Syracusae

Syracusae

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Primary culture

Siceliote (Hellenistic)

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Capital territory

Syrakousai (84)

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Government

Aristocratic Monarchy

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State religion

Hellenic

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Military traditions

Greek tradition group

Syracusan heritage

−10% Mercenary Army Maintenance
−5% Ship damage taken
−4% National Citizen Happiness

Syracusae is a local power in eastern Sicily, a former Corinthian colony that has grown to be one of the largest and most important Greek cities and one of the main powers of Magna Graecia and beyond, with interests stretching as far as Greece and the Adriatic Sea. Long engaged in a struggle with Carthage for control of the cities of Sicily, in 450 AUC Syracusae under its tyrant Agathokles had just been defeated after an ambitious campaign in Africa, leaving the island largely divided between the Carthaginian domains in the west and Syracusan territory in the east, including its feudatories of Gelas to the south and Rhegium and Locri on the mainland. As still by far the most powerful Greek state in the area Syracusae is in a good position to unite the smaller Greek states by diplomacy or war, but tensions with Carthage is likely inevitable and Syracusae will have to find other allies and prepare for war to the west all the while keeping a wary eye on the rising power of Rome, whose ambitions will likely soon reach the Greek cities of Magna Graecia. Historically Syracusae would call in Epirus to break the Carthaginian dominance during the Pyrrhic Wars, allying with Rome after the wars' conclusion and enjoying a lasting period of peace and prosperity as a center of art and philosophy - most notably in the person of Archimedes - until siding with Carthage during the Second Punic War and being annexed by Rome after its defeat in 212 BC, though Syracusae would continue to prosper as the most important city in Sicily for centuries afterwards.

Missions

Main article: Syracusan missions

With the Magna Graecia DLC, Syracusae has a unique set of 4 missions focused on uniting the remaining Siceliote states and developing the area, driving the Carthaginians from Sicily once and for all, conquering the Italiote city states of Magna Graecia, and overthrowing the tyrants to restore the old republic.

Like most other Hellenistic group countries, Syracusae can also get access to two of the Greek cultural missions under certain circumstances. If Syracusae conquers territory in Greece it can get the Greek cultural mission tree Pan-Hellenic Government and attempt to unite the Greek city-states into a new Hellenic League, while making conquests in the Asian, Bithynian, or Thracian region will gives access to the Euxine Sea Hellenistic cultural mission tree The Hospitable Sea, directing Syracusae to expand its influence and dominate the Euxine Sea region.

Like all other countries, Syracusae also has access to the Generic missions regardless of whether or not the DLC is enabled.

Events

Apart from those associated with its unique missions, Syracusae also has a few country-specific flavour events.

Syracusan flavor events

Syracusae has a couple of flavor events around the famous mathematician and inventor Archimedes, who spawns the court of the owner of the city of Syrakousai in 490 (note that this does not necessarily have to be Syracusae itself), as well as the legacy of the conquests of Dionysius I.

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(Hidden event)

 

Trigger conditions Territory is colonized Is Syrakousai (84) This event has not happened before	Is triggered only by 37-43 years after the start of the game
Immediate effects Owner of the territory gets the event The Talented Archimedes

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The Talented Archimedes

A skilled mathematician by the name of Archimedes has risen to prominence in the halls of [syracuse_scope.GetName], impressing many with his novel approaches.

It seems he is the son an astronomer, and was educated in the Alexandrine schools of Egypt. His talents may prove useful in more than just theoretical applications...

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Trigger conditions This event has not happened before	Is triggered only by a Hidden event
Immediate effects Create the character Archimedes Phidid in the current character's court
Let us hope he finds much. Get the modifier Archimedes' Rigor for 40 years, giving: +5% Technology Speed +10% Fort Defense

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An Eastern Base?

There was a time when Dionysios I, king of Syrakousai, led an army to Illyria in order to reinstall the deposed Epirote king Alketas and sack the temples of Delphi.

We should not let our ambitions wither, and the disputed island of Korkyra off the Epirote coast would make a fine base for our expanding our interests in the east.

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Trigger conditions Is a monarchy Does not own or have a subject that owns Korkyra (470) Is Syracusae	Is triggered only by 180 - 365 days after the start of the game
The island shall be ours. Get a claim on Korkyra (470)

Agathokles events

Syracusae also has a startup event revolving around Agathokles' claim to be King of Sicily, allowing Syracusae to choose between improving relations with its neighbours and getting claims on the rest of the island.

