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Total War: ROME II – Black Sea Colonies Culture Pack The Black Sea Colonies Culture Pack introduces three new playable factions into the ROME II Grand Campaign: Cimmeria, Pergamon and Colchis. Originally citizens of the Greek States, these pioneering peoples have settled far from home, intermingling their customs with those of far-flung societies to create unique cultures of their own. The Black Sea Colonies bring a rich new gameplay flavour to ROME II through their unique traits, battlefield units and buildings, and hybrid unit-rosters. Black Sea Colonies Cultural traits: Greek Knowledge: +5% to research rate Far from Home: +2 cultural conversion Cimmeria Background: The Cimmerian Bosporus has been fought over for its resources and strategic importance for millennia. The adventurous Greeks of Miletus, in Asia Minor, formed several colonies around the Black Sea coast during the 6th and 7th centuries BC in order to exploit its resources for trade with the wider Greek world. By the beginning of the 5th century BC their government had gravitated from classical Greek democracy to control by a single family. The current ruler, Satyrus, conquered nearby Greek cities, heralding the birth of the Cimmerian Kingdom, and a dynasty of rulers that endures to this day. Despite this strength, Cimmeria remains under threat from the surrounding nomadic tribes, and from the avaricious gaze of nearby Pontus, whose military strength may yet prove its undoing. Faction Traits: Tyrants: +5% corruption Bosporian Fertile Lands: +25% wealth from agricultural buildings Multiculturalism: -25% unhappiness from all foreign cultures in own territories New units: Scythian Hoplites: Armed in the Greek style with spear and shield, these medium infantry are solid defenders. Cimmerian Heavy Archers: A tru