I'd like to mention that the Antivan Satinalia is clearly based on the Roman christmas celebration of antiquity, called Saturnalia. It also involved a whole week of festivities, gambling and other...more carnal pleasures. For those interested in the similarities - perhaps even yourself, dear Professor? - the channel Invicta has a really good video on the matter. That being said, thank you for a great video, and happy holidays to all!
funny you say that, i’m replaying dragon 2 right now. Make sure you unlock all the free DLC content and bonus content (like weapons armor and such) via Dragon Age keep in the career section, under rewards. Virtually all DLC across all 3 games is free now, including collector edition, promotional items and pre-order items
I absolutely love your pronunciation of the French, Italian, Spanish inspired names and so on. Makes me feel like I'm hearing the names as they were intended to be said!
I know we dont know much about nevarra but hopefully after orlais thats next hahaha! Its so awesome to see ur channel grow from less than 1k to this big now. Good job and keep it up! Merry Christmas
Mages all the way, Libertarian for life! The College of Enchanters needs to be an autonomous faction free from Chantry rule, so that mages can govern themselves and eachother!
People in medival times fought brother against brother for power and influence so its difficult to believe that strategic marriage alliances would make Antiva that safe from invasions for centruires. I can undertand it mattering for a generation or two but for it to be relevant until today is too unrealstic. Why should on expansionist king care if the Antiva royalty have some blood realtions to him from 100 years ago? I think the lore guys at Bioware dropped the ball of this one.
I think it can be seen very similarly to Genoa or Venice, as I believe this was part of its inspiration, and they made a lot of trade deals to keep themselves safe for a long time--of course, there is a lot of nuance and the Ottomans were a constant threat. It is a strange mesh of time periods in Dragon Age, though it seems to be late 1400's--early 1500's for the most part. Political assassinations, careful trade deals, and strategic marriages played a large role throughout history to the point it would keep you safe for a good while. Granted, if someone wanted it enough, they would attack a neighboring country in spite of this. A lot of the history of Thedas is left to the imagination, and you can see the areas where they are still adding to the Lore. For all we know, it could also be there geographic location and the fact that other countries have bigger problems to worry about (The Qunari/Blights).
I'd like to mention that the Antivan Satinalia is clearly based on the Roman christmas celebration of antiquity, called Saturnalia. It also involved a whole week of festivities, gambling and other...more carnal pleasures. For those interested in the similarities - perhaps even yourself, dear Professor? - the channel Invicta has a really good video on the matter.
That being said, thank you for a great video, and happy holidays to all!
That is true and yes, Invicta is a very good channel. Thank you for the support! 😁
Nice job! Perfect timing too, as I'm replaying Origins and Inquisition this winter. 😁
funny you say that, i’m replaying dragon 2 right now. Make sure you unlock all the free DLC content and bonus content (like weapons armor and such) via Dragon Age keep in the career section, under rewards. Virtually all DLC across all 3 games is free now, including collector edition, promotional items and pre-order items
I’m happy I’m Italian and Spanish in real life so I’d be Antivan in Thedas. Just the food alone make it 💯💯
Me, a Brazilian: Antiva and Nevarra are just Brazil with necromancers and somehow the Talians became the majority.
Siiiiick! I've loved Antiva since Zevran showed up. :)
I absolutely love your pronunciation of the French, Italian, Spanish inspired names and so on. Makes me feel like I'm hearing the names as they were intended to be said!
And hopefully Im pronouncing them correctly 😅 thank you very much. 😁
I know we dont know much about nevarra but hopefully after orlais thats next hahaha! Its so awesome to see ur channel grow from less than 1k to this big now. Good job and keep it up! Merry Christmas
Nice! Been waiting for the Antiva entry to the series. Thanks professor!
Love this channel, appreciate the in depth content
This really makes me wanna choose this as my Race/ Class in Dreadwolf!
Love the format of how you do this thanks look forward to every video you do 👍
the antivan accent is so good, great video!
Now Antiva sounds like the one place in Thedas I might actually like living in
Amazing video. thanks for all your hard work putting this togeather
Loved the video. Keep it up ❤
are we assuming that the word "assassin" on Thedas is from antivan origin?
Thanks for the video prof !
One of the real world inspirations for Antiva must surely have been the Republic of Venice.
I see a lot of art from Assassin's Creed II, you got good taste as that game is incredible :)
There is not that much Antiva art out there, an AC2 kinda fits the italian aesthetic. Thank you 😁
Awesome! :)
Hell yeah!
I’m Cuban, so I’m basically Spanish, so I’m basically Antivan, so I’m basically a Crow 🐦⬛
Is there gonna be any test about Antiva professor? Thanks to this lessons i'll get a good score! (I hope😅)
Portuguese influence goes brrrrrrruuum!
Which side are you on mages or templars just curious
Imagine being a m*ge sympathizer 🤢
Mages all the way, Libertarian for life! The College of Enchanters needs to be an autonomous faction free from Chantry rule, so that mages can govern themselves and eachother!
@loreuniversity895 are you excited for dragon age Dread Wolf???
Oh boy!
You spoil us professor😋🫡
People in medival times fought brother against brother for power and influence so its difficult to believe that strategic marriage alliances would make Antiva that safe from invasions for centruires. I can undertand it mattering for a generation or two but for it to be relevant until today is too unrealstic. Why should on expansionist king care if the Antiva royalty have some blood realtions to him from 100 years ago?
I think the lore guys at Bioware dropped the ball of this one.
I think it can safely be assumed that she *started* the process, and it's been continued every generation since
@@Finding_Arcadia thats just head canon.
I think it can be seen very similarly to Genoa or Venice, as I believe this was part of its inspiration, and they made a lot of trade deals to keep themselves safe for a long time--of course, there is a lot of nuance and the Ottomans were a constant threat. It is a strange mesh of time periods in Dragon Age, though it seems to be late 1400's--early 1500's for the most part. Political assassinations, careful trade deals, and strategic marriages played a large role throughout history to the point it would keep you safe for a good while. Granted, if someone wanted it enough, they would attack a neighboring country in spite of this.
A lot of the history of Thedas is left to the imagination, and you can see the areas where they are still adding to the Lore. For all we know, it could also be there geographic location and the fact that other countries have bigger problems to worry about (The Qunari/Blights).