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Agathokles Ruler

Once more, a tentative truce with Carthage holds Sicily in an uneasy state of readiness. The seizure of Messana by Carthaginian forces during the Third Sicilian War has sorely reduced our strategic control of Sicily, and the city of Syracuse itself is still recovering from a long, but ultimately unsuccessful siege.

Every eye in the Mediterranean looks to us, gauging our response, and waiting for any sign of weakness.

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Trigger conditions Is Syracusae Owns Syrakousai (84) Carthage exists and owns territory This event has not happened before

Is triggered only by On game start

Proclaim Agathokles I Agathoklid King of all Sicily! Every country that owns a territory in the provinces of Siculia, Sicania, or Syracuse that is not the current country gets the opinion modifier Unfriendly Neighbors towards the current country and vice versa, giving -30 opinion with a yearly decay of 1 Get claims on all territories not owned by the current country or one of its subjects in the provinces of Siculia, Sicania, or Syracuse Perhaps it is time we befriended our neighbors. Every country that owns a territory in the provinces of Siculia, Sicania, or Syracuse that is not the current country gets the opinion modifier Border Friends towards the current country and vice versa, giving +20 opinion with a yearly decay of 2

Mamertine Republic events

Main article: Italian flavor events#Syracusan events

When Agathokles dies, there is also a special event that can trigger if Syracusae holds Messana that spawns the 20px Mamertine Republic, giving Syracusae the choice of either immediately declaring war to reconquer the city or accepting their control and allowing them to rule the city as an autonomous mercenary state.

Decisions

As a Siceliote-cultured country in the region of Magna Graecia, Syracusae has access to the decisions to form Sicily and later Magna Graecia.

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Unite Sicily

The goal of uniting the island of Sicily, whilst seemingly a simple thing, has been the cause of countless lost lives. Perhaps we could be the ones to finally succeed in this task?

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Potential requirements Has at least 1 territory Has Siceliote or Siculian primary culture Is not Sicily or Magna Graecia Is not AI-controlled, owns at least 10 territories, or is Syracusae Is not a Tier 2 or Tier 3 formable	Allow Sicily does not currently exist Is not at war or in a civil war Owns Syrakousai (84) and Akragas (86) Owns or has a subject who owns the following territories: Messana (80) Lilibaya (94) Morgantina (88) Ziz (96) Is not Sikelia
Effects Current country becomes Sicily If the country is tribal, adopt the Federated Tribe government form Otherwise, gain 150 political influence Add 4 citizen pops and 4 freemen pops of the state culture and religion to the capital Capital gets the modifier Emergent Capital until the end of the game, giving: +0.15% Local Population Growth +8% Local Freeman Happiness +10% Local Civilization Level Get claims on all territories in the provinces of Siculia, Sicania, and Syracuse Get 2 free province investments

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Form Magna Graecia

The Greeks have been present in southern Italy and Sicily for many centuries. Whilst often far removed from the macro-politics of the mainland, the region of Magna Graecia, as it was known, played an important part in the Hellenistic world.

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Potential requirements Has at least 1 territory Country is in the Hellenistic culture group The capital is in the regions of Magna Graecia, Italia, or Cisalpine Gaul Is not Magna Graecia is not a endgame tag Is not AI-controlled, owns at least 5 territories, or is Syracusae	Allow The mission Greater Greece is not active Magna Graecia does not exist Is not at war or in a civil war Owns the following territories: Herakleia Minoa (91) Syrakousai (84) Owns at least 4 of the following territories: Messana (80) Kroton (78) Rhegion (72) Thourioi (52) Herakleia (54) Metapontion (55) Taras (56) Callipolis (63) Elea (12) Owns or has a subject that owns at least 1 of the following territories: Neapolis (7) Pompeii (9)
Effects Current country becomes Magna Graecia Add 4 citizen pops and 4 freemen pops to the current capital If the capital has the modifier Emergent Center of Civilization, remove it Capital gets the modifier Emergent Capital until the end of the game, giving: +0.15% Local Population Growth +10% Local Freeman Happiness +8% Local Civilization Level Get claims on all unowned territories in the region of Magna Graecia Get 4 free province investments

As well, as a Hellenistic culture group monarchy, Syracusae has access to the decision to form the Hellenistic Empire.

