Re: [Freeciv-Dev] mongol flag?

[Sigurd Brattsti Sørensen <sigurdbs@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 25 Feb 1999, David Pfitzner wrote:

> Lalo Martins wrote:
> > 
> > As someone pointed out, Engels also uses the Brazilian flag for
> > Aztecs, which is at best funny, at worst insulting :-)
> 
> Yes.  Pity, because the Brazilian flag is very distinctive,
> wereas the Mexican flag (used in the classic tiles) is easily
> confused with the Romans if the central emblem is obscured.
> 
> According to http://fotw.digibel.be/flags/mx.html
> the emblem on the Mexican flag is related to an Aztec
> legend, so its probably as close as we'll get.
> 
> Unfortunately the emblem (actually an eagle with a snake in 
> its mouth, standing on a cactus) just looks like a messy 
> splotch at that resolution. :-(

One possibility would be to exaggerate the distictions between the roman
and the mexican flag.
I believe the roman flag has a slightly narrower white stripe, whereas the
mexican white stripe is wider than the other stripes.

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