizariusz3087]

plz try Athens, they have amazing missions, sprites and they have unique playstyle with a lot of navy stuff and navy matters in this game actually (ships can destroy or dmg forts)

[@christos3280]

Revive this game, you can do it

[@nikosantrianirina6751]

As a Greek I always thought the image that you used for your thumbnail of Alexander the Great he looks really sad probably cause he saw that not everyone is subscribed yet

[@saintbread5080]

sy-ree-nee is how it's said in greek

[@ozza4496]

Kee-reh-ny-kah*

[@ivokas7282]

We need you to continue this

[@TheRealKiRBEY]

Even with IR update i cant shake the feeling that no matter whati do nothing feels earned

[@hansgustafsson708]

Recreate the empire!

[@Gamereal6286]

Cyrenaica sounds interesting but I'd rather play the Greek kingdom on Crimea. I hope you don't mind. Also there were two funny quotes I love: "Give me money, I like money" "The Moose, the Moose, the Moose!" Laith aka Lazarus, around 2023 AD If you want to continue please do 😊

[@thomassaxon8254]

I'm fairly sure it should be Kee-ren-aai-ka. As C is a weird transliteration choice that older translators chose rather than k.

[@BOBA_CRET]

where did the jazz go

[@JOGA_Wills]

I just started a new Bithynia campaign... You should check out their mission tree, it is absolutely ginormous... i just counted, it has 69 !!!!

[@wyattebersole3764]

He just like me for real

[@Gorg-oe1hu]

Love the game. Have 750 hours in it!

[@epicnesssss]

This is Day 74 of asking you to do a mega campaign from ck3 to hoi4

[@johnconnor8206]

Day 68 of asking for you to play Victoria 2 as cuba and become Fidel castro

[@Dbainel]

Algorithm

[@125discipline2]

it's pronounced Yaranaika :)

[@zsmith8632]

I feel like IR is going to become the new Victoria 2 kept alive by mods that add a ton of content

[@kwanitiam6341]

Yes please

[@Shad0wack]

You dont even need mods, vanilla is fun as it is.

[@lordedmundblackadder9321]

@@Shad0wackliterally it is the least fun game paradox has ever made.

[@lordedmundblackadder9321]

Victoria II is a masterpiece, Imperator is an awful game. It can’t be saved and honestly shouldn’t be.

[@ProjectEkerTest33]

@@lordedmundblackadder9321 Someone never played March of Eagles

[@compatriot852]

Funny how a game called Imperator Rome ended up with more flavor and gameplay for the Greek nations

[@Aquaria942]

Modding community do be like that

[@DovahFett]

It is the Hellenistic Age, after all.

[@olivenkranz]

Rome has a lot of content ;) There simply only is one Rome but many Greeks

[@12354rony]

Rome is overrated anyway

[@TheStormfury]

Rome is Psuedo Greek, if not in blood then in culture. Besides that the game got a focus on the Greeks as the last major expansion giving mechanics for mods makers to work on. Really is no surprise when you consider that. Needs the game devs to create the mechanics for the mod makers to manipulate.

[@Poppleop]

If you're going to go for Alexander's empire, I strongly recommend finding a character with the "Blood of the Argeads" trait and marrying them into your house. As forming the empire while a character with the trait rules the kingdom will allow you to form a special, better variant called the Argead Empire.

[@meanderinginterests2655]

Damn, at this rate we are going to have to add Laith to Invictus as a character. Thank you so much dude!!

[@purpledevilr7463]

The nice thing about the Greeks in the game, is that you can potentially get the Political, Religious, Government & Cultural map Colour.

[@grontelp77]

Play one of the major Diadochi states. The last DLC and updates were designed specifically for the successor wars and it’s actually quite good stuff, it was a shame it never got truly showcased. The missions trees are interesting and events about collecting Alexander’s relics are fun imo

[@FlightofCrows]

The amount of food you gain varies depending on the time of year just like real life. In the provinces where your people were starving, they weren't gaining enough food during the summer and fall to make it through the winter. That's why it seemed like it was constantly fluctuating. They were starving through the winter, and then as soon as they gained the first harvest in April, they were fine again.

[@kevdog6425]

You finally said it. Sitting back and playing tall in this game is really fun. Also, forums are the best food building, as they increase the rate you make food in a city.

