Bootsiuv
09-04-2007, 02:05
You'll notice I changed the title. The first one was crap.
Some General Information
Difficulty: H/M
Mods: RP Mod V1.1 ( https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=87649), Darth_AI_8.0 (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=90313)
House Rules
1. Cities must be governed in order to build buildings. However, a small levy force of the most basic troops (ex. Pantadapoi [Hellenic Native Spearmen])can be recruited if the city is under danger and no family member is nearby.
2. Armies must winter in cities or forts. The one exception is if the army is besieging a town, in which case it is assumed the army is already camped. If an army led by a captain is caught out of a settlement or fort in winter, the entire army must be immediately disbanded. This rule does not apply in warm provinces which do not get cold enough for snowfall in winter.
In Desert Provinces, armies must spend the summer in a settlement or fort. If an army led by a captain is caught in the desert in the summer, the entire army must be immediately disbanded.
Please note that I might change some small things here or there, for roleplaying purposes (like I really don't know if Diodotus I became Satrap of Baktria in 277 BCE, but in this world, he did).
Opulentissimum Illud Mille Urbium Bactrianum Imperium*
https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z118/Bootsiuv_2007/TheReignofDiodotusI-1.jpg
Chapter 1 - Theodotus, Mille Urbium Bactrianarum Praefectus**
Part 1 (c. 277 BCE - 268 BCE) - Diodotus; 1st Regent of Baktria
Little is known about the early years of Diodotus (Latin: Theodotus) reign as Satrap of Baktria, and Head Regent over Baktria's Vassal Kingdoms of Sogdiana and Dayuan. What is known is that Diodotus I likely came to power in the mid-270's BCE. Being unhappy with Antiochus I Soter's inability to protect Baktria and her dependencies, he became more and more autonomous, with the final declaration of Baktrian independence coming in the spring of 272 BCE.
A Forbidding Land: The Empire that Diodotus I Ruled
https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z118/Bootsiuv_2007/BaktriaLandshot.jpg
Baktria was a vast land centered around the mighty Oxus River. Rugged mountains and fertile valleys went off in every direction. Bactrian Suzerainty in the north ended at the Jaxartes River, beyond which it was said dark forests and forbidding mountains were inhabited by fierce monsters, who were half-men, half-horse, and few Bactrians, native or Greek, dared to cross into that forbidding place. It was said to be a land of monsters and legends, gods and demons. In the south, Baktrian influence extended to the deserts of Drangiana and Arachosia.
The great capital city of Baktra (Balkh) was famous throughout the east for it's unique mix of Hellenic, Persian, and Indian culture. The city would become a center of Hellenistic culture in the east for centuries to come.
https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z118/Bootsiuv_2007/BaktraSS.jpg The great capital city of Baktra would become a center of Hellenistic culture.
Baktria, like other successor states, had a professional standing phalanx army supported by archers, skirmishers, and both light and heavy cavalry. This army was under the command of the Basileus himself, and was officially named the Royal Bactrian Army.
Baktria in 272 BCE, had two "allied" kingdoms, Sogdiana and Dayuan, which also provided an allied army of slingers, skirmishers, pantodapoi, and light cavalry. This army was placed under control of Diodotes I son-in-law, Patrokles Marakandos. It was officially named the Royal Allied Army, and this force would be called upon to support the larger Royal Baktrian Army in times of need.
Sogdiana was an ancient land, centered around the ancient city of Marakanda in the fertile Polytimetus Valley. The Jaxartes River which lay just north of the ancient city, was considered the border between civilized men and the barbarous nomads to the north.
Further east, along the Jaxartes, lay the city of Alexandria-Eschate, capital of the Kingdom of Dayuan and the easternmost city founded by Megas Alexandros. This city had long been a Hellenic Stronghold against nomadic raiders coming down through the mountain passes. Few greeks had tread here since the days of Alexandros, but Diodotus knew he must maintain control over Alexandria-Eschate, as it controlled access to the lush Polytimetus Valley from the East. It was here that the newly formed Kingdom of Baktria would face it's first real threat from the north.
