I think it's a good idea for everybody to post screenshots and write a small history about their EB progress in the Imperial Campaign.
I'll post mine later. I've started with Romani, 270BC. :balloon2:
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I think it's a good idea for everybody to post screenshots and write a small history about their EB progress in the Imperial Campaign.
I'll post mine later. I've started with Romani, 270BC. :balloon2:
it is a very nice idea, but i think it would be wonderfull to have a whole subforum dedicated to this thinks:idea2:
Man, an AAR subsection would be awesome.
I think EB guys had invited people to post AAR's in the gameplay guides area. Maybe I'll post something on the story of Baktrian independence. Riveting couple of hours of gameplay it was. And in pretty much the exact same time the historical Baktrians did it.
And while people are mentioning AAR's, Artaserse/Obelics (you are the same person, right?) has posted a couple of great new tables for his "Wasteland" AAR for Pahlava. Its real good stuff.
Ill have to put up a picture sometime where i reconquered all of alexanders empire as the Bactrians
Here's my "little" Roman Empire, a little on-and-off pet project of the past couple of weeks:
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Expansion first started in Iberia, where Roman allies were under attack by Carthage. The Senate commissioned two Legions (one Legion being 2 Hastati, 2 Principes, 1 Triarii and 1 Equites, plus allies) to relieve our Iberian allies. Carthage had managed to obtain a large amount of Iberia, either under their direct control or forcing them into an alliance; Numantia was one such example. After a long and drawn-out siege, Numantia finally fell to Roman power. Fairly soon, however, the ageing Iberian king grew jealous of our power and attacked, resulting in the near-total annexation of the peninsula. Only Gallaecia remained in Iberian control, while the rest of the northern coast aligning themselves with the growing Aedui.
The next decade or so was spent trying to keep our Averni allies alive. A short expedition by two Legions to conquer land on the behalf of our allies was extremely successful, however futher east the Republic was threatened by a new power: the Koinon Hellenon, a confederation of Greek city-states, which had extended its influence into Epirus and Macedon and had started to attack its ex-protectorate, the Getai. So, naturally, the Romans stepped in and annexed Greece, Macedonia and part of the Illyrian coast and formed an "unofficial" alliance with the Getai (we never signed any alliance deals, but we never attacked each other). The Macedonians were not defeated, however; a number of the ruling family managed to flee to the island of Lesbos and, from there, gain a union with the Attalids of Pergamon. They then moved onto Bithynia and Byzantion and had eventually built up a small empire in that area.
In the south, the Carthaginians - who were allied to a number of the Greek states - declared war on us once more, although they had only been defeated within living memory. The Roman senate sent four full-strength Legions to capture Carthage and, though there were several bitter fights, they managed to capture Karthadast and Hadrumento.
The next few decades (ca 200-180BC) were lived in relative peace. Ceasefires were obtained with all enemies and trade rights with many more. Eventually, Rome was forced to interrupt international affairs again when the Ptolemaioi was being defeated by the Seleucids in the east. Six Legions were sent eastwards to take the province of Asia, and just as they were marching down Syria and up the Neilos to liberate them from their Seleucid oppressors, the King of Syria sued for peace. Roman terms were harsh: the Seleucids were to give up their political freedom as well as their Syrian provinces. They accepted and became a protectorate of Rome, and eventually - after many more diplomatic deals - the rest of Aegyptos was released back to the Ptolemies.
And, once again, peace reigned until 108BC, when the Casse (who had been slowly conquering all of Gaul) declared war on us. In the same year, the outcast Macedonians declared war and annihilated one of our Legions and badly damaged another. These were the main causes of the Roman military reform in 107BC, turning Roman soldiers into a professional force. This new army pushed into Gaul quickly annexing it within a decade of the reforms. Simultaneously, they attacked the Macedonians who had conquered most of the Getai. While all this was happening, the Hayasdan finished destroying Pontos and declared war on us. Their allies, the Seleucids, broke relations with the wavering Republic and attacked Syria and Egypt, which had been slowly conquered by Rome (with a little help from bribery and corruption ~D). Rome then sent several Legions eastwards and pushed the Hai back to their homelands and the Seleucids all the way to Seleukeia, but the Roman momentum was slowing and the combined efforts of the enemy pushed us back slightly again.
