You can try to win the support of one of the adult sons of Ptolemy, though they will be difficult to convince and may have their own ideas about how to rule the country. There is one way for you to get a significant amount of coup support with relatively little effort: Promise to install a better claimant as your co-ruler. This can be done via special decisions (for the provinces) and via a special character interaction (for characters). Following the mission tree will net you some Claim Support, but to have a fighting chance in the civil war that’s about to come you will need to convince provinces and characters to join your side. Claim support can be gained by fulfilling mission tasks, through events, and through special decisions and character interactions. Thus Magas will have to secure Claim Support if he wants to have a chance to take control of Egypt.Ĭlaim Support is a new mechanic that’s unique to the coup branch of the Cyrenaican missions. However, unlike aforementioned Ptolemaic claimants, Magas’s claim to the throne is very weak: He may be the son of the Queen, but he is not related by blood to Ptolemy himself. (Ptolemy VIII ruled from Cyrenaica for a time before regaining control over Egypt.) In fact, many of the missions in this branch are inspired by the civil war between Ptolemy VIII, Ptolemy VI and Cleopatra III. Historically, Cyrenaica was often drifting in and out of the Egyptian sphere of influence, and it is often difficult to say whether it was an integral part of Egypt or a subject under the rule of a side branch of the Ptolemies.Ģ) This gives us the opportunity to represent some of the civil wars that often ravaged Ptolemaic Egypt in a way that is fun and interactive for the player. We decided to include this branch for two reason:ġ) It reinforces the close link between Cyrenaica and Egypt during the time period. As an alternative to the historical path, you can choose to push Magas’s (admittedly flimsy) claim on Egypt itself. However, Magas might not be content with just Cyrenaica. This is the first Cyrenaican mission tree and the only one that will be available until it is completed. With the history lecture out of the way (you have my apologies for the length, but I thought it was important to set the scene), here is how this all plays out in game: Ptolemy III’s marriage to Magas’s daughter started the Ptolemaic tradition of marrying close female relatives, and thus every Ptolemaic ruler after Ptolemy III is also a direct descendant of Magas. The kingdom of Cyrenaica did not last long after Magas’s death – it was absorbed back into Egypt when Magas’s daughter and heir married Ptolemy III – but in some ways, Magas’s dynasty would. Thus, after the death of Ptolemy I, Magas would marry a daughter of Antiochus of the Seleucid Empire (the heir of Seleukos I) and with Seleucid support declare independence as King of Cyrenaica. Eventually though, “governor” would cease to be enough for Magas. Despite being often overlooked today, Magas was very much amongst the inner circle of the Diadochi, in no small part because his mother appears to have been very good at placing her children in positions of power: Shortly after the start date of the game, his full sister Antigone would marry Pyrrhos of Epirus, his second sister likely married Agathokles of Syracuse, and his half-brother by Ptolemy I would supersede his older siblings and inherit the Egyptian throne as Ptolemy II.īut of course the reason why I’m talking about Magas here, is that just after the start of the game, Ptolemy I appointed Magas as governor of Cyrenaica. Magas starts the game in Egypt as the son of Ptolemy’s wife Berenike – though he himself does not have Lagid blood since his father was Berenike’s first husband, an unimportant officer in Alexander’s army.
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