The Invasion of the Davan (272 BCE - 268 BCE)
The northern horseriders had long been conducting small raids on the more settled peoples south of the Jaxartes River. In the spring of 272 BCE, just as Diodotus was preparing to declare independence and attack the Kingdom of Parapomisadae, he was informed by a loyal messenger that a Nomad Chieftain from the north-east by the name of Mavakes was seeking lands for his tribe, the Davan, just to the east of Alexandria-Eschate. Diodotus ordered the ranks of the Allied army bolstered to protect the city from this new threat. Parakles Marakandos was also ordered to leave his palace in Marakanda and take up residence in the city of Alexandria-Eschate itself, so he might better supervise the recruitment of fresh native troops.
https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z118/Bootsiuv_2007/Rebel272.jpg
Diodotus I, anxious to spread Hellenic civilization to the ends of the earth, had gathered his Royal Bactrian Army, and set out for the indian city of Kophen in 273 BCE. Diodotus wanted Parapomisadae, which controlled the mountain passes of the Hindu-Kush, which led into the fertile Indus valley. However, after hearing of the invasion by the Davan in northeast Dayuan, Diodotus left Parapomisadae and began to fall back into Baktria Proper.
https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z118/Bootsiuv_2007/Theodotusscoutslandstotheeastspring.jpg Diodotus I prepares to invade Parapomisadae in the spring of 272 BCE.
At first, Diodotus attempted to negotiate with the Davan Chieftain, offering Baktrian protection of his people if they would settle just north of the Jaxartes River. Mavakes argued that his tribe had just been expelled from these lands, which were controlled by a fierce and warlike people known as the Saka Rauka, and he couldn't risk the lives of his tribe. He demanded lands south of the Jaxartes, and east of Alexandria-Eschate, to which Diodotus I stallwortly refused time and again. Eventually, negotiations broke down, and Diodotus and Mavakes both knew that only war would settle it...
Meanwhile, Diodotos I, being preoccupied with leading his Royal Baktrian Army in the field, placed the day-to-day administration of Baktria Proper and it's capital at Baktra under the supervision of his son, Diodotus II. The city prospered greatly under his rule...
https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z118/Bootsiuv_2007/TownGrowsBactraAutumn272.jpg
The Capital of Baktria grew and prospered undered Diodotos' son, Diodotos II.
Diodotus II also sent out scouting parties, intent on finding merchants and encouraging them to travel through Baktrian lands.
https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z118/Bootsiuv_2007/ProskopoiChremitistikoiTradeRouteSc.jpg
He also created a formalized road system maintained by the state.
Patrokles Marakandos, a Sogdiana native and son-in-law of Diodotus I, was given control of the allied kingdoms of Sogdiana and Dayuan. Trade was encouraged, and the infrastructure of the kingdoms improved...
https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z118/Bootsiuv_2007/HormosPotamiosRiverPortspring272.jpg
In the spring of 271, Diodotus approved the marriage of a young Sogdian nobleman and the Baktrian Princess Melissa...
https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z118/Bootsiuv_2007/OxyartesNikaiaiosautumn272.jpg
https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z118/Bootsiuv_2007/MelissasMarriage.jpg
Oxyartes Nikaiaios was given governance of Marakanda and Sogdiana, while Patrokles Marakandos moved his court to the city of Alexandria-Eschate, so he could better oversee the training of the Royal Allied Army, and defend against Marvakes if he decided to attack.
The Battle of the Davan (268 BCE)
The Saka Rauka, a nomadic tribal nation offered an alliance in the winter of 269 BCE, which Diodotus I graciously accepted...
https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z118/Bootsiuv_2007/Sakaalliance270.jpg
Having secured his northern frontier, Diodotus I undertook the long march from Baktra to Alexandria-Eschate...
https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z118/Bootsiuv_2007/TheodotosmarchestoAlexandria-Eschat.jpg
Having arrived in the summer of 268 BCE, Diodotus I and Patrokles Marakandos moved east to engage the Davan and push them out of Dayuan or destroy them utterly.
At first, Mavakes, with a large cavalry force, refused to engage the two armies. Eventually, Mavakes, with the Jaxartes only a few miles away, had a decision to make. He could either lead his army, with their large baggage train, and hundreds of women and children, across the Jaxartes to avoid annihilation by Diodotus' larger force, or he could muster his formidable cavalry force and fight the Baktrians for north-east Dayuan.