[@cameronwells3958]

I’m glad people are starting to see that imperator is actually pretty good now especially with invictus

[@maelos61]

The (correct) Latin and Greek pronunciation of Cyrenaica is Ku-re-nai-ka (as c = k in latin). English probably makes the 'c' an 's' and 'u' a 'y'/'i' though if you want to pronounce it wrong in the right way. edit: As William mentioned in a comment, the 'y' would actually be pronounced as a 'u' as Cyrenaica is a Greek loan word. The spelling in Greek uses upsilon, which looks like 'y' but sounds like 'u'.

[@williamgrigg1839]

Also the y is like a the u in French t (Greek sound not present in Latin outside of Greek loans/place names) if we are going proper

[@jellynjam_]

Love to see you singlehandedly keep this game on life support, keep it up

[@kalzakath57]

Loving the Imperator:Rome content!

[@scipioafricanus2212]

13:18 Leith Invictus adds seasons to Imperator, so during the winter your food production will be shit but during the spring, summer and autumn it will be good peaking in summer. You need to build granaries to store more food. Also if you want to improve your income switch to export focus and min max that commerce income.

[@Fraudkuna.]

you should do a ireland migration into india

[@oltajt.1060]

Respect for the biggest burd.

[@Soupe_du_Jour]

​​​@@oltajt.1060 I also respect the biggest burd as well as Polish Walter White

[@oltajt.1060]

Thanks bro

[@danielchaput5420]

Absolutely loving the imperator lately

[@h1k0usen13]

Cyrenaica is a region with a fascinating history of its own. Glad to see it get some attention!

[@Stevonicus]

Egypt in it's rightful place as the footrest of the Lybian king

[@holey5065]

Cyrenaica is pronounced like this: siy-ren-nai-cah btw. Also, while i aint understanding jack shit (came for EU4) this is very entertaining.

[@lapisdragon1237]

Apologies for the late asking to play a Fire Emblem Game, I was playing the remake of the greatest game of 1995, Chrono trigger. I spent like 9 hours today playing just Chrono Trigger.

[@TheChronoG]

Chrono Trigger is the GOAT

[@linkluver_izn]

cyrenaica is def one of the best Invictus trees there are, friggin awesome to see u play it

[@alt_account4866]

I love Imperator: Rome sooo much!!

[@DiscoDreamer1]

Yo I didn’t know Laith was a magician! He should do a video teaching us some tricks like the one at 2:50.

[@Bottle-OBill]

Lazarus is back, boys!

[@bobfrank4480]

Laith starts the civil war then becomes libu instead of staying cyrenaica. I wonder why he lost the cyrenaica mission treet. Not your smartest move Laith.

[@jamesmcpherson8599]

The option you selected said "We shall no longer honor the memory of a Tyrant" and that "Alexander's Remains will be lost to time. Reclaiming Alexander's Empire seems contradictory to that choice tbh.

[@Aerozona23]

It's amazing seeing you play and enjoy Imperator

[@LuckyAJC]

Love this game

[@reallyFrogman]

Dear Mr. Socialstreamer. We have seen your great efforts in keeping this game alive and humbly reach out to you on behalf of Dinostan who has recently started playing Imperator as well. Sometimes we play multiplayer games with him as well and were wondering about your interest regarding these multiplayer games. Best regards, The N-Word.

[@Alykar98]

Some time ago dev for stellaris released a patch for Imperator that fixes a lot of bugs and some balance too. You can access it as beta patch now in steam. I have a strong suspicion that this is due to Laith. So thank you mr.Carthagenian) game reviving. I reeeaaaally love imperator content. Its a super complex game.)

[@jockeberg8353]

You are low key getting me back into i:r and i love you for it, these videos makes me wanna start a new i:r campaign.

[@marcobisi7768]

I think I may buy this game, I'll see if I can find some tutorials though because I don't know a thing about its mechanics.

[@emilliovitelli2176]

Don't know if you'll read this but the reason food randomly goes up and down is because of the seasons. Winter lowers food output and summer boosts it

[@linkluver_izn]

I think you would really enjoy Kush and its amazing tree, the narrative is amazing

[@matheusGMN]

kinda funny that today nobody knows where alexander's tomb is

[@DouglasOliveira-sm4il]

It's quite easy to defeat any diadochi state in the early game. You Just need to Blitzkrieg tem after a frs months they starte their wars.

