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For you people who think too much about this stuff, I was looking at a map of Thedas recently, and noticed that Minrathous, once the most powerful city on the continent is in a really strange place.

I suppose I'm assuming the Thedosian landmass has always been the same; if the first Blight changed the landscape dramatically, well, this argument is grounded before even taking off. So I'd like to assume that Thedas' shape and geography has always been as it is now.

Minrathous, the captial city and the seat of Tevinter government and culture is situated on a peninsula...doesn't this make it extremely vulnerable, as it could be flanked on all sides? Of course, we assume that the city is huge and mighty, but even ancient Rome and Memphis—respective capitals of their empires—eventually fell. It's my understanding that all of our civilization's powerful cities were situated on or near rivers or lakes, affording them trade inland and from the ocean, well after they had grown from the river-dependent villages they started as.

Also, the map shows the city as being the beginning/end of the Imperial Highway. It makes sense, but again, puts the city at a strategic disadvantage. If another kingdom wished to take the Imperium, they could easily by choking off or redirecting roads as they saw fit.

I think it would make more sense to put Minrathous where Vyrantium is, at the bottom of the Nocen Sea. Assuming the Imperium had a competent navy, blocking off the entire bay from this position might prove more advantageous, and from here could serve as a hub of all Imperial highways; after all, "all roads lead to Rome."