# History sections of new civs **URL:** \ **Category:** II - Discussion\ **Created:** [September 25, 2026, 8:33pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/history-sections-of-new-civs/289964 "2026-09-25T20:33:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![smiki5five](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/smiki5five/32/217730_2.png) [@smiki5five](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/smiki5five)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2026, 8:33pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/history-sections-of-new-civs/289964/1 "2026-09-25T20:33:01Z")
From the Danish one: > _Evidence indicates that the Danes have inhabited modern-day Denmark since at least 3,000 BCE, migrating there after the Ice Age_ …what the actual fuck? Did the Funnelbeaker culture members already identify as Danish? What kind of an ultra-nationalist Hyperboreanist wrote that nonsense, I don’t think even an AI could’ve commited such a crime on historiography. On other topics: as expected, new history sections ignore post-Viking Period histories, there’s no word on the Kalmar Union or the Duchy of Saxony. ---
**Author:** ![DynasticPlanet5](https://forums.ageofempires.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e495f1/32.png) [@DynasticPlanet5](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/DynasticPlanet5)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2026, 8:34pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/history-sections-of-new-civs/289964/2 "2026-09-25T20:34:57Z")
> [@smiki5five](#): > > ultra-nationalist The infection cannot be contained! ---
**Author:** ![TommoChocolate](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/tommochocolate/32/197278_2.png) [@TommoChocolate](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/TommoChocolate)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2026, 8:39pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/history-sections-of-new-civs/289964/3 "2026-09-25T20:39:18Z")
Yeah, I don’t really understand what this means. In what sense were these people Danes back in 3000 BC? ---
**Author:** ![smiki5five](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/smiki5five/32/217730_2.png) [@smiki5five](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/smiki5five)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2026, 8:43pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/history-sections-of-new-civs/289964/4 "2026-09-25T20:43:03Z")
I don’t think the Funnelbeaker culture was even Indo-European to begin with ---
**Author:** ![Mahazona](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/mahazona/32/213405_2.png) [@Mahazona](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/Mahazona)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2026, 12:55am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/history-sections-of-new-civs/289964/5 "2026-09-26T00:55:05Z")
> [@smiki5five](#): > > Duchy of Saxony Ingame saxons are just anglo saxons right? ---
**Author:** ![smiki5five](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/smiki5five/32/217730_2.png) [@smiki5five](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/smiki5five)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2026, 1:31am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/history-sections-of-new-civs/289964/6 "2026-09-26T01:31:40Z")
Yeah, but it’s kinda dumb to pretend that the only Saxons that matter are those who settled in England. Even if they are based solely on the British ones, a note in the history section about their cousins still thriving in Germany would’ve been nice. No wonder the German translation calls the civ Anglo-Saxons. ---
**Author:** ![DynasticPlanet5](https://forums.ageofempires.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e495f1/32.png) [@DynasticPlanet5](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/DynasticPlanet5)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2026, 2:51am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/history-sections-of-new-civs/289964/7 "2026-09-26T02:51:57Z")
Is this new? The game implied the Berber empires existed in 300 BCE. Back then the civilization was the Numidians and Mauritani and it wasn’t the same imperial powers so who knows ---
**Author:** ![SMUM15236](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/smum15236/32/29763_2.png) [@SMUM15236](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/SMUM15236)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2026, 2:55am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/history-sections-of-new-civs/289964/8 "2026-09-26T02:55:56Z")
\*Evidence indicates that the _Vikings have inhabited modern-day Denmark since at least 3,000 BCE, migrating there after the Ice Age_ 1. Now it is fixed. ---
**Author:** ![smiki5five](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/smiki5five/32/217730_2.png) [@smiki5five](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/smiki5five)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2026, 3:58am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/history-sections-of-new-civs/289964/9 "2026-09-26T03:58:18Z")
I mean at least Numidians in 300 BC spoke a Berber language and practiced the pagan Berber religion. Nobody in 3000 BC Denmark spoke Danish or knew who Odin is. ---
**Author:** ![smiki5five](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/smiki5five/32/217730_2.png) [@smiki5five](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/smiki5five)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2026, 6:05pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/history-sections-of-new-civs/289964/10 "2026-10-21T18:05:11Z")
Also, Aethelfrith the Ravager of Celts wasn’t moved from the Celtic AI player list to the Saxon one… ---
**Author:** ![Crossil](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/crossil/32/213977_2.png) [@Crossil](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/Crossil)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2026, 11:55am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/history-sections-of-new-civs/289964/11 "2026-10-24T11:55:34Z")
That’s because the Saxons, as the devs seem to define them, don’t cover the Anglican lands. Anglicans for them seem to be Britons/English. Evidence: history section naming only Sussex, Wessex, Essex and Midsex as Saxon states, while ignoring the Anglican ones, the AI player names which are purely from those states + Anglo-Saxon merger like the Godwinsons, scenarios that showcase Wessex as Saxons while Mercia is Britons, etc. As for Aethelfrith specifically, the kingdoms of Bernicia and Deira are treated as Briton rather than Anglican… or, they’re some kind of middle-ground between the two. And with Celtic Briton people, the devs flip-flop between portraying them as Celts or Britons. In other words, the whole region is a mess of overlapping concepts. Imo, I don’t mind Saxons being limited to just Saxons, but then the Saxon civ should’ve had a stronger focus on continental Saxons and northern German (Low German) territories, ala Brandenburg, Hanseatic League, Saxony, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Mahazona](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/mahazona/32/213405_2.png) [@Mahazona](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/Mahazona)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2026, 12:18pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/history-sections-of-new-civs/289964/12 "2026-10-24T12:18:46Z")
