Stylistically Braavos is all over the place. After sailing under the legs of the Titan of Braavos there is so much you can do from seeking loans and money from the famed Iron Bank, hiring Braavosi sell swords, or if you’re really desperate hiring one of the Faceless Men to assassinate your target. The city was founded in secret by a collection of former Valyrian slaves and was hidden from the rest of the world until the Doom of Valyria where it established itself as a political and economic powerhouse. Probably the most well known of the Free Cities Braavos is home to some of the most powerful organizations in the Game of Thrones universe. While Rome never reclaimed its place as the dominant Italian power it did play a major part in organizing several key alliances that kept Italy mostly free of encroaching European powers. As the seat of the Catholic Church Rome held quite a bit of power over Italy and the rest of Europe. Like Volantis Rome existed as a reminder of Italy’s once former glory as a united country. Their southern location and ties to the former empire make them similar to Renaissance Rome. They attempted to rebuild the empire but were defeated by the combined efforts of the rest of the cities. Volantis is the southern most of the Free Cities and also has the closest ties to the Valyrian Freehold. Also, there will be lots of overlapping and this entire article is based on my opinion only so if you disagree or think differently please leave a polite and detailed explanation in the comments below. This means the format is going to be a little bit different where instead of devoting the first half of the article to the Game of Thrones topic and the second half to its historical counterpart we’re just going to give each city their own paragraph. Today we’re going to go into a bit more detail on each of the Free Cities and which real life city state they share the most in common with. Typography INDEPENDENT STATE An internationally-recognized independent sovereign state Dependent State An internationally-recognized state under outside control INDEPENDENT REGION A state or region which is de facto independent but lacks widespread international recognition Subdivision A dependent region administered as a single unit INDEPENDENT GROUP An effectively independent group of people with either little claim to independence or minimal unity (for instance: civil war factions, tribal bodies, cultures, etc.On Monday we talked about how the Free Cities of Essos.īear a striking resemblance to the Italian city states of Renaissance Italy. They will differ for other dates and regions. Styles shown below are for the Historical Atlas of Game of Thrones (100).
Annotations and rollovers will often provide more information.Īlliances are indicated by a frame around a polity's name on the map.
Stripes indicate regions of divided control or influence.
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