Ok thats good. With Those Babylonian spearmen in your army plus some syrian archers it looks like you'll have a truly eastern army.
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Ok thats good. With Those Babylonian spearmen in your army plus some syrian archers it looks like you'll have a truly eastern army.
Ah, Seleukia , they seem to be the only remnant of the "Old" Makedonian Empire.
What does their Military look like, and who is more "Important" to the people, Alexander or Demetrios?
The Arche Seleukeia seems to be doing quite well now that they no long have to worry about fightin me. They're pushing back Gandhara and have only been gaining power over the years. Their army is mostly Klerouchoi phalangitai, archers-spearmen, and persian archers, though I haven't looked at many of their armies.Quote:
Originally Posted by Olaf The Great
I would say that Demetrios is more important and best loved by the people of the Arche Makedonia. Many people still live who were alive when he ruled, yet enough time has passed for any bad espects of his rule to forgotten and the good aspects enhanced. Alexandros was just too distant and the founder of a nearly completely different empire.
As how I see the Makedones (and not only the Makedones of yours :grin:), they would have been open to recruit just about anybody into their troops, had they been able to fulfill what you fulfilled for them. I'll never understand why they aren't able by default to recruit Thorakitai, which is really only one tiny tiny mental step from Thureophoroi; and why not Babylonian Spearmen, which are an excellent and valuable troop for both defence and AP-attack, when the can recruit Syrian archers? I'm glad you told how to mod those in, and I will use it.
Edit:
The only sad thing about the civil war is that it's outcome is already so determined. Pyrrhos has the mines, Pyrrhos has the trade, and Pyrrhos has Makedonia - the so-called Demetrids are pretty much dead and FUBAR.
When the Galatians sacked Amaseia, did you RP it so far as to sack the old Pontic royal tombs? Purely from gameplay, I'm sure you'd rather keep the law bonus rather than the 10000 mnai (or whatever it is for that building) but it sounds like something the Galatians would do, the way you're playing that army... ~:)
The reason many units are not given to Makedonia is because they historically didn't use them and they are not a standard regional that everyone gets. Since the Seleukids and Makedones have basically the same military system, I've been trying to integrate many Seleukid units that Makedonia lacks into my Makedonike roster. I wish I could use the Pantodapoi Phalangitai and Machomoi Phalangitai, but since they share a model with the Deuteroi Phalangitai I can only have one of the three. Though, I've basically gotten all Seleukid units into my roster, that I can, already...Quote:
Originally Posted by Centurio Nixalsverdrus
Yeah, I was noticing that too. Right after I started the war I realized it wouldn't be as much of a challenge as I wanted. I think I probably should have given the Demetrids Lybia and Thraikia (especially since the ruling family in the Thraikia was from the Demetrios branch of the family and was amongst those I killed off). Oh well, the Seleukids have done a good job rebuilding themselves and I can get another challenge trying to reunite Alexandros' empire again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Centurio Nixalsverdrus
I "enslaved" (exterminated) the city of Amaseia, but I didn't destroy any buildings. I don't like destroying unique buildings since they can't be brought back. It would make good role-playing, but I just can't bring myself to destroy uniques.Quote:
Originally Posted by jhhowell
have the demetrids built up armies of any size down in Sparta? I'd love to see a knock-down dragout fight down there...you might make sure the Demetrids can recruit decent troops there...Spartans especially. you could also give the baktrian agema recruitment in some western territories, or give them access to the Seleucid uber thorakitai.
He, maybe spawning a full stack of Spartan Hoplites would be enough of a challenege, the last great fight of the Spartans.
I´ve tried to find it, but I´m not sure if the Spartans were allowed to live on and train their kids in the Agoge.
I made sure that they could recruit Hoplitai in Sparte and I was going to give them move options (such as Spartan Hoplites), but they just sat there and didn't do anything, so I didn't end up doing anything. I could give them Spartan Hoplites, because it fits with my roleplaying. They were I Type4 for a long time and when I integrated all of Hellas, I never did so to Sparta.
I was thinking about resurrecting the super Thorakitai, but they wouldn't fit for the Demetrids, since the Demetrid military lacks chainmail...
Well, I'd assume all the maile goes on the elites(hence cataphracts) so Super-Thorakitai would fit.Quote:
Originally Posted by MarcusAureliusAntoninus
But the Demetrids (Baktria) doesn't have any units with chainmail. All of their elites use either scale or lammolar... segmented armor. Their kataphraktoi use a mix of both and even their Thorakitai have scalemail. Since chainmail is a western invention, I didn't want to add it to any of the eastern Arche Makedonia troops.
Hmmm.... I see. But sometime you´re going to have to take back the city, ´cause I don´t recon the Spartans as the kind to just roll over and admit defeat. So when you do, spawning a few Spartan Hoplites should be quite... adequate, right?Quote:
Originally Posted by MarcusAureliusAntoninus
I'm just about to deal with Sparta at the point I'm playing in the game. Not quite sure what all I'm going to do...
Chapter 57 : King of Babylon
All across Anatolia, Kappadokia, and Pontos the Pyrrhic offensive is at its highest. After ensuring the reign of the new Galatian king in Amaseia, the Galatian army moves south to conquer Kappadokia and cut the supply line to Anatolia by cutting the Persian Royal Road. The Illyrians who had been heading into southern Anatolia are then ordered by Pyrrhos into Kappadokia. There, they would assist and keep an eye on the Galatians. After the fall of Amaseia, the Galatians had promised that all Arche Makedonia land conquered by them would be returned to Pyrrhos, but the Illyrians, who were extremely loyal to Pyrrhos personally, are sent in just to be sure.
