strategos roma
07-20-2009, 08:36
Summer 271 bc:
The great city of Athens has fallen to us, reported the younger brother of King Antigonos, Kalos. Shortly afterwards, his admiral reported that the port of Rhodes had surrendered. Now, only Sparta remains unbowed and defiant. Oh well, they could wait, decided Antigonos. Sparta, as everyone knew, was but a shadow of its former glory. Epirus was by far the greater threat and it was imperative to eliminate them first.
In Sparta, King Areus watching his men drill when the herald reported the bad news to him. The king took it in his stride---Athens was essentially indefensible with its weak military, while Rhodes was of little relevance to the Spartans, who did not have a fleet. He ordered his army, recently strengthened with Perioikoi and other Laconians he had enrolled as full Spartiatai to march on Corinth.
The assault on the city was a major Spartan defeat. Both King Areus and Cheremonides were killed by the Macedonians. Areus’s son, Akroatros, took the battered army back to Sparta, where he was confirmed as the new Aigiad king. A few months later, he took his army back to Corinth and laid siege to the city again. After a few months, he decided to assault the city. This time, he won a resounding victory. The entire Macedonian army was destroyed and the entire Peloponnese submitted to Spartan rule. Akroatros did not stop here though. After bringing up reinforcements from Sparta, he marched his army across the Isthmus and invested Athens.
The great city of Athens has fallen to us, reported the younger brother of King Antigonos, Kalos. Shortly afterwards, his admiral reported that the port of Rhodes had surrendered. Now, only Sparta remains unbowed and defiant. Oh well, they could wait, decided Antigonos. Sparta, as everyone knew, was but a shadow of its former glory. Epirus was by far the greater threat and it was imperative to eliminate them first.
In Sparta, King Areus watching his men drill when the herald reported the bad news to him. The king took it in his stride---Athens was essentially indefensible with its weak military, while Rhodes was of little relevance to the Spartans, who did not have a fleet. He ordered his army, recently strengthened with Perioikoi and other Laconians he had enrolled as full Spartiatai to march on Corinth.
The assault on the city was a major Spartan defeat. Both King Areus and Cheremonides were killed by the Macedonians. Areus’s son, Akroatros, took the battered army back to Sparta, where he was confirmed as the new Aigiad king. A few months later, he took his army back to Corinth and laid siege to the city again. After a few months, he decided to assault the city. This time, he won a resounding victory. The entire Macedonian army was destroyed and the entire Peloponnese submitted to Spartan rule. Akroatros did not stop here though. After bringing up reinforcements from Sparta, he marched his army across the Isthmus and invested Athens.