Ibn-Khaldun
05-08-2021, 17:03
Before I start...
I had no plans onwriting an AAR when I started the my campaign(this is on TWRome:Remastered). It was meant to be achill after work Seleucid playthrough. It's played on M/M so thosewho only play VH/VH might think it looks easy.. :shrug: I mean I am acasual player after all.
As this was not meantto be an AAR there are no pictures of the events I talk about and itwill be written using different characters(depending on the events)and a "letter" format.
If moderators thinkthis should be in some other forum they can just moved the threadthere.
Part I -Anatolia
"Tonight we will tell each other tales of our bravery and show why we are the heirs of Ale..."
"No, no, no...it's overused.. everybody have heard this already," saidKassandros interrupting his scribe, "and we are not writing adamn epos. It's just a detailed summary of the past few decades. So,we should start by explainig why we use the BC for our dates."Kassandros sighs, and continues,"Twenty years ago my grandfather, late Antiochus, visited Delphi and received two prophecies. First one said that our civilized world will be destroyed by an event 270 years from then. The Great Catastrophy. Of course some people took it too seriously and started using "B.C."to mark the dates. BC meaning Before Catastrophy," Kassandros shakes his head a little and continues," and these days that has somehow become an official way to write down dates. The second prophecy said that the descendents of Seleucus will rebuild the empire Alexander once conquered."
"After the prophecy was revealed to our family we had a purpose.. a goal.. a target. We accepted our fate as the rebuilders of Alexanders empire and have been working to make it a reality ever since."
"So, where shouldwe start first? Anatolia? Egypt? Mesopotamia?" Kassandros thinks for a second and not allowing his scribes say a word he continues,"Anatolia it is then."
"In 270 BC our Anatolian holdings were in dire situation. No real army, open for attacks by our neighbors but my uncle Alexander saw an opportunity. He managed to convince Antiochus to give the funds for a mercenary army to take Halicarnassus just south of our lands. In the next few years he had taken Halicarnassus and subdued Galatians and secured our holdings in Anatolia. As he was making plans on conquering Bithynia, Pontus launched a surprise attack on Ancyra. First Pontic war had begun. The next few years saw plenty of skirmishes but no real decisive battles. In the end as Alexander was heading towards Pontic lands a peace was signed. I remember my uncle being furious cause he felt a glorious victory was robbed from him but that peace was neccessary. Armenia had attacked Hatra in Assyria and conquered it. After the peace was signed with Pontus Alexanders son Gyras took over protecting Anatolia. For few years provinces enjoyed times of prosperity and stability. Gyras took over his fathers mercenary army or as it became known as the Great Mercenary army few years later. Cretans, Rhodians and other Greeks from the west, Galatians,Sarmatians, Scythians, Thracians. It looked more like a barbarian warband than an proper army but for some reason it worked..
By 260 BC Gyras was confident enough to continue his fathers work and took his army to Bithynia. As he was about to besiege Nicomedia he received a message from south. Greek army from Pergamum had attacked Sardis. Gyras' situation near Nicomedia was interesting though. A bit south west of the town was a Greek army, his army was south of the town and Pontic army east of it. He could besiege Nicomedia but the Greek army would be able to roam freely or he could follow the Greek army, destroy it but leave Nicomedia for Pontus. Even though Pontus was "neutral". Somehow he managed to destroy the Greeks and reach Nicomedia before Pontic army could get there. Still amazed by that. A hastily put together militia army managed to scare the besieging army to retreat from Sardis. This gave enough time for Gyras to take Nicomedia and head south towards Pergamum. Once the city was taken plans were made to take Rhodes. It had a large force protecting it but Gyras was sure he can take it none the less. And then he felt what his father felt years ago... a peace was signed with the Greeks. Just like years ago it was neccesary. A large Pontic force had appeared in Galatia and was heading towards Ancyra. Not sure if the Pontic general heard of the peace with the Greeks or they found out about Gyras' army approaching but they left in a hurry and peace with Pontus remained in effect.
In 253 BC, just as three other armies were preparing to finally launch an attack against Greek cities, another campaign was already set in the works as well. Alexander had retured to Anatolia in the head of a newly recruited army from Syria to do what he was about to do about decade ago. It was time to take the fight to Pontus. In a coordinated attack both Mazaka and Sinope were besieged. In a year the Pontic forces were defeated and their kingdom destroyed."
Kassandros smiles and continues,
"I was part of that campaign. My uncle Alexander and I attacked the Pontic king in Mazaka and killed him. I guess it was the hatred against the king.. but he gave the order to sack the city. It lasted four days. City was in flames, soldiers looking for people to kill.. it was a massacre.." Kassandros sighs, "but neccessary. After that we've had no problems with the prevously Pontic lands. I left with a small cavalry force and headed to Syria to inspect a new army being formed in here. It's mission is to conquer Palmyra and Nabataea and I'll be leading it."
"We'll take a small brake now and then continue with destruction of Egypt... or with the campaign in east?"