To the north, Lysippos continues his siege of Sinope, where the last Demetrid forces in Pontos are hiding:
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To the west, Sotades, first-born son of Pyrrhos, continues his own siege on Pergamon. There, the Pergamese are beginning to show signs of complete surrender. Pyrrhos, himself, also moves forward again. This time he corners a small Demetrid army within the city of Ipsos. In the back of his head Pyrrhos remembers that this is the very city where his own ancestors had lost there chance at reuniting an empire more than a hundred years prior:
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Far from Pyrrhos' offensive, another man apposes the Demetrids. In Babylonia, Isidoros Oresteus had marched his men across the deserts and back to the Euphrates river. Now he comes to the home of his men, in Babylon:
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He rests his men, but his supply line is nonexistant and an army of this size cannot survive on foraging and looting alone. He'll have to make his move quickly, whatever it may be:
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In Makedonia, while his family and nation fights a civil war, Euphrantos, third-born son of Pyrrhos, administers the region. While there, he spends some time on training and education but even more of his time on corruption. Being the son of a great man, he is given leniency and grows ever more corrupt:
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On the far side of a sea, Herodes, son of Herakleon, comes of age in Bosphoria. His father had once been a candidate of the throne, but now his family is only consumed with the goal of making his killers pay. Before being murdered, Herakleon had gathered his forces but they had sense dispersed to defend from attack. Herodes quickly calls them back, takes command, and prepares to sail to Pontos and fight the Demetrids:
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While the friendly forces of his nephew gather across the sea, Lysippos decides to finally finish off the Demetrids in Sinope:
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Lysippos' army of veterans had originally been formed in Pontos, and many of his men's homes were in or near the city of Sinope. Dispite this, they had decided to stay loyal to their general and now march against their own homeland.
Engaging the battle, Lysippos tries to take the walls with siege towers. As they approach, the city defenders manage to damage one and set it on fire:
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Though one tower is lost, the rest easily make it to the walls and Lysippos' men charge onto them. In one section fighting breaks out, but for the most part the walls are taken without fight:
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Once the walls are taken completely, Lysippos moves his archers and slinger onto them. The city defenders attempt to make one last counter attack with their elephants but they are easy targets for the men on the walls:
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The city easily falls and elephant meat is used to feed those within the city who had been living off only grain reserves during the siege. The city happily welcomes Lysippos and her long lost sons:
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The fall of Sinope is the last step in a vital part of the war. With the fall of this region into Pyrrhos-friendly forces the lands of Lyssipos and Pyrrhos are connected, trade is restored, and with the help of Herodes' fleet the Euxeinos Pontos is completely restored to Makedonike control.
Though Lysippos is a war hero, he is getting old and tired of fighting. With this last battle, however, Lysippos finally decides to retire from military command and simply govern Pontos.
Around the same time, the great city of Pergamon falls to Sotades. Never strongly in the Demetrid camp, the rulers of Pergamon arrest the Demetrid military garrison and surrender the city of Sotades. Sotades moves into the city and the city uneventfully trades hands:
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On the other side of Demetrid territory, Isidoros finally reaches Babylon:
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The city of Babylon is a strange place. The city was founded thousands of years ago, but had been destroyed and rebuilt countless times. It had been the capital of many nations and empires. It was where Megas Alexandros died, and had afterward fallen into the hands of Seleukos. When Seleukeia had been founded on the Tigris, many people had moved from Babylon to the new regional capital but Babylon remained at least somewhat important. The Arche Seleukeia had mostly forgotten the city, but when the Ptolemaioi conquered Babylonia and held the city for several years, it regained its importance and was used as a headquarted for Ptolemaic forces. Demetrios' attack on Ptolemaic Anatolia had weakened the Ptolemaioi enough for the Seleukids to retake all of Babylonia and the city was once again forgotten. During Aristotelis' attack on Baylonia, Bykoli and Pefkoloas had conquered the city and lived there a couple years. In that time, they used funds from the Arche Makedonia treasury to rebuild the city. Now, the city is a mix of many cultures and peoples, rebuilt as a Hellenic city:
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The people of the city had been expecting Isidoros Oresteus and his army for a long time. Isidoros' wife had secretly left Seleukeia, where they had lived and moved into the city. Once there, she helped an underground of anti-Demetrid agents who caused riots, discontentment, and disrupted the military. By the time Isidoros and his men arrive, the city is ready to welcome them. The people simply leave the gates open, and Isidoros is able to quickly move his men into the city as soon as he arrives:
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He then orders his medium spearmen along the northern wall, where they meet slight resistance...
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...and his archer-spearmen to the south where they meet resistance:
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The medium spearmen quickly break their foe and the archer-spearmen corner their enemy in a sidestreet:
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Circling around to the northern side of the city, near the library, the medium spearmen once again face an enemy:
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There, medium infantry unit of Makedones face off against Isidoros' men:
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Meanwhile, the archer-spearmen move near the city center and open fire on the remaining city garrison, who are waiting there:
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And a small group of Demetrid spearmen circle around the side of the city and attempt to hit the rear of Isidoros' line, but before they can strike Isidoros orders his cavalry to counter:
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The cavalry wipe out the light spearmen, the medium spearmen break the Makedones, and the archer-spearmen lay waste to their enemy from afar:
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Isidoros then gives the signal for all of his men to move in to finish off the enemy. As the killing blow aproaches, the defenders put up a feable defense:
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While his men surround the last of the enemy, Isidoros personally moves in to witness the end:
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And the end comes when the archer-spearmen charge in from the rear of the last standing foes:
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Isidoros wins himself an easy victory, loosing only a few men:
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The battle also brings out Isidoros' skill in the ability to lead men in battle:
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Having conquered the ancient city, Isidoros sets himself up as king of Babylon. Not only does Isidoros Oresteus lay claim of the city itself but also to the cities and villages following a descent length of the Euphrates both upstream and downstream from Babylon. Declaring Bablyon an autonomous state, Isisdoros quickly sends envoys to Pyrrhos and begins strengthening the city's defenses. Another client state is the last thing Pyrrhos wants to deal with at this time, but he agrees to an alliance as long as Babylon promises to follow Pyrrhos' lead in all matters.
