Great Captains of Rome: Total War

[BlackWatch McKenna]

Successor armies are actually quite varied. Some include:

Antipater, Craterus, Antigonus, Ptolemy, Seleucus and
Lysimachus.

For myself, "Go, Hannibal"

~BW

[Monk]

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anyway...i ask you why did you exclude the Greeks and Egyptians from your vote?

[deejayvee]

Quote[/b] (Monk @ Feb. 05 2003,19:36)]anyway...i ask you why did you exclude the Greeks and Egyptians from your vote?
They are covered by "successor", I imagine.

They'd be the guys I'd go for (particularly Macedonian) because the Greeks were awesome and had the organisation required to conquer Rome.

The Germans could beat the Romans in the German forests, but I don't think they were organised enough to conquer and hold Rome.

The Carthaginians would be my 2nd pick.

[Monk]

well i would hope you are right about the Greeks, cuz i was looking forward to playing as them. my second pick would probly be the Romans, Followed by Carthage.

[rasoforos]

me too. And i d like to see some traditional powers apart from the succesors. There is no war without Sparta for example. AND I WANT TO SEE A NAVY http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smokin.gif

[JAG]

i voted for germans, get in there my sons http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[Alrowan]

celts all the way... who said unorganised rabble are weak?

[BlackWatch McKenna]

Greeks (and Macedonias) and Egyptians would be covered by the Families: Antipater (Antigone on this map?), Lysimachus, and Ptolemy


Here is a map of that time:
http://www.livius.org/di-dn/diadochi/diadochi_map_03.gif

Selucid Army all the way: Pikes + Heavy Cavalry + Oliphants + Sythe Chariots = mama mia

~BW

p.s. So, that explains it once and for all, Cleopatra had RED hair died Black - she was Greek, man. From the Ptolemy family. Check out the nose on that girl. Any doubts?

[BlackWatch McKenna]

"In the Navy, you can sail the seven seas..."
~Village People

Actually - the Punic Wars offer a GREAT chance for naval battles. My recollection is that the 1st War favored Carthage and the 2nd favored Rome in terms of Naval power - still -there were some huge battles with Triremes.

Also, Ptolemy had a nice Navy.

http://i-cias.com/e.o/atlas/h-punic_wars.htm

~BW

[chilliwilli]

I'm going to mess them up with Parthia http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif.

[Vlad The Impaler]

u also forgot the thracians ( dacians )

[ICantSpellDawg]

the celts were, are and always will be the greatest people ever

[Rosacrux]

I hope we get a purely Greek faction besides the diadochoi (like the Achaen or Aetolian koinon, maybe...or a mix of the southern city states not holded by the Macedonian kingdom at the time) to play those first.

Otherwise, I'll stick with the main Macedon kingdom, with Seleukids as my second draw and Ptolemaic as the third. When I am done with the Greeks, I'll play Rome, Karthagena (Carthago) and then I'll prolly try some messy, hairy, stinking northern barbarians http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/tongue.gif

[DojoRat]

As the leader of the Celts I would harness the tribes ferocity and creativity and win victories the bards would praise until the stars grew dim. After that we'd get really hammered and throw up on ourselves.

[Vrashk]

Oliphants ? isnt that from LOTR and Beowulfs little blowing horn ?

[Tachikaze]

Parthians.

[bosdur]

Indeed, I cant wait to play with those elephants, I know some ppl might not like this, but those beasts better be unbalanced :smoking.

[Longshanks]

My first time through I'll definately play as the Romans, who are my favorite culture in antiquity. After that I'll probably play as Carthage.

Alternate history...Carthage wins the Punic Wars

[Rath]

My ancestry says Celts but my mind says Carthage...the enemy of Rome will become the conqueror of Rome http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smokin.gif