[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#3637) New Nation: Phoenicia

["Gregory Berkolaiko" <Gregory.Berkolaiko@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, DHerding@xxxxxx wrote:

> [miguel@xxxxx - Fri Mar  7 01:07:19 2003]:
> 
> > I have some reservations about this ruleset:
> > 
> > Cities:
> > 
> > I'm not sure, but "Caesarea" sounds like a roman city to me...
> 
> You're right, Caesarea was the Roman name of a city that was founded
> by Phoenicians.
> 
> I can only find the Greek name "Stratonos Pyrgos" (Straton's tower) of
> this city, if nobody knows its Phoenician name, I'll replace
> "Caesarea" with "Stratonos Pyrgos".

According to some websites the city of Straton's Tower was founded by 
Greeks...  And Caesarea was practically a brand new city built in place of 
Straton's Tower by Herod so it definitely has nothing to do with 
Phoenicians.

Anyway, what happened to freeciv-data?  It thought it's the proper place 
for ruleset discussions.  Same applies to the viking discussion.

G.