The known world in 172BC:
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Next: Chapter 58 : In Defense of the Arche
Oh thats very nice Marcus, when i read your stories it's like theres a little movie playing out in my head.
I really enjoyed this chapter....I am looking forward to see what is going to happen with the Galatians.
Do you plan for them to rebel???
Very nice chapter MAA.:smiley:
Thanks, guys. :bow:
The Arverni are being defeated in Gaul (somehow the Aedui who nearly fell to the Iberians more then recovered from their losses) and I was thinking of transplanting the Arverni to be Galatia, but I think the Arverni will hang on for a while longer. I'll wait until the civil war is over to deal with the Galatians, anyways.
Next chapter is going to be just random events, then a Philippos chapter, then finally back to the civil war...
A great few updates :2thumbsup: I'm looking forward to seeing what happens to the Galatians too.
awesome job maa. Very interesting developments in the war. Keep it up :)
Excellent update MAA! How did you manage to make him King of babylon? It being a client state wouldn't he get the interloper trait? Though that little red blob down in southern hellas is annoying me. Are you planning to invade sparta anytime soon or are you saving it for last?
Thank again.
I set up a Type3 in Babylon so that I can get basically all the regional troops but don't have to worry about the client-ruler system.
Since Phyrros is from..Eperios, is there any chance of a Chaeonian Agema-ish unit or something coming back?
Wouldn´t that interfer with some other unit due to shared model?
Pyrrhos is the great grandson of Demetrios I and is a "Makedone Argeades". However, he was raised in Illyria and educated in Epieros. I was thinking about writing into the story that his mother of grandmother was Illyrian or something though... And his father's hero was Pyrrhos of Epeiros (thus why he was given the name)...Quote:
Originally Posted by Olaf The Great
I think the Chaeonian Agema shares a model with another Hellenistic phalangitai and probably isn't available to me. Elite Epeirotes will just have to join the reformed Pezhetairoi. (The reformed Pezhetairoi in Sotades' army, that took Pergamon, were all recruited in Epeiros.)
Chapter 58 : In Defense of the Arche
While civil war rages in Anatolia, Pontos, Kappadokia, and Babylonia, the western side of the Arche is forced to repel attacks from foreign forces. With no powerful mobile army in these areas, the cities are left to fend for themselves and repel attackers with their own garrisons. After more than half a year of being besieged, the defenders of the city of Seguntum finally are confronted by their enemy:
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The forces of the Iberian Confederation, having completed contruction of their siege equiptment, move forward toward the huge walls of the city. Once they are in range, the defenders throw all they have down on their foe:
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The wall defenders do quite well and manage to destroy both enemy towers and both rams:
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The Iberians now know that the only option to enter the city is breaching the walls with their mines they had begun outside the walls. Collapsing the foundation of the walls by destroying their tunnels, the Iberians breach the wall just west of the northern gate:
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The Iberian troops rush into the breach...
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...where they confront coastal Iberian spearmen who are defending their homes:
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While fighting continues to the west, the Iberians make a second hole in the wall and attack to the east. Here, Iberian swordsmen loyal to Makedonia face Iberian swordsmen loyal to the Iberian Confederacy:
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Taking to the offensive, once their enemy breaks, the spearmen to the west charge out from the city and confront the enemy general outside the walls. There, they surround and kill him:
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With only a few losses of their own, the defenders of Seguntum kill or capture ever last one of their attackers:
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A few months later, to the south another city garrison is forced to defend itself. The city of Ippone and its mixed garrison of Sikilians and Numidians must once again fend off an attack from Numidia:
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On a calm autumn day, the defenders of Ippone awaken to find that the enemy has moved siege equiptment into position just out of range of the walls. Then suddenly the silence is broken and they move foward and toward the city. Once the towers are in range, the local archers on the walls open fire with flame arrows:
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The flame do not catch and the towers and ram reach the wall. However, the oil at the gateway kills enough Numidians that they are forced to abandon their ram and fall back:
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On the walls, the enemies rush from the towers and attacks the Sikilian defenders:
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Then, suddenly, with a loud crash, the walls come crashing down, completely surprising the defenders:
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The reserve defenders quickly rush to the breach and hastely line up in formation, just in time to receive the enemy charge:
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While they fight below, the defenders above on the walls are suffering huge causualties but manage to push the enemy back and gain a slight advantage:
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Perhaps seeking to take down the gate with their elephants, the Numidians move the great beasts forward toward the city. When they get in range, however, they are pelted by great masses of javelin from the walls. This panics the beasts and causes them to charge at the closest thing they see, their own men:
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With the attackers at the breach repelled, the city defenders rush forward. Outside the gates of the city, the local skirmishers unleash a deadly volley of javelin at the last elephant, riden by the enemy leader:
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Both the Numidian general and the elephant fall dead and the defenders turn their attention to the siege towers. Compromising the base of the tower, they manage make the whole thing come crashing down, killing the last of the Numidian attackers within:
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Although they hold the city, great losses are taken amongst the Sikilians and the garrison is greatly weakened:
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Though these battles are of little importance to the Arche and little is gained or lost by either side in either conflict, it does have effect. Seeking to ensure a more secure border and to knock the Arevaci out of the war, Philippos moves forward with his attack in Iberia.