The choice for Mavakes was simple...he could have no future in the land of the Saka Rauka, having been exiled from the lands some months earlier. He had only one option... To fight and forge his own kingdom in north-east Dayuan.
Diodotus had other ideas....
https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z118/Bootsiuv_2007/BattleoftheDavan1.jpg
The Battle of the Davan (268 BCE)
Scenes from the Battle of Davan:
https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z118/Bootsiuv_2007/BattleoftheDavan2.jpg
https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z118/Bootsiuv_2007/BattleoftheDavan3.jpg
https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z118/Bootsiuv_2007/BattleoftheDavan4.jpg
https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z118/Bootsiuv_2007/BattleoftheDavan5.jpg
https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z118/Bootsiuv_2007/BattleoftheDavan6.jpg
https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z118/Bootsiuv_2007/BattleoftheDavan7.jpg
https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z118/Bootsiuv_2007/BattleoftheDavan9.jpg
https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z118/Bootsiuv_2007/BattleoftheDavan10.jpg
Diodotus routed the forces, and the Davan Chieftain known as Mavakes fell from his horse, struck by a Baktrian arrow....
https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z118/Bootsiuv_2007/BattleoftheDavan11.jpg
https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z118/Bootsiuv_2007/BattleoftheDavan12.jpg
Having defeated the Davan, Diodotus I retired to Baktra, intent on building his kingdom's infrastructure. Unfortunately, he would only have a few months before he would be called to war again.
The Pahlava, allies of the Arche Seleukeia, declared war in 267 BCE. Pahlava was still nominally under Seleukid control, and Antiochos I Soter would not give up Baktria without a fight.
Diodotus knew this war would be hard fought, and the very existence of the Kingdom of Baktria and it's dependencies depended on the outcome. Diodotus called his men to arms, for all of Baktria was under threat by these nomads from the West...
* "The extremely prosperous empire of the thousand cities of Bactria" Justin, XLI,1
** "Diodotus, the governor of the thousand cities of Bactria " Justin, XLI,4
Source: Wikipedia Article on Diodotus I (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diodotus_I)
End of Chapter 1, Pt. 1
There ya go, hope you guys enjoyed it.:2thumbsup:
Some General Information
Difficulty: H/M
Mods: RP Mod V1.1 ( https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=87649), Darth_AI_8.0 (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=90313)
House Rules
1. Cities must be governed in order to build buildings. However, a small levy force of the most basic troops (ex. Pantadapoi [Hellenic Native Spearmen])can be recruited if the city is under danger and no family member is nearby.
2. Armies must winter in cities or forts. The one exception is if the army is besieging a town, in which case it is assumed the army is already camped. If an army led by a captain is caught out of a settlement or fort in winter, the entire army must be immediately disbanded. This rule does not apply in warm provinces which do not get cold enough for snowfall in winter.
In Desert Provinces, armies must spend the summer in a settlement or fort. If an army led by a captain is caught in the desert in the summer, the entire army must be immediately disbanded.
Please note that I might change some small things here or there, for roleplaying purposes (like I really don't know if Diodotus I became Satrap of Baktria in 277 BCE, but in this world, he did).
Opulentissimum Illud Mille Urbium Bactrianum Imperium*
https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z118/Bootsiuv_2007/TheReignofDiodotusI-1.jpg
Chapter 1 - Theodotus, Mille Urbium Bactrianarum Praefectus**
Part 1 (c. 277 BCE - 268 BCE) - Diodotus; 1st Regent of Baktria
Little is known about the early years of Diodotus (Latin: Theodotus) reign as Satrap of Baktria, and Head Regent over Baktria's Vassal Kingdoms of Sogdiana and Dayuan. What is known is that Diodotus I likely came to power in the mid-270's BCE. Being unhappy with Antiochus I Soter's inability to protect Baktria and her dependencies, he became more and more autonomous, with the final declaration of Baktrian independence coming in the spring of 272 BCE.
A Forbidding Land: The Empire that Diodotus I Ruled
https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z118/Bootsiuv_2007/BaktriaLandshot.jpg
Baktria was a vast land centered around the mighty Oxus River. Rugged mountains and fertile valleys went off in every direction. Bactrian Suzerainty in the north ended at the Jaxartes River, beyond which it was said dark forests and forbidding mountains were inhabited by fierce monsters, who were half-men, half-horse, and few Bactrians, native or Greek, dared to cross into that forbidding place. It was said to be a land of monsters and legends, gods and demons. In the south, Baktrian influence extended to the deserts of Drangiana and Arachosia.
