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After securing italy, sicily, corsica and sardinia where dis the senate send its legions, and where after that, and after that and so on??? :help:
anubis88
01-26-2008, 13:07
well..... a small bit of epeiros... then the 2 punic war started so iberia and north africa. Then the rest of greece....
antisocialmunky
01-26-2008, 14:30
Greece, Anatolia, Syria, Part of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Gaul, South Britannia and parts of Germania, and Dacia.
Gaius Valerius
01-26-2008, 15:01
a lot of lands weren't conquered as a whole anyway. asia minor was a battle field for quite a long time. only fully conquered by the time of trajan. iberia was only fully conquered under august, etc etc. just look up an atlas and match the dates :laugh4:
here's a challenge: stick to the historical timetable :laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4:
you'll die from boredom before romans set foot on asian soil.
TWFanatic
01-26-2008, 15:28
Here are some highly informative maps that should help:
http://www.roman-empire.net/maps/map-empire.html
http://www.tacitus.nu/historical-atlas/rome1.htm
^This one has a time-line in addition to maps outlining Rome's expansion. EB's "this year in history" feature is also very informative.
Good resources, Fanatic!
Indeed, it's time for you to send your armies to the far regions of North Africa and Iberia to simulate the latter stages of the Punic Wars. In addition, around 230BC Rome began serious occupation of Illyria and, subsequently, Greece (Macedonia) proper a couple decades later. While Carthage itself wasn't taken until 146BC, it's typically quite easy for you as the Romani to gain a strong foothold in North Africa much earlier. Once you're on the continent, pushing southeast as far as Lepki and as far west as Ippone and even Sala is relatively easy -- although you may have real difficulty hanging on to the far western provinces as unrest is quite common among the populace.
If an attempt at historical expansion is your thing, do what you can to keep the Gauls off your back for the time being...
Good luck!!
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