This time, Philippos sends an allied army of Iberians forward first. This is both a military, social, and economic move. Philippos plans to have the coastal Iberian allies weaken the garrison of the Iberian capital of Numantia while at the same time allowing glory to his allies and decreasing the amount of men on his military payroll because of the inevitable friendly losses. The Iberian allies readily agree, even though they know many of them will die, seeking to do their part in the war. The Iberians move forward and besiege the city of Numantia. A few months later Philippos mobilizes his Thorakitai army stationed in Lusotannia and follows:
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Next: Chapter 59 : Philip's War (Part III)
Another great update. What a massively epic campaign. :2thumbsup:
Beyond epic stuff...
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Been a long time since I last saw these men... Brought warmth to my heart to see those awesome cats.
How did you manage to destroy the siege tower with infantry from the outside? Only option I get in this case is to enter the siege tower, not to destroy it.:shrug:
Thanks for following. :beam:
If you have a unit selected, the icon will turn to a sword when over a siege tower (I think you have to place the icon about halfway up the tower). Then your guys will think about attacking it, then slowly move a couple guys to surround it, then start poking it. After a few minutes it will collapse. I would advise never attacking any siege equiptment with multiple groups as the multiple units sometimes get "confused".
Aaahhh... thanks.:smiley:
de'iqtu!!
I come back from a short vacation and find not one but TWO updates! :beam:
A truly magnificent story MAA.
Excellent update, as always MAA!!
Thanks for following.
Btw, I recently fought the battle against the Spartans (two battles actually). :egypt:
Cool, any of those famed hoplitai present in them?
Maybe... :beam:Quote:
Originally Posted by Maion Maroneios
Hope you turned them into dust!!:laugh2:
wow- i just discovered this... now i am ashamed i didnt see this sooner... i should get back to my AAR as well.....
Thanks for following...
Chapter 59 : Philip's War (Part III)
His father and elder brother fight the civil war in Anatolia and his younger brothers live in Makedonia, but Philippos, second-born son of Pyrrhos and heir to the throne, fights his own war in Iberia. The Iberian Confederacy started the war when they attempted to conquer the Hellenic colonies along the coast and with that any oppertunity for peace in Iberia was lost. The first acomplishment of the war was conquering the mineral rich southern regions. Then Philippos moved north to defeat the two lead tribes of the confederation, the Lusotanni and the Arevaci. The Lusotanni had been conquered quite easily while their army was in the north preparing to attack the Hellenic colonies. Since then, Philippos had moved his army forward to prepare to attack the Arevaci.
In order to weaken his enemy and in order to give some of the glory to his allies, Philippos had sent forward his coast Iberian allies first, to draw the Arevaci and Lusotanni refugee armies out. The coastal Iberians had only besieged their capital city of Numatia for a few months when the counter attack comes:
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The Makedonia-friendly coastal Iberians line up just outside of a wooded area on a hillside near the road leading to Numatia. In the center are the swordsmen, with the spearmen on the flanks, and the slingers of the Baleric islands behind the line:
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The wait is short and soon the enemy army is near, which the Baleric slinger open fire on:
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While the enemy infantry attacks the center of the line, the Iberian cavalry circles around the left flank and charge in:
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While additional Arevaci cavalry waves hit the flank, the entire flank of spearmen rush in to assist:
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The huge number of spearmen make quick work of the cavalry and cut them down, causing the them to flee:
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Meanwhile, in the center the enemy infantry begin fleeing as well:
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The coastal Iberians chase their enemy into to the forest for some distance but soon stop and fall back. The first enemy army starts to regroup and is reinforced by the forces from the city itself. The coastal Iberians collect themselves and return to formation. They wait, but it is only a short time before the enemy army is upon them once again:
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As before, the enemy infantry hits the center of the line and the two side begin to fight:
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The enemy is disadvantages this time, however, as they now lack any cavalry. Instead of cavalry, the Arevaci army circles spearmen around the right flank and attacks. This move is quickly countered by the coastal spearmen and the flanking is out flanked:
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The Arevaci send more forces to the battle on the flank but fail to regain the advantage. This move, however, weakens the center of the Arevaci line and the infantry in the middle gives and begins to flee back to Numatia. While half the forces from the coastal Iberians' center and left flank chase their fleeing foe, the rest charge in at the rear of the fight on the right flank:
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Soon the whole of the Arevaci force is broken and fleeing back to their capital:
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When news reaches Philippos that the coastal Iberians have won a crushing victory, he is surprised. Not only did the coastal Iberians win the battle, they manage to crush two huge armies of the Iberian Confederacy, taking only a few losses themselves:
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Philippos then moves his Thorakitai army into Arevaci territory and plans his next move. As the war in Iberian hits another high point, the civil war in Anatolia continues. On the isle of Lesbos, the citizen expel the Demetrid garrison, declare themselves loyal to Pyrrhos, and assemble a small army of Thorakitai. This action allows the army of Sotades, stationed in Pergamon, to move forward and besiege the city of Sardis, capital to the Anatolia Satrapy:
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Back in Iberia, Philippos decides to change his plans. Rather than take the city of Numatia with his own army, Philippos instead moves to command the coastal Iberians, personally, in an attack on the city of Numantia. While his army of Thorakitai guard against the possiblity of an enemy army outflanking the attack from the rear, the coastal Iberians build seige equiptment then attack:
