Despite their descent from the ERE of late antiquity, there were significant cultural, religious, institutional, and territorial differences which made the Empire of the Palaiologos dynasty completely alien to what it was under the likes of Heraclius. (Just as an aside, since you seem so concerned with accuracy, while the Byzantines certainly thought of themselves as being 'Romans', most medieval historians don't actually use that name to describe them, and don't refer to their Empire as the 'Eastern Roman Empire' either. Historically the fashions of the Byzantine court were heavily influenced by things like marriages to Pecheneg princesses and such, so it would be a good way of representing that, and would also go well with the addition of dynamic cultures. They will certainly have 'Byzantine' clothes, but I doubt there will be such highly detailed era-specific clothing options, not least because fashions were heavily influenced by things like marriages.Īn ideal system would be if there was some kind of dynamic dress system that took into account things like foreign marriages, conquest, and trade. It could also be included in free patches, but I very much doubt it will actually be in the base game on release. Click to expand.Very detailed cultural specific clothing is probably the kind of thing that will be released in content packs and DLC.