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Reunite Alexander's Empire

For too long parasites and scavengers have made a feast of the Great Empire that Alexander spent a lifetime building. It is time we do away with all claimants, usurpers and delusional provincial strongmen. There can be only one authority within the empire of Alexander the Great, one upholder of the great Hellenistic legacy that this great man founded.

That one power could not possibly come from any dynasty but our own. Only a family that respects the Argead traditions can legitimately claim its legacy.

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Potential requirements Has not previously formed the Hellenistic Empire Has at least 1 territory Country is in the Hellenistic culture group Is a monarchy Is not Hellenistic Empire Is not AI-controlled or has more than 40 territories	Allow Hellenistic Empire does not current exist Is a monarchy Is not at war or in a civil war Owns or has a subject that owns the following territories: Pella (379) Korinthos (418) Athenai (416) Lysimacheia (350) Sardeis (292) Alexandreia (516) Memphis (500) Gaza (659) Tyros (743) Antigoneia (790) Ammoneion (5537) Babylon (918) Seleukeia Megale (911) Persepolis (4799) Ekbatana (1595) Taxila (7314) Alexandrou Limen (6821)
Effects If the country is tribal, add the modifier Civilizing Tribe for 10 years, giving: +0.10% Monthly Civilization Change +2 Pop Promotion Speed +10% Integrated Culture Happiness If the government type is not Empire or Imperial Cult, set the country's government to Empire If the country was originally a republic: If the country originally had the Provisioning Act or Punic Reforms law, enact the Royal Guard law Otherwise, if the country originally had the Military Modernization or Marian Reform law, enact the Royal Army law Get the modifier Argead Unification until the end of the game, giving: +6% Unintegrated Culture Group Happiness +5% Morale of Armies +2 Diplomatic Reputation +8% National Freeman Happiness Get 5 free province investments Current country becomes Hellenistic Empire If the current ruler has the Blood of the Argeads trait, set the country's name to Argead Empire Get the event Capital of an Empire Get claims on all unowned provinces in the regions of Parthia, Syria, Ariana, Bactriana, Media, Persis, Gedrosia, Mesopotamia, Assyria, Bithynia et Paphlagonia, Cappadocia Taurica, Phrygia, Cilicia, Asia, Greece, Palestine, Gandhara, Lower Egypt, Upper Egypt, Macedonia, and Thrace If the country is Antigonid Kingdom, Macedon, Seleukid Empire, Egypt, or Thrace and is not AI-controlled, award the achievement No More Worlds Left to Conquer

Syracusan Tyranny

Main article: Death to Tyrants

If the Magna Graecia DLC is enabled, the 20px Syracusan Tyranny can be created as a civil war releasable that appears as part of the final tasks of the unique Syracusan mission tree Death to Tyrants if the civil war path is chosen, representing the resistance of the existing monarchical government fighting against the pro-republican rebellion. The Syracusan Tyranny will usually retain control over the old capital when the civil war starts, and once defeated will allow Syracusae to finish its transition back into an Oligarchic Republic.

	Mission	Potential	Requirements	Effects	Time	Description
	To Arms	Always	Has completed or bypassed the following, if it exists: Timoleon's Example A Deal with the Devil Has not completed any of the following: Damokles' Lesson Is not at Has completed at least one of the Timoleon's Example or the A Deal with the Devil mission tasks	Tooltip: A civil war will begin to oust the tyrant. Get the event To Arms in [sm_rebel_base_scope.GetName]!	Instant	The line of Dionysius clung to power like limpets on their island fortress, and were only cast out at the tip of a spear. With the right support, we can follow in the footsteps of Timoleon and win our liberty with honor.

Syracusan Tyranny

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Culture

Siceliote

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Capital territory

Syrakousai (84)

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Government

Autocratic Monarchy

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Military traditions

Greek tradition group

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To Arms in [sm_rebel_base_scope.GetName]!

The below description is one of several available for this event.

The day has finally arrived for the people of [democracy_leader.GetEmployer.​GetName] to take back their city from yet another vainglorious tyrant.

The [me_syracuse_foreign_request_scope.GetAdjective] expedition was meticulously organized, with troops led by [me_syracuse_foreign_request_character_scope.GetPraenomen] arriving in [sm_rebel_base_scope.GetName], upon which [democracy_leader.​GetPraenomen] formally declared [me_syracuse_foreign_request_character_scope.GetPraenomen] as interim leader of the republic.