The great capital city of Baktra (Balkh) was famous throughout the east for it's unique mix of Hellenic, Persian, and Indian culture. The city would become a center of Hellenistic culture in the east for centuries to come.
https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z118/Bootsiuv_2007/BaktraSS.jpg The great capital city of Baktra would become a center of Hellenistic culture.
Baktria, like other successor states, had a professional standing phalanx army supported by archers, skirmishers, and both light and heavy cavalry. This army was under the command of the Basileus himself, and was officially named the Royal Bactrian Army.
Baktria in 272 BCE, had two "allied" kingdoms, Sogdiana and Dayuan, which also provided an allied army of slingers, skirmishers, pantodapoi, and light cavalry. This army was placed under control of Diodotes I son-in-law, Patrokles Marakandos. It was officially named the Royal Allied Army, and this force would be called upon to support the larger Royal Baktrian Army in times of need.
Sogdiana was an ancient land, centered around the ancient city of Marakanda in the fertile Polytimetus Valley. The Jaxartes River which lay just north of the ancient city, was considered the border between civilized men and the barbarous nomads to the north.
Further east, along the Jaxartes, lay the city of Alexandria-Eschate, capital of the Kingdom of Dayuan and the easternmost city founded by Megas Alexandros. This city had long been a Hellenic Stronghold against nomadic raiders coming down through the mountain passes. Few greeks had tread here since the days of Alexandros, but Diodotus knew he must maintain control over Alexandria-Eschate, as it controlled access to the lush Polytimetus Valley from the East. It was here that the newly formed Kingdom of Baktria would face it's first real threat from the north.
The Invasion of the Davan (272 BCE - 268 BCE)
The northern horseriders had long been conducting small raids on the more settled peoples south of the Jaxartes River. In the spring of 272 BCE, just as Diodotus was preparing to declare independence and attack the Kingdom of Parapomisadae, he was informed by a loyal messenger that a Nomad Chieftain from the north-east by the name of Mavakes was seeking lands for his tribe, the Davan, just to the east of Alexandria-Eschate. Diodotus ordered the ranks of the Allied army bolstered to protect the city from this new threat. Parakles Marakandos was also ordered to leave his palace in Marakanda and take up residence in the city of Alexandria-Eschate itself, so he might better supervise the recruitment of fresh native troops.
https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z118/Bootsiuv_2007/Rebel272.jpg
Diodotus I, anxious to spread Hellenic civilization to the ends of the earth, had gathered his Royal Bactrian Army, and set out for the indian city of Kophen in 273 BCE. Diodotus wanted Parapomisadae, which controlled the mountain passes of the Hindu-Kush, which led into the fertile Indus valley. However, after hearing of the invasion by the Davan in northeast Dayuan, Diodotus left Parapomisadae and began to fall back into Baktria Proper.
https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z118/Bootsiuv_2007/Theodotusscoutslandstotheeastspring.jpg Diodotus I prepares to invade Parapomisadae in the spring of 272 BCE.
At first, Diodotus attempted to negotiate with the Davan Chieftain, offering Baktrian protection of his people if they would settle just north of the Jaxartes River. Mavakes argued that his tribe had just been expelled from these lands, which were controlled by a fierce and warlike people known as the Saka Rauka, and he couldn't risk the lives of his tribe. He demanded lands south of the Jaxartes, and east of Alexandria-Eschate, to which Diodotus I stallwortly refused time and again. Eventually, negotiations broke down, and Diodotus and Mavakes both knew that only war would settle it...
Meanwhile, Diodotos I, being preoccupied with leading his Royal Baktrian Army in the field, placed the day-to-day administration of Baktria Proper and it's capital at Baktra under the supervision of his son, Diodotus II. The city prospered greatly under his rule...
https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z118/Bootsiuv_2007/TownGrowsBactraAutumn272.jpg
The Capital of Baktria grew and prospered undered Diodotos' son, Diodotos II.