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With a half dozen seige towers, Philippos plans to take the city walls by force:
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The battle starts off on a low mark, however, as half the towers are destroyed before they even reach the walls:
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Although, near the city's western gate the towers reach the walls and the coastal Iberian spearmen quickly surround the Arevaci forces defending the wall:
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While the spearmen kill the men guarding the wall and take control of the gateway, Philippos and the rest of the army moves forward:
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Then with the walls taken, the coastal Iberians chase the last defenders of the walls away with a rain of javelin:
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Philippos then splits his men into three groups. The first group are the spearmen who took the walls, who head straight to the city center. Although the plan is for them to rest before scalling the hilll, they are countered by Arevaci levy spearmen:
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Even though they are tired, this group quickly pushes back the Arevaci counterattack:
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The second group consists of spearmen whose towers were destroyed before it reached the walls. These men circle around the edge of the city to the south. They too meet an Arevaci counterattack:
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Since some of the second group circled around the outside of the city and came in the southern gate, they manage to hit their enemy in a pincer attack, surround them, and wipe them out:
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The third and final group is the coastal Iberian swordsmen who circle around the northern edge of the city. This group manages to get half-way up the city's center hill before they around countered:
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All the fighting quickly ends and the last of the Arevaci forces fall back to the center of the city. There, they are surrounded and outnumbered, but the Arevaci refuse to accept surrender. Philippos' forces of allied Iberians charge in at the city center from all sides:
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The coastal Iberians slowly move forward and surround their enemy, who fights to the very last man:
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When the last man falls, he does not fall alone. Not only does he fall, but the city falls. With the city falls the Arevaci tribe. With the fall of the tribe, the lands they ruled fall into the care of the Arche Makedonia:
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With the fall of the Arevaci the Iberian Confederacy itself almost falls apart and fades away. In-fighting within the remaining tribes and rulers begin. Although the territories and people of the tribes of Lusotanni and Arevaci fall, many of their soldiers and nobility retreat into the lands of the northern tribes. Although there is chaos, the leadership of the Iberian Confederacy falls to the defacto king of the Arevaci in exile, the young king Atu.
Meanwhile, Philippos takes the in-fighting of the Iberian Confederacy as a chance to ensure strong control over all of his Iberian conquests. While government controls is established in the south, with plans for settlement [Type2], the lands of the Lusotanni and Arevaci remain in military control [Type3]. With this, Philippos also plans to set up an easily defendable border and finally bring an end to his war in Iberia.
The known world in the autumn of 172BC:
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Next: Chapter 60 : Around the Known World
Kill that damn Atu, never liked guys with that name.
I can´t believe the Rhodioi have not seen the stupidity of supporting the Demetrids, usually they are such clever fellows.
Maybe if Karia is conquered, then the Rhodioi may see reason?
Doin' good, MAA.
Now that Iberia is all but subdued, what's your economic situation like? Is the money rolling in, or are you still stretched thin?
Rhodos seems to be quite an important city allied to the Demetrids. They built a sizable army and are curning out ships there. I'm role-playing that Rhodos is allied with the Spartans.
When the civil war first started I quickly fell into debt, but after I disbanded most of my unused armies and excess border guards I managed to climb out of debt and break even. But I had to stop all building construction. With the cost of retraining armies, rebuilding captured towns, and building a couple economic structures in key locations, I break even about this point in the game. At this point, money is still a problem and I sometimes have to take out loans for critical things ('take out loan' = "add_money 40000", buy what I need, "add_money -40000").
For even funnier role-playing, have Pyrrhos taking out loans from merchants and nobels, then having to repay them with a huge interest. His debt might be a crucial factor in the civil war.Quote:
Originally Posted by MarcusAureliusAntoninus
Well I am hurt...that is my current leaders name :cry: Just kidding...damn I wish those Iberians would put together a good force...damn militesQuote:
Originally Posted by General Appo
I take offense to that, Iberi Milities are the only people MAN enough to wear chicken head-dresses, I would only respect them more if they wore the dreaded ORLY? hatQuote:
Originally Posted by Chirurgeon
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With the mines of Makedonia, Illyria, and now Iberia, I'm able to repay my debt every turn and any loans are quickly payed off. When I "take out a loan", I'm just not able to do anything the following turn.
"The Iberian Confederacy" had good MICs in Sucum-Murgi and Oxtraca, and mediocre MICs in Numantia. Since they are churning out one unit a turn from each settlement, it unfortunately results in crappy units in most of their armies. I wrote a little script and spawned L4MICs (both types) in both of their Ireland towns though, to prevent the same spamming of little units once they are kicked from the mainland.
so happy that they have a new homeland...any plans for Gaul after the civil war?Quote:
Originally Posted by MarcusAureliusAntoninus
I had planned to take another 'layer' of territories in Gaul, but I was pleasantly surprised that they haven't betrayed my alliances after the Romani War ended. Since the Aedui seem to be winning, I was thinking of transplanting the Arverni somewhere else when they die. Maybe make the Boii or the Lugians, or maybe make them a rebel Galatia...
Chapter 60 : Around the Known World
While a great civil war wages within the Arche Makedonia, the rest of the world does not simply sit back and await the outcome. While the Arche Makedonia tears itself apart, the nations, empires, and tribes across the world continue their lives. Very few are even interested in the internal goings-on of the Arche Makedonia.