I agree now the game has saxons normans britons celts romans all overlapping the same area.This is worse than romans byzantines italians. ---
**Author:** ![AccidentalArcher](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/accidentalarcher/32/217899_2.png) [@AccidentalArcher](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/AccidentalArcher)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2026, 8:15pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/history-sections-of-new-civs/289964/13 "2026-10-24T20:15:23Z")
There is nothing wrong with saying they have inhabited Denmark since 3,000 BC\*. Nobody has ever said they identified as Danish and that is not the standard that other civilizations are held to. They don’t need to identify as Danish to be encompassed within the broader Danes civ. Civilizations in AOE 2 are broad categories. The Mongols include the Scythians and other nomadic cultures in the campaigns. Malians represent a wider selection of West Africa (and the famous Ghebetos were not even strictly Malian). Likewise, the Burmese tech “Manipur Cavalry” and their unique unit, the Arambia were used by a neighboring but separate people called the Manipur. ---
**Author:** ![AccidentalArcher](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/accidentalarcher/32/217899_2.png) [@AccidentalArcher](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/AccidentalArcher)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2026, 8:17pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/history-sections-of-new-civs/289964/14 "2026-10-24T20:17:11Z")
God forbid there be ethnic diversity in _checks notes_ southern England in the medieval era. The different civs are fine. ---
**Author:** ![Crossil](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/crossil/32/213977_2.png) [@Crossil](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/Crossil)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2026, 9:05pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/history-sections-of-new-civs/289964/15 "2026-10-24T21:05:21Z")
> [@AccidentalArcher](#): > > There is nothing wrong with saying they have inhabited Denmark since 3,000 BC\*. It’s factually wrong, though. > [@AccidentalArcher](#): > > Nobody has ever said they identified as Danish and that is not the standard that other civilizations are held to. They don’t need to identify as Danish to be encompassed within the broader Danes civ. It’s not about identity, it’s being factually wrong. > [@AccidentalArcher](#): > > Civilizations in AOE 2 are broad categories. The Mongols include the Scythians and other nomadic cultures in the campaigns. Because there’s no Scythian civ, not because Scythians were Mongols. > [@AccidentalArcher](#): > > Malians represent a wider selection of West Africa (and the famous Ghebetos were not even strictly Malian). Because there’s no other West African civs. Gbetos are technically not even a real unit, if we’re holding it to standard. > [@AccidentalArcher](#): > > Likewise, the Burmese tech “Manipur Cavalry” and their unique unit, the Arambia were used by a neighboring but separate people called the Manipur. Because “Burmese” is more of a regional rather than ethnic term. And Manipur is in Burma. But, yes, it’s an inaccuracy born of not having any other civs in the area. > [@AccidentalArcher](#): > > God forbid there be ethnic diversity in _checks notes_ southern England in the medieval era. The different civs are fine. Strawman. ---
**Author:** ![Tyranno13](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/tyranno13/32/127995_2.png) [@Tyranno13](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/Tyranno13)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2026, 9:15pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/history-sections-of-new-civs/289964/16 "2026-10-24T21:15:56Z")
> [@AccidentalArcher](#): > > The Mongols include the Scythians Scythians are from Persia, Mongols have nothing to do with them. ---
**Author:** ![AccidentalArcher](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/accidentalarcher/32/217899_2.png) [@AccidentalArcher](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/AccidentalArcher)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2026, 9:43pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/history-sections-of-new-civs/289964/17 "2026-10-24T21:43:00Z")
Check the Attila the Hun campaign. Scythians have been Mongols since 2000. Civs in AOE 2 encompass a broad spectrum of time and various tangentially related peoples, nations, and empires. ---
**Author:** ![Tyranno13](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/tyranno13/32/127995_2.png) [@Tyranno13](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/Tyranno13)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2026, 10:20pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/history-sections-of-new-civs/289964/18 "2026-10-24T22:20:39Z")
> [@AccidentalArcher](#): > > Check the Attila the Hun campaign. Because AoE2 has nothing close to Scythians or any other Irannic steppe peoples or empires in it. Does not make Mongols a good fit or mean Mongols cover Scythians. Check the ai player names for the Mongols, no Scythians. ---
**Author:** ![Mahazona](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/mahazona/32/213405_2.png) [@Mahazona](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/Mahazona)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2026, 10:29pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/history-sections-of-new-civs/289964/19 "2026-10-24T22:29:25Z")
> [@AccidentalArcher](#): > > Check the Attila the Hun campaign. Scythians have been Mongols since 2000 Alans were represented by vikings till recently does that mean vikings and alans are somehow related groups? ---
**Author:** ![PeakHornet46539](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/peakhornet46539/32/187877_2.png) [@PeakHornet46539](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/PeakHornet46539)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2026, 10:36pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/history-sections-of-new-civs/289964/20 "2026-10-24T22:36:44Z")
There are Scythian units in Chronicles that could have been used. [Next page](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/history-sections-of-new-civs/289964.md?page=2)