All that remains is to defeat the tyrant's armies and retake our great city for the people of [tyrant_leader.GetEmployer.GetCapital.GetName] - Ares willing!

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Trigger conditions Owns any territory Is a monarchy The ruler is the tyrant that is to be overthrown There is a character that is marked as the leader of the pro-democratic faction There is a territory that is marked as the base of the pro-democratic rebels Owns at least 2 territories	Is triggered only by the To Arms mission task
Immediate effects Save the character marked as the tyrant that is to be overthrown as the tyrant leader Save the character marked as the leader of the pro-democratic faction as the democracy leader Save the current capital as the tyrant base Save the territory that is marked as the base of the pro-democratic rebels as the rebel base If the Timoleon's Example mission task has been completed, there exists a country that agreed to help the rebellion, and there exists a character that was selected as the leader of the expedition to help the rebellion: Save the country that agreed to help the rebellion as the foreign request scope country Save the character that was selected as the leader of the expedition to help the rebellion as the foreign request character scope character Otherwise, if the Timoleon's Example mission task has been completed, a Corinthian general was chosen to lead the expedition, and there exists a character that was selected as the leader of the expedition Save the character that was selected as the leader of the expedition to help the rebellion as the foreign request character scope character Otherwise, if the A Deal with the Devil mission task has been completed and there exists a country that agreed to send support to the rebellion for payment Save the country that agreed to send support to the rebellion as the deal with the devil scope character All feudatories of the current country are released, guaranteed by the current country, and marked as previously having been a Syracusan subject for later If the Timoleon's Example mission task has been completed and the the foreign request character scope character: If the foreign request character scope character is not already in the country, move dismiss the character from all held positions and move him or her to the current country as a minor character Set the foreign request character scope character as the new ruler Otherwise, set the democracy leader character as the new ruler Set that the Syracusan civil war has started Set the government form to Oligarchic Republic The tyrant leader is dismissed from all current positions and starts a civil war as the Autocratic Monarchy of the 20px Syracusan Tyranny The 20px Syracusan Tyranny takes 3/4 of the current country's treasury The current country annexes the rebel base territory and any neighbouring territories belonging to the 20px Syracusan Tyranny that is not the capital or the tyrant base territory The current country moves its capital to the rebel base territory and it gains a fortress if one can be built and there is not currently a fortress in the territory The 20px Syracusan Tyranny annexes the tyrant base territory and any neighbouring territories belonging to the current country that is not the capital or the rebel base territory If the tyrant base territory is not currently the capital of the 20px Syracusan Tyranny, the 20px Syracusan Tyranny moves its capital to Syrakousai (84) Every character that met the following conditions before the civil war started are dismissed from their positions, moved to the 20px Syracusan Tyranny, and made part of the tyrant leader's family: Is alive Is not a prisoner Is in the same family as the tyrant leader Is in the current country Is not the current heir, if the current heir was convinced to join the plot against the ruler If the democracy leader character is in the 20px Syracusan Tyranny: The democracy leader moves to the current country All family members of the democracy leader are dismissed from their positions and move to the current country if they are not imprisoned Transfer the democracy leader's family to the current country If the Timoleon's Example mission task has been completed, a Corinthian general was chosen to lead the expedition, and the general still exists to actually send support: The current country gets the modifier Foreign Support for 5 years, giving: +5% Levy Size Multiplier Otherwise, if the Timoleon's Example mission task has been completed, a country agreed to help the rebellion and still exists, and the expedition leader still exists to actually send support: The current country gets the modifier Foreign Support for 5 years, giving: +5% Levy Size Multiplier The foreign request scope country gets the event Syracusan Civil War Begins The foreign request scope country gets a truce with the current country for the next 5 years Otherwise, if the A Deal with the Devil mission task has been completed, the rival that agreed to send support to the rebellion for payment still exists, and the current country is not at war with that rival: The current country gets the modifier Foreign Support for 5 years, giving: +5% Levy Size Multiplier The foreign request scope country gets the event Syracusan Civil War Begins The foreign request scope country gets an alliance with the current country Every country that meets the following conditions gets the event Turmoil Racks Syracusae: Owns a territory Is at least one of the following: Rome Carthage Macedon Thrace Seleukid Empire Egypt Antigonid Kingdom Cyrenaica A subject of the 20px Syracusan Tyranny A country with its capital in the regions of Greece, Italia, or Magna Graecia A neighbour of Syracusae Is not any of the following: Syracusae 20px Syracusan Tyranny The deal with the devil scope country The foreign request scope country
Freedom or death! Tooltip: The mission task To Arms has now been Completed The revolution has begun! Republican forces have taken control of [sm_rebel_base_scope.GetName]. 0 Cohorts have been mustered thanks to the skills and resources of our leader, [democracy_leader.GetPraenomen]. If the Timoleon's Example mission task has been completed and a country agreed to help the rebellion and still exists: Tooltip: The [me_syracuse_foreign_request_scope.GetAdjective] leader [me_syracuse_foreign_request_character_scope.GetPraenomen] now leads with emergency powers and has brought 6 Cohorts and some funds. Gain 3 times the monthly income of the foreign request scope country, with a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 50 gold If A Deal with the Devil mission task has been completed and the rival that agreed to send support to the rebellion for payment still exists: Tooltip: [me_syr_deal_with_devil_scope.GetName] has sent 6 extra Cohorts and some funds. Gain 3 times the monthly income of the deal with the devil scope country, with a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 50 gold Enable a temporary dictatorship for the country Set that the Timoleon's Example mission task can be bypassed