In the far off islands of Britannia, a loose alliance of tribes had managed to unite the main island. Although they worked together, the tribes of the island are far from a unified nation. Many places, especially in the north, the alliance exists in name only. Attempts to unify all of the islands had so far failed. The much more unified Goidilics nearby had so far resisted. Although no war had begun yet, it seems all but inevitable:
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Between there and the western Arche Makedonia, in the lands of Gallia, the war amongst the tribes had once again resumed. When the Romani invaded the region, it tore the place apart physically but unified the people politically against the invaders. After Pyrrhos' elder brother, Neikolaos, defeated the Romani in Gaul and restored the lands to their previous owners, peace seemed in sight. For a long time there was an uneasy peace between the Confederation, headed by the Aedui tribe, and the strongest apposing tribes, the Arverni and her allies. The invasion by the Iberian Confederation dealt even more damage to the Gallic Confederation and nearly tore it apart. Somehow, in the wake of their near destruction, the Gallic Confederation pushed back the Iberian Confederation and then turned on their longtime enemy, the Arverni tribe. Even though they should have been in a weakened state, they succeeded and devided the territories of their enemy and continue their old war:
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On the opposite side of the western Arche Makedonia, the peoples of Numidia and Mauretania remain unified. They had once been client kingdoms of the city of Kart-Hadast and when the city fell they remained allied with eachother. Their unification seemed odd at first, but it turned out that nobles of the city of Kart-Hadast retained military control of the regions and continued the foreign rule. By manipulated the locals, this minority managed to start a war with the Arche Makedonia. Although the entire exiled army and majority of nobles from Kart-Hadast had been killed in battle, the Numidians and Mauretanians continue to push back against the Arche Makedonia:
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In Arabia, poor management of conquered territory and ill treatment of locals had resulted in a war between the Demetrids and the Kingdom of Sab'yn. Throughout the early rise of the Antigonids, the Kingdom of Sab'yn had been quiet. Though, through some unknown turn of events, they managed to become the top power in southern Arabia. Over the next century they spread and took control of all of Arabia, with trade outposts in Aithiopia. They had attempted to expand northward, but armies of the unified Arche Makedonia had always stopped them. Now, they move against the splintered Arche, in Babylonia:
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...as well as once again attempting to push against the Hellenic colonies in southern Syria, now ill defended by Demetrid forces:
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The Nubians, as well, sought to profit from the fracture. For years the Kingdom of Meroe had been a minor kingdom on the edge of Ptolemaic Aigyptos. However, when the Ptolemaioi were finally defeated, a distant branch of the Ptolemaic family had managed to escape into exile in Nubia. When a failed attempt to conquer Makedonike holdings in northern Nubia ended up costing the lives of both the king and heir to the throne of Meroe, the oppertunistic young Ptolemai saw his chance. With no clear replacement to their king, Ptolemai managed to convince the people to make him king. He thus became Ptolemai VII and declared himself Pharoah of all the Neilos. Years later, seeking to make good on that claim, he sends men north to take advantage of the devided Arche Makedonia, though his armies are hesitant to atttack:
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In the far east, the Arche Seleukeia is once again on the rise. The dynasty of Seleukos, only a generation earlier, had been all but defeated. The Median rebels had taken territories in the west and the Gandharan Indians had pushed all the way to the wall of Persepolis. Then Aristotelis attacked the Arche Seleukeia's key Babylonian holdings. It looked as though the Seleukid line would disappear from this world and fade away, but it was no so. When the Makedonike civil war started, the threat to the west vanished. Many Makedonike lands were given to the Median Empire and when an alliance between Media and the Arche Seleukeia was achieved, the Seleukids could consentrate on one front. Pushing back in the east, the armies of the Arche Seleukeia had won victory after victory over Gandhara and are beginning to push them all the way back into India:
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Despite all of the achievements of the surrounding world, and even though Pyrrhos had crushed the Demetrids every time they met in combat, the Demetrids manage to emerge as the most advanced people of the known world:
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In a time of defeat, one victory over Pyrrhos was not directly that of the Demetrids. In Hellas, the Spartans had chosen to stand against Pyrrhos. After almost five years of defiance, they had slowly managed to achieve the support in the rest of the Peloponnesos and make alliances with the major cities there. Although the Spartans had been nothing to worry about, the alliance of a dozen Hellenic cities finally started to worry Pyrrhos:
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The first-born son of Pyrrhos, Sotades, had been put in charge of Pyrrhos' old army and tasked with taking Ionia and Lydia, however it did not appeal to Sotades. Sotades believed his talent lay in governing large cities and grew tired of combat:
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It is not much of an issue, however, as Sardis soon surrender. All of central Anatolia, west of Galatia, falls to Pyrrhos and his son without a fight, while at the same time southern Kappadokia surrenders to the combined force of Galatians and Illyrians. This is once again a great blow to the Demetrids, costing them many resource rich provinces.
In the rioting against the Demetrids in Sardis, the great Temple of Artemis was damaged. Many saw this as a sign, though every mystic translated the meaning differently. A mystical omen of the future is no worry to Pyrrhos and his family, the main concern is the loss of prestige as the people find out that Makedonia lacks the money to repair the damage and restore the temple:
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Finally arriving in Pontos, Herodes, son of Herakleon, grandson of Euboulides, great-grandson of Antigonos Gonatas, moves his army forward for combat. Herodes manages to push through Pontos to attack Demetrid-controlled northern Kappadokia with his Bosphorian army, but he does not get there soon enough. As the autumn draws to a close, he prepares to winter his army within friendly territory:
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The same autum, an earthquake hits Italia. It is small and few are injured, and fortunately the Romaioi legion is unharmed, as they are already far from their homes, sailing eastward:
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As the people of Ippone prepare to settle in for their mild winter, the Numidian-Mauretanian forces attack once again, lead by Kart-Hadast nobles:
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The only actual combat within the Arche Makedonia, during this time, occures in a distant region without much importance. The steppe horsemen, allies of Lysippos, had been tasked with defending the Armenian holdings from the Demetrids. When the Demetrids started to reinforce the Hayasdan region, the horsemen moved south in an attempt to draw the infantry heavy army into a skirmish. After a short while, they succeed when a reinforcement army from Babylonia arrives to confront them near Armavir:
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The steppe cavalry army is quite fortunate when the reinforcements from the city fail to arrive on time:
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Exploiting their mobility and long range, the cavalry mounted archers circle all around the Demetrid army and fire at them from all sides:
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The Demetrid army takes heavy casualties and the battle begins to look good for the side of Pyrrhos. Then, the Demetrid general leads his personal kataphraktoi in a charge. As the steppe horse archers fire upon them, they do no harm and are forced to fall back:
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Continuing to fall back, the steppe cavalry pull the enemy kataphraktoi into a trap and surround them. They then move in with a great charge:
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Surrounded and with the lost the advantage of the mass of their charges, the kataphraktoi are slowly wiped out, though at great cost to the steppe cavalry. Eventually the enemy general is surrounded and killed:
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Just as the enemy general falls dead, the reinforcements from the city finally arrive. While firing the last of their arrows, the steppe cavalry turn and flee back northward. Due to the fact the Demetrids take the field, a great number of Demetrid wounded are recovered and manage to recouperate:
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The known world in 171BC:
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Next: Chapter 61 : Nubians and Romans
Very good update! :2thumbsup::2thumbsup::2thumbsup: In one image you forgot to colour the real Bartix in Bartix-blue. :beam:
Very good. I noticed you´ve left Athenai and Chalkis unguarded. Do you intend to let the Spartans and their allies take them, to unite all of Hellas against Pyrrhos? Surely the wise philosophers of Athenai must see the foolishness in joining the losing side, for that is indeed what the Demetrids are.
Thanks.
Oops, didn't notice that red in Baktria. :wall: Oh well...
I left Korinth, Athens, Chalkis, and Thermon (I believe that picture was taken just after an army engaged the Spartans, lost, and retreated back to Thermon [in an attempt to get them mad and moving]) unguarded in an attempt to get the Spartans to get agressive and perhaps unite Hellas. Since I'm roleplaying that Hellas is allied with the Demetrids and not necessarily part of their empire, it would kind of make since for them to come together in an attempt to regain autonomy. In the end, however, things turn out bad for them, especially for the Athenians.
Nice plotting there to be sure... This gives me an idea, I'm going to use. :yes:Quote:
Originally Posted by MarcusAureliusAntoninus
Out of curiosity, how much does it cost to repair the Artemision? I've noticed that at times wonder repairs are quite mindblowing.
Yep, it had occured to me as well when sabotaging a Seleukid settlement with my assasin. You see, those chaps had made me real angry and I destroyed part of the Mausoleon in Halikarnassos, which cost me near 10.000 mnai to fix upon taking the city for myself...
Yeah, the repairs were something like 15,000. I could afford it, but I wouldn't be able to recruit any units or build any buildings that turn.
Wow that last fight was brutal. Great update!
Thanks, Chirurgeon.
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I was doing some more modding to the game, this time trying to add in the v1.0 general skins that I just missed out on in this internal version. I managed to do this:
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Since the v0.8x model and the v1.0 model are different, they are missing their swords and parts of their crests. I would just save over the model, but the weird thing is that the v0.8x models don't seem to exist anywhere to save over...
I guess I'll just play with guys who have odd crests and no weapon.
Lovely. Though that Baktrian Generals shield just look wierder and wierder every time I look at it, and I´ve played Baktria extensively.
From this angle it looks like one girl is doing... ya know, fellatio while being spanked while another girl is about to him in the back with a... whip?
Whoever designed that shield has some seriously wierd sexual fantasies, that he is handling in the wrong way.
Maybe there is absolutely nothing wrong with the shield and you are the one with seriously weird sexual fantasies :laugh4:Quote:
Originally Posted by General Appo
It is actually a direct copy of an actual picture (coin or something). It really isn't sexual, and when you look at the actual picture, that is easy to tell.
Okay... but not from where I am standing. I mean, just look at that screenshot. Oh well, I guess it´s just the angle or something.
You are a ruthless person MAA to let your precious Generals ride into battle without even a pity little sword. But now they can distract their foes with their shiny new shields... Is that a blow job depicted on the Bartix/Demetrid shield? :grin:
YES! Told you, I´m not the only one!
By the Dragon's tail, I guess I need to look at shields more closely from now on. :dizzy2: I guess if Hugh Hefner were an ancient general, that would be his preferred shield design. :sweatdrop:
Ok it's not but I love it nevertheless. Naked girls kneeling in front of you and swinging those branches while you put your foot on the decapitated head of your worst enemy... always been one of my favourite fantasies!:yes:
...please discontinue this conversation... :sweatdrop:
Chapter 61 : Rebirth of the Ptolemaioi
Ptolemai I - IV had been of a direct line, but it had been cut short when the last of them were killed by Demetrios in his conquest of Aigyptos. Though, Ptolemai V and VI of Assyria were of a side family. When Aristotelis killed Ptolemaioi VI in Assyria, it seemed that the family of the great general Ptolemai I had been destoryed, but it had not been. There was one survivor of the direct line of Ptolemai I - IV. When just a child, he and his mother had fled to Nubia during Demetrios' conquest. This boy, now a man, is Ptolemai VII, King of Meroe.
Meroe had been but a nuisance on the southern border of the Ptolemaioi, then a trade partner with the Arche Makedonia. When they betrayed the Arche Makedonia and lost their king and heir in a single battle, Ptolemai VII seized power. Since then, Ptolemai VII has reformed the government, military, and economy. Now, with his only true enemy, the Arche Makedonia distracted, he makes his move for power.