Simultaneously, a Roman general by the name of Britannicus (so-called for his conquests in Brythonic Gaul, but I forget his first names...) launched an invasion of Britain, defeating several armies there and conquering much of the land. He returned to Rome to celebrate his triumph* and was voted as Rome's first Dictator for life to deal with the troubles in the east. This is where I'm up to now, with Britannicus sailing eastwards to subdue the Armenians and Seleucids.
* = He didn't really get a triumph, despite winning many battles, but I can pretend, can't I? ~D
So yeah, that's it. Sorry about the essay, but this campaign has suddenly exploded into action in the last few game years and it's getting quite interesting (and frustrating at places - those Germans just don't stop attacking!). I've almost reached the EB victory conditions (just need to raid Seleukeia, Sarmiszegethusa and Swebozland or whatever it's called, and then destroy the Carthaginians and Ptolemies), but at the moment they're secondary to simply surviving ~D
:2thumbsup: Awesome!
Seconded! That really is nice Cheex. :2thumbsup: Maybe nice enough to merit a bit of the Roman culture graphic user interface leaking out. :grin: (battlemap variant - which hadn't been shown before - I think some WIP's were shown earlier of part of the strat map one)
My goodness. Look at Baktria. Damn worthless Yuezhi. It's all their fault for sucking so much. :inquisitive: (Although they managed to survive this long.)Quote:
Originally Posted by Cheexsta
Who is that on the Arabian Penninsula?
great empire cheexta! Wow Arabophiles Parthians!
@TA that was a BM? for me the colors are just "romans" i want to see a full preview (if i haven't missed it before in some othere thread), great!
Ah you guys are getting me mad, i will format my computer a day or another...
Thanks all for the comments, and nice little sneak-peek there TA ~D
Here's an updated image from today's conquests, as well as a mugshot of Brittanicus himself:
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The Seleucids eventually started giving in, and the Armenians were all but wiped out for a while until I abandoned the Caucassus region (didn't look right...) and the settlements revolted back to them. I had just made the Seleucids a protectorate (again...) and the damn Hayasdan returned and attacked me (again...) and stuffed up my alliance with the Seleucids (again...). However, my borders are pretty tight now, so my next focus will be on obtaining the mines of Sarmiszegethusa, as well as destroying the Ptolemies who have started harrassing me in Egypt. While I'm at it I may as well finish off the Carthaginians, too.
And a quick explanation of Baktria's expansion: originally, the steppes were controlled by Hayasdan after they wiped out the Sauromatae. I implemented a bit of scripting to make the area rebel again, and blocked off the Caucassus since I didn't want them attacking that region (hence why they declared war on me the first time, they had nowhere else to expand). And now the Baktrians are doing the same thing, so I'm tempted to make them rebel yet again and add another landblock to the region to stop them from expanding there. But really, I couldn't be stuffed.
Anyway, don't let me be the only one to show an empire. Someone else post one, quick! ~D
Nice empire but I have to ask, why do you have 9 generals in Rome??? :dizzy2:
Don't your generals get any bad traits with all that money? Why don't you spend more of your money, like build bigger armies and a powerfull navy perhaps?
Wow Cheexsta...You played till 84 BC. :dizzy2:
And thanks TA, nice UI. ~D
His income per turn would be massive, and too many armies might be annoying to manage and unnecessary. The navy would definitely be. After all, he controls the whole Mediterranean.
That looks very good! :2thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Teleklos Archelaou
Three of those generals are currently on their way to join the African campaign. A further three (including Brittanicus) are too old to be of any use anywhere except maybe as governors in Italy. The rest are too young to lead armies (I prefer my generals to be older than 30) and are still receiving their education.Quote:
Originally Posted by GMT
And yes, I do get quite a few bad traits on my generals (mostly Nota Censoria and Wealthy traits), and corruption in the empire is absolutely ridiculous. In the east it's not uncommon to have 3k mnai lost per turn for a settlement, just from corruption.