Who is who:
Antiochus – Ruler of Seleucid Empire in 270 BC
Alexander – Son of Antiochus
Kassandros – Son of Demetrius, Grandson of Antiochus
Gyras – Son of Alexander
I had no plans onwriting an AAR when I started the my campaign(this is on TWRome:Remastered). It was meant to be achill after work Seleucid playthrough. It's played on M/M so thosewho only play VH/VH might think it looks easy.. :shrug: I mean I am acasual player after all.
As this was not meantto be an AAR there are no pictures of the events I talk about and itwill be written using different characters(depending on the events)and a "letter" format.
If moderators thinkthis should be in some other forum they can just moved the threadthere.
Part I -Anatolia
"Tonight we will tell each other tales of our bravery and show why we are the heirs of Ale..."
"No, no, no...it's overused.. everybody have heard this already," saidKassandros interrupting his scribe, "and we are not writing adamn epos. It's just a detailed summary of the past few decades. So,we should start by explainig why we use the BC for our dates."Kassandros sighs, and continues,"Twenty years ago my grandfather, late Antiochus, visited Delphi and received two prophecies. First one said that our civilized world will be destroyed by an event 270 years from then. The Great Catastrophy. Of course some people took it too seriously and started using "B.C."to mark the dates. BC meaning Before Catastrophy," Kassandros shakes his head a little and continues," and these days that has somehow become an official way to write down dates. The second prophecy said that the descendents of Seleucus will rebuild the empire Alexander once conquered."
"After the prophecy was revealed to our family we had a purpose.. a goal.. a target. We accepted our fate as the rebuilders of Alexanders empire and have been working to make it a reality ever since."
"So, where shouldwe start first? Anatolia? Egypt? Mesopotamia?" Kassandros thinks for a second and not allowing his scribes say a word he continues,"Anatolia it is then."
"In 270 BC our Anatolian holdings were in dire situation. No real army, open for attacks by our neighbors but my uncle Alexander saw an opportunity. He managed to convince Antiochus to give the funds for a mercenary army to take Halicarnassus just south of our lands. In the next few years he had taken Halicarnassus and subdued Galatians and secured our holdings in Anatolia. As he was making plans on conquering Bithynia, Pontus launched a surprise attack on Ancyra. First Pontic war had begun. The next few years saw plenty of skirmishes but no real decisive battles. In the end as Alexander was heading towards Pontic lands a peace was signed. I remember my uncle being furious cause he felt a glorious victory was robbed from him but that peace was neccessary. Armenia had attacked Hatra in Assyria and conquered it. After the peace was signed with Pontus Alexanders son Gyras took over protecting Anatolia. For few years provinces enjoyed times of prosperity and stability. Gyras took over his fathers mercenary army or as it became known as the Great Mercenary army few years later. Cretans, Rhodians and other Greeks from the west, Galatians,Sarmatians, Scythians, Thracians. It looked more like a barbarian warband than an proper army but for some reason it worked..
By 260 BC Gyras was confident enough to continue his fathers work and took his army to Bithynia. As he was about to besiege Nicomedia he received a message from south. Greek army from Pergamum had attacked Sardis. Gyras' situation near Nicomedia was interesting though. A bit south west of the town was a Greek army, his army was south of the town and Pontic army east of it. He could besiege Nicomedia but the Greek army would be able to roam freely or he could follow the Greek army, destroy it but leave Nicomedia for Pontus. Even though Pontus was "neutral". Somehow he managed to destroy the Greeks and reach Nicomedia before Pontic army could get there. Still amazed by that. A hastily put together militia army managed to scare the besieging army to retreat from Sardis. This gave enough time for Gyras to take Nicomedia and head south towards Pergamum. Once the city was taken plans were made to take Rhodes. It had a large force protecting it but Gyras was sure he can take it none the less. And then he felt what his father felt years ago... a peace was signed with the Greeks. Just like years ago it was neccesary. A large Pontic force had appeared in Galatia and was heading towards Ancyra. Not sure if the Pontic general heard of the peace with the Greeks or they found out about Gyras' army approaching but they left in a hurry and peace with Pontus remained in effect.
In 253 BC, just as three other armies were preparing to finally launch an attack against Greek cities, another campaign was already set in the works as well. Alexander had retured to Anatolia in the head of a newly recruited army from Syria to do what he was about to do about decade ago. It was time to take the fight to Pontus. In a coordinated attack both Mazaka and Sinope were besieged. In a year the Pontic forces were defeated and their kingdom destroyed."
Kassandros smiles and continues,
"I was part of that campaign. My uncle Alexander and I attacked the Pontic king in Mazaka and killed him. I guess it was the hatred against the king.. but he gave the order to sack the city. It lasted four days. City was in flames, soldiers looking for people to kill.. it was a massacre.." Kassandros sighs, "but neccessary. After that we've had no problems with the prevously Pontic lands. I left with a small cavalry force and headed to Syria to inspect a new army being formed in here. It's mission is to conquer Palmyra and Nabataea and I'll be leading it."
"We'll take a small brake now and then continue with destruction of Egypt... or with the campaign in east?"
Who is who:
Antiochus – Ruler of Seleucid Empire in 270 BC
Alexander – Son of Antiochus
Kassandros – Son of Demetrius, Grandson of Antiochus
Gyras – Son of Alexander