Diplomacy

Syracusae starts with 3 feudatories:

• Gelas
• Rhegium
• Locri

Population

Syracusae begins with a population of 135 pops divided across its 11 territories. Most of the population is Siceliote, though there are some Boeotian pops in the northern cities and a few Achaeans in the south, and some of the inland territories are still largely of the native Siculian culture and may be the source of some trouble. All of Syracusae's pops are Hellenic.

Mercenary states

Main article: Mercenary state

A mercenary state is a particular type of client state that has been created by granting control of a city to a mercenary company, much like the historical 20px Mamertine Republic. As well as fighting alongside their overlord, each mercenary state will also reduce the overlord's costs when hiring other mercenary companies, and if the overlord is a monarchy with the Mercenary Contract Law enacted, the overlord can use the Elect New Leader Character Interaction to replace their current leader with that of the mercenary state at the cost of some stability, much like Agathokles himself once did.

Mercenary states can generally only be created by releasing an owned city through the Create Mercenary State territory action at the cost of 50 political power, available from the start of the game to Syracusae (representing the rich mercenary-using traditions of the Siceliotes) or to any country that has adopted the Satellite Status Oratory invention. The 20px Mamertine Republic, when released, will also be a mercenary state.

Unique deities

Main article: Hellenic#Syracusan deities

These deities are available to Syracusae or countries formed from Syracusae, as long as it is Hellenic, or polytheistic and has enough Hellenic pops / controls the deity's holy site, and require the Magna Graecia content pack (Apollo Didymaios can also be unlocked by the Seleukid Empire in the unique Seleukid mission tree Western Dreams with Heirs of Alexander):

Deity	Category	Rarity	Passive effect	Omen effect	Apotheosis effect	Holy site
Athena Nikephoros	War	Very Rare	+5% Monthly Military Experience	+5% Morale of Armies	Gain 1,000 Manpower, multiplied by the deity’s Martial, and an extra 1,000 if the deity’s Martial is at least 11, if manpower is below 80% Gain 2.00 Military Experience, otherwise	—
Arethousa	Culture	Very Rare	+0.04% National Population Growth	+8% Manpower Recovery Speed	+0.15% Local Population Growth in the capital province for five years	84, Syrakousai, Syracusae
Apollo Didymaios	Economy	Very Rare	+4% Integrated Culture Happiness	+10% National Citizen Output	If the deity has more than 8 finesse, gain 1 Free Province Investment Otherwise, the culture with the most pops gets +8% Culture Happiness and +10% Culture Slave Output	—
Artemis Alphaia	Fertility	Very Rare	+5% National Freeman Happiness	+15% Global Monthly Food Modifier	1 Slave appears in the capital; 2 if the deity’s Finesse is at least 6; 4 if the deity’s Finesse is at least 9	—

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Achievements

Potter to King

As Syracuse, conquer all of Sicily by the death of your ruler, Agathocles.

On the Measure of the Earth

As any Greek nation, build Towers in Omboi and Alexandria.