[@thehydra730]

Gosh wish they would bring this game back, it deserves it. I would buy the dlc if they made it.

[@FunkyMonkeyI]

Awesome video next time play as Egypt and be the Pharaoh you were destined to be.

[@Aerozona23]

If you wanna play a super overpowered nation play garamantia lol 🤫

[@scipioafricanus2212]

5:20 a Tunisian attacking any Libyans he can find... tsk tsk tsk

[@TheyThemItalian]

i love the imperator content laith i would like to see where cyrenaica will go

[@neoceun]

That Magical Snap. There must be a way to learn this power.

[@ECKtrain]

I would really want to see you continue this campaign, so here is a comment

[@explosiongames11]

The reason the food situation switches between fine and bad is winter

[@jmitch5634]

We need to see a video attempting to restore Phoenicia

[@hellodolly7989]

Loving the Imperator content lol

[@ethanwillis7369]

Am I actually first to something for the second time?

[@Chornobyl1989]

I absolutely love the imperator videos, some if my favourite

[@mahesito1943]

I just tried a Syracuse campaign after not playing for two years; quite the challenge to defeat Carthage AND Rome for dominance in southern Italy

[@elchecio]

keep up with imperator content my man 👍🏻

[@aruik8332]

LETSGOO more Imperator

[@mkg6459]

Hi laith great video I loved your ck3 runs and the pain you suffered sometimes through them 😅😂🤦‍♂️ Would love to see you do more ck3 videos

[@andrewhansen2872]

Based and Lybia-pilled

[@paulbender807]

I absolutely love the IR content. Keep it coming!

[@Wolfshalifi]

This is a good game

[@Piratejoe44]

Day 82 of asking for a National Supremacy Oranje Free State Playthrough of Vicky 3.

[@fullsendtictic]

That sounds like it'd be Boering

[@moisessmendes]

I don't understand why people don't like this game.

[@TheChronoG]

The game was heavily marketed but the release was VERY rough. They had to rework multiple mechanics in the following months but by then the damage was done and they just dropped support for the game. I haven't played the game in a long time but as far as I know, depending on which faction you play, the gameplay is still pretty bland.

[@ethanloveland504]

bro decided Cyrenaica was a good choice when the super based western Mediterranean greeks exist

[@fullsendtictic]

Based Laith

[@bertjanspeedfight2]

Laith, how do you get those provinces below cyrenaica? Is that a mod?

[@fullsendtictic]

if youre playing imperator rome you will want to use the "invictus" mod, its essential to play this game after paradox abandoned it. adds basically whole dlcs worth of content, including the provinces you asked about

[@giorgosthoma849]

I love his dedication in kepping this game alive good job Laith!

[@yeet9410]

This mission tree was my favorite so far, please continue this playthrough

[@diegoidepersia]

FUN CYRENAICA FACT 19 years before the start date of Imperator, Cyrenaica had a civil war between oligarchs and democrats, which had Spartan mercenaries support the democrats and Ptolemaic Egypt support the oligarchs

[@shaunatkinson2719]

14:06 did this man really say he has a lot of aggressive expansion while sitting at 13 ae🤣🤣. I must be doing something wrong because I basically live at 60-80 ae😭. Also laith please look at your queued events. Every time you don’t click on “a minor amendum” and “untiring devotion” it kills me inside. That’s essentially 3 and 6 free stability your missing out on everytime

[@deansmith1190]

If you see this Laith and if it’s helpful. I think (I’m happy to take the L if I’m wrong) Cyrenaica is pronounced like sirenayica with the first vowel sound being similar to that in “syrup”

[@malikan5539]

It's fun watching Laith play something he barely understands. Keep the IR dream alive!

[@dpsuper6891]

Disable the seasonal food option of Invictus to stop the foodloss in winter. The AI can't handle it and in many regions it just doesn't work well.

[@Marcoz588]

Continue this series Laith! 🔥👌

[@angermacfadden2702]

I agree with you dude, Imperator is fun for kicking back and playing tall.