Pretty much. I'm earning at least 30k or so per turn if I don't spend anything, but for a while I was getting 140k per turn, which brought me up above 6mil. Around 40k of that income was from the Seleucids' tribute. Yes, I like to hoard my money ~DQuote:
Originally Posted by Tiberius
I'm actually trying to cut back my military and navy since they're draining so much money. When your basic Legionaries cost more than 2k to train and 500 in upkeep, it stacks up pretty quickly. I have no need for a navy, since no other faction is willing to try and contend the seas, and pirates seem to be non-existant at the moment. If I ever need to transport troops somewhere, a quick fleet of transport ships can be raised from just about any region quite easily. The only fleet I'm keeping is in the English Channel to ward off any Casse invasions.
So c'mon, show us yer empires ~D
Perhaps you are the only one who plays EB ;)
I would be, but I am too lazy to make a vanilla 1.2. I deleted my old one by accident and now only have vanilla 1.5.
I just found some older screenshots from EB .73 but they are boring because nothing really happened until ctds.
I think the glory of your campaign has the rest of us intimidated...
My Baktrian campaign is only in 240, my Mak campaign in about 225. Frankly I'm amazed that you lucked out so awesomely with the military reforms. that was my favorite part of the story at least.
Great stuff, by the way. I'm hoping to emulate that in EB 1.0 :2thumbsup:
(not touching EB after a small test until full version out)
By the way, how do you make nobody capture the Sahara and defend Africa from Carthage? Must take a helluva lot of time in battles against Carthage, and a lot of scary modding to achieve that...
Rise of Makedonia
I found myself in a difficult position: surrounded by enemies and suffering a weak economy. There was no chance to build up, time was against me. A quick assault against those democracy-crazed Athenians was the ideal course of action.
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Having thus brought the jewel of Hellas under the benevolent wings of my monarchy, my armies were able to march against the Spartans. The Lakedaimonians landed with reinforcements and great battles had to be fought before this threat to my fledgling empire was eliminated.
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The dust had barely settled since my victories down south when those semi-barbaric Epirotes marched toward my capital with their ugly war-beasts!
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After dispatching the attackers I launched a counteroffensive to their homelands. The gods must have favored me for I managed to trap their king against the shores of the Adriatic with only a nominal force in his company.
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Thus fell the Molossan king. An Alexandros reborn he was not.
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There would be no peace for my kingdom as long as the Epirotes kept skulking in my backyard. While their homelands would fall, their royal dynasty would survive in Southern Italy, in the shadow of the romans.
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After solidifying my position in and around the home turf, my eyes were set on the foes overseas. While the Ptolemaioi were willing to come to terms with me, the hostile attitudes of the Cretans and Rhodians had to be quelled through blood and fire.
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Meanwhile up north, the barbarous king of the Getai was showing worrying signs of aggressive expansion. So great was their insolence that they even dared to march to Makedonian borders. While war was still avoided, it was clear that this new threat would have to be addressed soon.
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In preparation to the inevitable clash with the northern barbarians I set off to subjugate tribes in the borderlands. My armies marched all the way to Byzantion, and seeing that Nicomedia was left defenseless, crossed the Bosphorus and occupied this gate to Asia Minor. This was too much for my 'allies' the Seleukids who betrayed my trust.
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Luckily, Nikomedia happens to be easy to defend against attacks from the mainland, so I could leave the punishing of Seleukids for later and proceed with my plans to eliminate the Getic threat.
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This campaign proved extremely bloody, but I was able to gain the upper hand and my armies penetrated deep into Getic territory.
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The end was the elimination of the royal line of succession, the ambitions of these people dying with their last king. Their children were enslaved, their hometowns burned to the ground. I left their holy mountain untouched however, for one should not risk invoking the wrath of the gods.
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My armies were exhausted and in serious risk of overextending, so I decided to pull back to the Danube. This left me in an excellent defensive position, as I could effectively isolate my lands from the rest of Europe. Now time was right to turn east and inflict deserved punishment on the treacherous Seleukids. But new threats were already looming on the horizon: notice how the Hayasdan have completely erased the kingdom of Pontos from the map?
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They wasted no time to attack me. Being allied with the Seleukids, they concentrated their efforts to driving me out of Asia Minor. I had to endure seemingly endless hordes attacking Nikomedia, all the while I was struggling to secure the western coast from Seleukid defenders.
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After expelling the Seleukids I thought that things would turn better, but just then those opportunistic Ptolemaic rats decide to pester me. Thankfully I had the money necessary to satisfy their greed... for a moment.
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After a while, the attrition did it's job and the Hayasdan aggression lost it's momentum. It was time to strike back at them, and so I marched forth to look for a decisive field battle. They hid in their cities at first, but by ravaging their lands I lured them out to fight. Deploying my phalangites on the top of a hill formed a nearly unbreakable line, and the storming charge of the Hetairoi and the Thessalians secured me glorious victories.
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My strategy was to bypass the central region and strike directly at the cities on the Black Sea coast, thus cutting the Hayasdan forces in Asia Minor off support from their homelands.
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And just as I've libarated Sinope, the wretched Ptolemaic dogs come barking out of their dens and run all over my lands. Back! Bad dog!
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Their growls turned into whimpers soon enough when I taught them a thing or two about land warfare. The price of their ambition would be Side.
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Soon enough they came begging for peace, which I was happy to grant them. I enjoyed watching their surviving forces take the long route home, through the lands of the beloved Seleukid king. Meanwhile, my campaign against the Hai people was progressing slowly but surely.
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Once I controlled the land routes between Hayasdan and their possessions in Galatia and Kappadokia, the well-fortified cities of these inner provinces could be seiged without any fear of relief forces. In one such siege battle, I managed to gain control over the gatehouse when the beaten defenders were retreating back into their city. These poor men realized too late that instead of open gates they'd be receiving a shower of boiling oil.
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Just who do these Romans think they are? Come tromping around like they own the place. In this picture you can see a part of my "Danube Defense Line"; every single chokepoint from the Black Sea to the Adriatic coast is blocked by an army.
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Finally, here is my attempt at an ambiphious assault to Alexandreia. The plan was to sack the city and recover the body of Alexandros. Sadly, that was never accomplished as my campaign was ended by a CTD which I could not get around.
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There is some sort of CTD that deals with the body of Alexander. You can probably keep playing if you figure out how to get around it. I'd try either leaving the body alone, or just anything else depending on your situation. But if you can get past that, you should be ok.
The CTD I'm talking about wasn't related to the Alexander mission. It came about in 214 BC and it'd cause the game to crash any time I tried to go next turn with the script activated, or when I tried to fight battle with the script activated. Going for several turns without the script and then activating it didn't help. I tried to find out what causes it and it seems to be connected to a battle with the Romans. They attack one of my Danube defenders in the turn after which the CTDs begin to appear. If I'd retreat from the battle there would be no crash. But if I win the battle (automated or in battle mode) then the CTDs turn up. It could be caused by the roman reforms, they are still using the old hoplite style Triarii in this game.
Sometimes I had that kind of problems... a CTD while other faction`s turn. I think it`s related to agents. (save the Cyprus port bug that was adressed on previous versions).
Every time I had a CTD on other faction`s turn, I always solved it by moving my agents around a bit. Dunno why, but that always solved my problem... moving my diplomats or spies around, far away from the enemy units, and depleting their movement points...
That saved like 2 or 3 campaigns for me.
Don`t know if it would work in your case though... hope that helps.
Bye.
Ha! Pyrrhos died. That's sounds like something he'd do.Quote:
Originally Posted by Conqueror
You'll forgive me if I have no dates, but my campaign was played very sporadically. I started a campaign as Karthadast and immediately began my aggressive expansion. General Xanthippos led the Afrcan armies first into Kirtan, narrowly defeating the swarms of Numidian horsemen sent against him. After this victory Xanthippos slowly led his army along the western African coast, conquering all of the ports. At the same time in Spain a policy of increased defense was supported and more units were trained to defend. In Sicily the city of messana fell to Hamalcar first, followed by Syraceuse and Rhegium. All around the globe my diplomats made alliances with every nation save the Casse, who I could not reach. The Ptolemies however decided they had had enough of me and recinded their alliance. Things started heating up when Iberia beseiged my Spanish provinces. They withdrew their armies quickly however to beseige rebel villages and it was later discovered that their forces were infact massacred in the ensuing battles.
Rome at this time conquered Tarentum and I chose to support the Epeirotes in this war, for the farther away an ally is, the more loyal he is. Following this the Romans moved an Army under Aulius Florius Crispin near Rhegium in menacing fashion. Fearing the worst, the Carthaginian ambassadors secured vast sums of money to buy the loyalties of Aulius and the Tarentum people. Hamalcar occupied Tarentum with a small force while Aulius led the main army to the very gates of Rome, bypassing all other towns as they were lightly defended. Aulius' gamble payed off and the Romans were lured into attacking and subsequently slaughtered, there maniples of Triarri surrounded and routed. Rome fell and smaller contingents of men captured Capua and (The other southern Italian state). Aulius then continued north to conquer the last of the Roman settlements.
In Africa Xanthippos hadtaken the coastal settlements and moved south but was recalled when most of his men were lost in a battle against a rebel general. A new army was raised of numidians with a detachment of elephants and a diplomat. At this time the Egyptians approached Garama and it joined me willingly in hopes of safety. The Egyptians left it alone and instead captured the Sahara. My new army captured Tuat and the diplomat bribed the Egyptian general that had now moved outside the city. Together they took the Sahara and then captured the last free african state. The ptolemies attepted to beseige Libya but were massacred by the citizen militia garrison. Xanthippos meanwhile had received a new army and set sail eastward taking Crete and Rhodos, finishing off the Koinon Hellenon. An army was finally raised in Iberia and most of the peninsula was conquered. Lacking the time to deal with the Ptolemies at this point I gave financial contribution to my seleukid allies who conquered side and two other syrian territiories. As a gesture of good will I also gave the the Seleukids a city in Iberia that was constantly in revolt and costing me far too much. Xanthippos then took Salamis but decided, due to his age to retire there as a governor. His successor and son in law took the army and set sail to Karthadast in order to retrain the units and receive new troops being trained there. At the same time as all this Aulius had finally conquered all of the northern italian provinces but had been stopped short outside Luvavoaetae by several enormous Barbarian armies. Xanthippos fought his last battle on Salamis against resurgent Ptolmaioi troops, winning a resounding victory with his militia. His successor stopped short of returning as he had been ordered and conqeured the independant state of Thermon. As a consequence, Makedon soon declared war and beseiged Thermon. Luckily for the foolish commander the reinforcements from Karthadast arrived and the elite of the Makedonians including Hetairoi, Hippeis, Hypaspists, and Pheraspidai were defeated in an almost Pyrrhic victory. Aulius defeated another army of 3500 barbarians, massacring them with ony 21 losses and another army has been raised in Spain to complete the conquest there.
I plan to document my .8 campaign completly, years and all. I think alot of people should.
Here are some Pics:
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Photo Sharing - PicTiger
Whoops! accidently put the same pic again! Anyways, Definently document the next one better.
Rather than sharing something that happened in my campaign, I'll share what happened in Greece in my Baktria campaign (observed through Dion Nysos, my most experienced diplomat).
First off, the KH survived the first few years, which doesn't always happen. In 262 a KH army took Corinth, in 260 they took Chalkis. At this point they clearly had the upperhand. They took Demetrias next, and in 255 a full stack marched to within sight of Pella (conveniently in the square next to the aging Dion Nysos). They were defeated by the Mak field army the next turn, and retreated to Thessaly. In 254 I noticed several fullstacks of KH and Makedonian armies in the Thessalian plains. As the turn went through, it became evident the Makedonians came out on top--barely. Judging by the stacks, about 15,000 men died in the battles over that turn. From there it was a losing war for the KH. Chalkis fell first, then Athens in 252. The Peloponnesos stood a good bit longer, thanks in part to an Epirote invasion to the gates of Pella. Dion Nysos died before I could see what happened, so in 246 I took of fog of war, and saw a full stack besieging Sparte, and thus ended the KH. But they put up one heck of a fight. I just wish you could watch big AI battles.
