Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6192846-20130913170916/@comment-4698889-20150303215719

Can we reopen the discussion on the inspiration of Tasan? Personally, I think it's more of Ancient Greece than the Byzantine Empire. My reasons for saying this are the following.
 * Mothy's made all of the countries mirror the history and events of the kingdoms/empires that inspired them (i.e. Lucifenia had a revolution and became a republic, Beelzenia was once powerful and suffered a long decline) with Tasan being the exception. The Byzantine Empire came into being due to Rome being split into two, and said empire continued to prosper after Rome's collapse. Meanwhile, we have Tasan split into two vassal states, warring with each other for a bit, and finally being conquered by Beelzenia.
 * The walled fortress city of Retasan may be inspired by Troy or even Athens (which was also a walled city).
 * The two vassal states of Ra and Re Tasan warring with each other may be a parallel to Athens and Sparta. Additionally, it could also be the Mycenaeans against Troy, since we have no indication that Ra Tasan was a walled city.
 * Tasan was conquered by the Beelzenian Empire very early on in the timeline (right after the Levianta Catastrophe). Greece was conquered by Rome way before its decline, which is paralleled by the EC 300s era.
 * If Tasan was at its height during the days of Magic Kingdom Levianta, chances are it was regarded as an ancient, idyllic civilization in the centuries following the Catastrophe. A lot of people see Greece as a paradise of sorts, even though it's not.