Diodotus II also sent out scouting parties, intent on finding merchants and encouraging them to travel through Baktrian lands.
https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z118/Bootsiuv_2007/ProskopoiChremitistikoiTradeRouteSc.jpg
He also created a formalized road system maintained by the state.
Patrokles Marakandos, a Sogdiana native and son-in-law of Diodotus I, was given control of the allied kingdoms of Sogdiana and Dayuan. Trade was encouraged, and the infrastructure of the kingdoms improved...
https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z118/Bootsiuv_2007/HormosPotamiosRiverPortspring272.jpg
In the spring of 271, Diodotus approved the marriage of a young Sogdian nobleman and the Baktrian Princess Melissa...
https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z118/Bootsiuv_2007/OxyartesNikaiaiosautumn272.jpg
https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z118/Bootsiuv_2007/MelissasMarriage.jpg
Oxyartes Nikaiaios was given governance of Marakanda and Sogdiana, while Patrokles Marakandos moved his court to the city of Alexandria-Eschate, so he could better oversee the training of the Royal Allied Army, and defend against Marvakes if he decided to attack.
The Battle of the Davan (268 BCE)
The Saka Rauka, a nomadic tribal nation offered an alliance in the winter of 269 BCE, which Diodotus I graciously accepted...
https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z118/Bootsiuv_2007/Sakaalliance270.jpg
Having secured his northern frontier, Diodotus I undertook the long march from Baktra to Alexandria-Eschate...
https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z118/Bootsiuv_2007/TheodotosmarchestoAlexandria-Eschat.jpg
Having arrived in the summer of 268 BCE, Diodotus I and Patrokles Marakandos moved east to engage the Davan and push them out of Dayuan or destroy them utterly.
At first, Mavakes, with a large cavalry force, refused to engage the two armies. Eventually, Mavakes, with the Jaxartes only a few miles away, had a decision to make. He could either lead his army, with their large baggage train, and hundreds of women and children, across the Jaxartes to avoid annihilation by Diodotus' larger force, or he could muster his formidable cavalry force and fight the Baktrians for north-east Dayuan.
The choice for Mavakes was simple...he could have no future in the land of the Saka Rauka, having been exiled from the lands some months earlier. He had only one option... To fight and forge his own kingdom in north-east Dayuan.
Diodotus had other ideas....
https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z118/Bootsiuv_2007/BattleoftheDavan1.jpg
The Battle of the Davan (268 BCE)
Scenes from the Battle of Davan:
https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z118/Bootsiuv_2007/BattleoftheDavan2.jpg
https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z118/Bootsiuv_2007/BattleoftheDavan3.jpg
https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z118/Bootsiuv_2007/BattleoftheDavan4.jpg
https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z118/Bootsiuv_2007/BattleoftheDavan5.jpg
https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z118/Bootsiuv_2007/BattleoftheDavan6.jpg
https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z118/Bootsiuv_2007/BattleoftheDavan7.jpg
https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z118/Bootsiuv_2007/BattleoftheDavan9.jpg
https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z118/Bootsiuv_2007/BattleoftheDavan10.jpg
Diodotus routed the forces, and the Davan Chieftain known as Mavakes fell from his horse, struck by a Baktrian arrow....
https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z118/Bootsiuv_2007/BattleoftheDavan11.jpg
https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z118/Bootsiuv_2007/BattleoftheDavan12.jpg
Having defeated the Davan, Diodotus I retired to Baktra, intent on building his kingdom's infrastructure. Unfortunately, he would only have a few months before he would be called to war again.
The Pahlava, allies of the Arche Seleukeia, declared war in 267 BCE. Pahlava was still nominally under Seleukid control, and Antiochos I Soter would not give up Baktria without a fight.
Diodotus knew this war would be hard fought, and the very existence of the Kingdom of Baktria and it's dependencies depended on the outcome. Diodotus called his men to arms, for all of Baktria was under threat by these nomads from the West...
* "The extremely prosperous empire of the thousand cities of Bactria" Justin, XLI,1
** "Diodotus, the governor of the thousand cities of Bactria " Justin, XLI,4
Source: Wikipedia Article on Diodotus I (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diodotus_I)
End of Chapter 1, Pt. 1
There ya go, hope you guys enjoyed it.:2thumbsup: