Yellow death, orange greeks, and the brown barbarians. My trifecta of destruction.
It is 204BC in my Romani H/H campaign. I have conquered western mainland europe, from Gibraltar to the eastern boarder of modern day germany, and destroyed all the tribal factions within. In North Africa, I have destroyed the Carthaginians and taken everything from Gibraltar to Alexandria.
I have been quite successful on all fronts up until this point. In the last five rounds my fortunes have radically altered. The Ptolemaioi forged an alliance with the Baktria and together rapidly destroyed AS(my ally for a hundred years), Pontos, Pahlava and Hayasdan. With peace in persia, the Ptolemaioi have turned their attentions fully to my incursion into their territory. Unlike other enemies I have fought, the Ptolemaioi seem to have infinite resources and armies consisting of large numbers of elite troops. My legions of veteran polybian troops have been greatly depleted in the onslaught of phalanxes pouring into the Nile delta region. All I have left of any substance are a few rag tag armies made up of local militia and mercenaries. Because I stupidly neglected to update my navy, the Ptolemaioi have that part of the Mediterranean firmly under their control, stopping me from shipping in fresh men. Hopefully in 10 or so turns I can defeat them at see, but at the moment it is impossible.
To make matters much worse, the Getai have taken control of all of eastern europe between my boarder and the black sea. They have also made the Sauromatae their vassals, providing them with a single front to fight on. KH has dominated greece and the western tip of persia, making Makedonia their vassal. About four turns ago, the Getai and KH joined forces and are now invading my lightly defended eastern boarder.
As of where I stand now, I am being invaded by three superpowers simultaneously. My economy is in ruins because of the vast number of troops I am creating to try to hold the line. It looks very much like the KH and Getai will join with the Ptolemaioi and Baktria, leaving me to bear the full brunt of their combined military might. I am only three or four major defeats from having both of my boarders steamrolled.
The only silver lining I can see is that the Baktria have made the Saka their vassal, and the rest of their territory is surrounded by the Ptolemaioi. Hopefully this will end in a major bloody conflict between the two.
I am out of ideas of what to do, aside from pumping more and more men into the two fronts, and this has only turned a few regions into meat grinders. I was hoping that some of my fellow imperators would have some suggestions.
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