Yes, it appears as if they're returning to their roots. Here are the three guards we've seen so far -> http://i51.tinypic.com/w2oepz.jpg


Also, this is http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1180846-strange-man-on-picture/page__p__17491026 to many of us. :confused:

I don't know what you're talking about for most of this post, little seems to have anything to do with what I said. So let's see, did I say Rome was not in the Meditteranean? No. In fact I tried to explore which architecture had a Roman influence by mentioning Anvil being somewhat Meditteranean, it was my entire point. Did I mention anything about ethnicity? No. Not once. I was talking about architecture. Where does European style come from? What I was refering to was Europe mostly North of the meditteranean, Brittain, France, Germany, Scandinavia etc., as opposed to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architecture_of_ancient_Rome. Not a clue what you're on about with the Blades, their armour isn't even Imperial.

Ave, true to Caesar.

Mmmmm ,, also Septim name ,,, i think it's taken from Latin roman ,, Septimius ....
nothing new

Imperials = Romans
Red guards = Africans + Caribbean
Breton = Celtic
Nord = Norse = Viking
Khagiit + Argonian = Eastern Cultures + Arabs ,,,, no idea why ,, but they feel like this
Bosmer = no idea
Altmer = Chinese + Japanese

The Legion (not the Imperials in general) stopped being Roman in Oblivion. They were more Ancient Greek influenced than Roman influenced in Oblivion.
And the architecture in the Imperial City, contrary to what a lot of people believe, had very little "Roman" in it's style.

Thanks. A few pillars and steles here and there does not make a stereotypical somewhere-middle-ages city "Roman".

What roots? If anything, the Roman-flavor in Morrowind was a radical make over, (one of the game designer at the time even saw this as a major step in the wrong direction, actually. And still has his beef about it). Oblivion was more of a re-approximation of their roots.

Looks like they are. I approve.

Imperials in Oblivion were still Roman Imperials... Just not the Ancient Roman Empire started by Augustus.

Other than their pseudo-latin names, they were based more on the Holy Roman Empire/First Reich. The Holy Roman Empire just happens to be what the Standard Medieval Fantasy Setting is derived from.

Looks like they will be a blend of the two again.

How do you know that?

Sorry i misunderstood it to say that anvil has meditterranean architecture as opposed to roman, i completely misread that part, I do apologise, and the only reason i mentioned ethnicities was to give more emphasis to the point that Rome is often misconceived. As for Europe, France, Germany, and Britain (bar scotland) were all under Roman rule, and so will be inlfuenced by roman architecture, London is actually a roman city, that is what i was talking about.

Romans wore Togas.

And the armor looked nothing like Roman armour, nor did the architexture, asside from the fact that it didn't look like it was about to fall over; unlike the other cities.

Saying Romans wore Togas is like saying Americans wear Tuxedos. Most ancient romans wore tunics, or a variant thereof.

On your second point: The architecture of Skingrad and the Imperial City strongly resemble the architecture seen in the Holy Roman Empire, as do the Imperial Guard Armors.
If anything, the Ancient Roman style Armor in Morrowind is the aberration. While it made sense in Redguard (Being 200+ years before the other games), the rest of the series has the Cyrodiilic Empire as being more like the Holy Roman Empire (A.D. 962- A.D. 1806) than the Ancient Roman Empire (27 B.C - 476 B.C.)

Unfortunately, the Holy Roman Empire was so much more awesome than the original Ancient Roman Empire it's been endlessly copied in fantasy settings to the point that it's become the "Boring Standard Medieval Fantasy Setting".

The lack of consistency hasn't bothered me so far, what will bother me is if Imperials get any kind of weird look overall. They are like my favourite race. Time will tell, as we'll hopefully receive more detailed screens.

Their roots from Morrowind?

You are aware there were four games in the series before Morrowind, right? (ARENA, Daggerfall, Battlespire, Redguard) And only the last one had Roman-style Imperials. Prior to that, it was Holy Roman Empire the whole way.

Technically, Imperials aren't even a real race any more than Cathay and Cathay-Raht khajiit are seperate races. They're actually just Nords who've had a very long Summer Vacation.