Oh, and in a change of the normal pattern for AI expansion, Hayasdan had their butts handed to them by rebels for the first twenty years of the game, and only in the last years of the 240's did they succeed in taking the Taurus. Meanwhile, the Sauromatae control the ENTIRE steppe, from mikra skythia to the next to last province in the east.
Agreed, my good man.Quote:
I plan to document my .8 campaign completly, years and all. I think alot of people should.
First of all I'd like to say that I've enjoyed this mod very much. It drastically improved upon the original game.
Now for my tale of empire building. It has not gone on for as long as many of yours I'm sure, but it is at least as interesting.
It began in the year of 272 B.C. This was a crossroads for the Romanis, as Phyrrhos had recently left Italy to tend to his homeland Greece. Roma saw this as an expansionist opportunity and immediately rustled up as many troops as it possibly could, garrissoning Cannae and preparing for an immediate assault upon the southern tip.
Initially, the plan was to use Mr. Scipio to assault Taras. However, due to unforseen circumstances, a young man named Caius Aurelius Cotta was forced to lead the army. Cotta was young, having just come of age this month. With his youth came inexperience, and he was up against Roma's greatest enemy of all: the vile Epieros.
Cotta took the entirety of the empires forces (approximately 1300 strong), leaving many of its cities without any garrisons. In the Fall of 272 BC, Cotta left Cannae. In Winter, he reached the city and besieged it.
Cotta, being a naturally crafty fellow, knew that he wasn't a very good attacker (to be honest, that's me. I'm bad at sieging cities). As such, he wanted to bait the Epierotes into an attack. This turned out to be a bad idea. Within two turns, two large Epierote armies landed on the tip of the boot, one led by the infamous Pyhrros himself. Pyhrros's army quickly attacked, and Cotta was surrounded, and outnumbered 3:1. The odds of winning were a disturbing 7:1 against.
One thing was on Cotta's side: the terrain. The entire battlefield was covered with forests except for a small strip, containing a road, which was all on an incline. Cotta's army laid on the road and at the top of the incline, and it was faced with one small Epierote force at the bottom of the incline.
Cotta's plan was simple: let the Epierotes come to him. It worked brilliantly, as the enemy was unable to march very well in the woods and quickly tired. Units of enemies would emerge from the woods, only to be destroyed by a double pincer strike by Cotta's cavalry.
The Epeirote armies, after taking around 800 fatalities, began to wise up. The visible force at the bottom of the incline began sneaking into the woods and surrounding the Romani, also cutting off their retreats. Meanwhile, the remaining Epeirotes continued pouring out of the woods. It looked as though the Epeirotes would eventually surround and annihilate the brave Romanis.
Cotta acted fast. He knew that he would need to back his forces up and out of the way if he were to stand a chance. Bravely taking charge, he took his own cavalry unit and another and charged at the left flank of the oncoming Epierote force while the rest of army retreated further up the hill.
The cavalry charge had cost Cotta around 20 men, but had saved many more. He ordered them to retreat and rejoin the main army at the top of the hill.
By this time, the Epeirotes had taken many fatalities and had inflicted a startlingly small number. Many of their regiments were in full retreat, but their generals were slowly managing to pull them into tight regiments.
Cotta and his cavalry unit were on their way back up the hill when they noticed that one of the Epeirote generals was relatively undefended. Making a quick charge, they took their exhausted horses completely by surprise, and following a quick melee, their general lay dead. As it turned out, this general was none other than the famous Pyhrros Aiakides.
Without their primary inspiration, the Epeirote morale was strained. Their armies were routing constantly, and the powerful Romani infantry gave chase.
By this time, the Epeirote edge was no more. It was a simple matter of flanking and crushing their visible force.
The Epeirotes, under Phyrros and two captains, had fielded approximately 3800 men and had lost around 3775. The Romani, under Cotta, had fielded approximately 1300 troops and had lost only around 130. This was regarded as a Heroic Victory for the Romani, and they had managed to take Tara as a result.
I'll continue this later, as there is a lot more. This was definetely the most interesting battle so far, as I don't think it's common for Phyrros to come back to Italy so soon.
But really, who doesn't? ~;)Quote:
Originally Posted by abou
Nice empires, everyone. I'm intimidated by all the multiple stacks flying around in EB.