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First is a declaration of war on the Kingdom of Sab'yn, who had has trade colonies on the coasts of Nubia and Aithiopia:
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While king, Ptolemai VII had also begun rebuilding his family line. His Makedonike wife had given him two sons. His first born son comes of age just as his plans begin. So, while the majority of the army is in the north, Ptolemai VII gives his son a small army and sends him south the take Aithiopia and the Sab'yn trade colonies:
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Meanwhile, to the north, the armies of Ptolemai take ground without a fight. In northern Nubia the people are burdened by taxes, war, and oppressive foreign rule. Without any forces of their own, the people turn to the closest thing they have to a local power. Thus in a series of rebellions, territories of the Demetrids throw off their small garrisons and appeal to Ptolemai VII for protection:
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Northern Nubia as well as the oasis of Hibis fall into the hands of Ptolemai without a fight. Although the rebellions are lead by Nubians and Aigyptians, the majority of the Klerouchoi Makedones and Hellenes, settled by the old Ptolemaioi or Antigonids, choose to remain. This alone is a giant gain for Ptolemai VII, as he gains access to Makedones to field as phalangitai in battle.
While he consolidates power in the north and wages war in the south, Ptolemai VII negotiates peace with his enemy. Even though they just lost cities to him, the Demetrids agree to an alliance, which Ptolemai VII decides to use to buy time:
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After a short time, news comes to Meroe from the south. Ptolemai VII's son has succeeded, and all of northern Aithiopia is now in his hands. With no threat from southern Aithiopia and not fearing naval invasion from the Kingdom of Sab'yn, Ptolemai VII now has but one battle front:
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Next: Chapter 62: Back in the Arche Makedonia
Uh-oh, they are back in the game... :skull:
Cool. Awesome chapter, great to see.
Short and good. Did you cheat that or was this "really" the course of history?
I wish I could say it happened like that. I sent four spies to each of the cities Pselkis, Diospolis-Megale, and Hibis. But after about ten turns of 0% public order without rebellion, and Ptolemaic troops outside that don't attack, I gave up. I force diplomacy'd them to me then gifted them to the Ptolemaioi. I think the fact that Baktria and Ptolemaioi have the same culture prevented the rebellion from occuring as easily.
Chapter 62 : Back in the Arche Makedonia
While the Ptolemaioi rebuild themselves under Ptolemai VII, the events within the Arche Makedonia are much less eventful.
The Demetrids
In Syria, Euktimenos Idomeneus, son of Pefkoloas is still a child. While he is technically the Basileus, his government is ruled by his advisors and his strong-willed mother. While her father (Bykoli) and her husband (Pefkolaos) were off fighting wars together, Antigone was left at home, alone. Due to her status and the lack of a man in her household, Antigone quickly gained control of all aspects in the home, then in the family. Together with her inclination for power and her feeling of abandonment, she has developed into quite a strict ruler.
The loss of northern Nubia does not concern the Demetrids, who quickly make an alliance with the Ptolemaioi. The Demetrids also realize that Anatolia, Pontos, and Kappadokia are lost. They therefore decide not to even reinforce the remaining garrisons. Instead, they send large garrisons to Kilikia and Armenia. There, they wait for the forces of Pyrrhos to advance.
The Pyrrhids
After the fall of central Anatolia and Kappadokia, things are slow in the Arche Makedonia civil war. Seeking to prove their loyalty, the army of Lesboi march south into Karia and take the city of Halikarnassos in the name of Pyrrhos. The city falls without a single loss to the Lesboi:
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While the war is fought just to he east, in Pella, Pyrrhos makes sure money is set aside for building projects. Since the support of the nobles of Makedonia and Hellas, especially those living in Pella, are so important to the continued efforts and finances of Pyrrhos, he builds great structures and and revises of the capital. Around the time Karia falls, huge event structures are completed in Pella, dedicated to Megas Demetrios. Here, games are held that trump those of even Olympia:
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With Anatolia and Kappadokia in his hands and a few building projects once again underway, Pyrrhos and his dynasty once again make Makedonia the greatest people in the known world:
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The Romaioi
To show support for their "allies", Tiberius Aurelius Cotta, consul of Roma, sails the Romani Legion from Capua to assist in the Arche Makedonia civil war. When news reaches Pyrrhos that the Romani are in the Aegaen Mare, he decides to give them a key task. With the conquest of Anatolia, the only Demetrid military harbor west of Aigyptos is the great harbor at Rhodos. From there, they control the eastern Mesogeios Sea and supply the Spartan rebels. So, the important and difficult task of taking the city of Rhodos is given to Tiberius Aurelius Cotta and his legion:
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The Romani quickly land on the western edge of the island and immediately move against the army of Rhodoi, who meet them in the open field:
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While the infantry moves forward, Cotta leads his cavalry in a charge of the reinforcements, coming from the city. Having misjudged the placement on the field, the small group of Rhodoi archers from the city come in from the rear of the Romani, where they are easily wiped out by the Romaioi cavalry:
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While Cotta returns the line, the skirmishers on both sides begin to throw their javelin and the battle begins:
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The skirmishing lasts quite a while, giving the Romani cavalry time to circle completely around the rear of their own line and attack around the opposite flank. There, they charge the Rhodoi siege equiptment and kill all those manning them:
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When the javelin of the skirmishers finally run out, Cotta orders his battle line forward:
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While the enemy is still disorganized, the first line of Romani throw their pila...
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...and charge in to engage their enemy:
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Meanwhile, the cavalry once again circles the flank. This time they charge in and challenge the governor of Rhodos and his kataphraktoi bodyguard:
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When the Rhodoi skirmishers attempt to circle around the opposite flank from the cavalry battle, the Romaioi skirmishers move out and defend the flank:
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While the first line of Romani hold down the enemy, the second line spreads out and attacks from the side as well as reinforceing the first line from the rear:
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Having fought this whole time, the cavalry clash finally comes to an end when the governor of Rhodos falls dead on the field:
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With their general dead, the Rhodoi attempt to fall back, but all are quickly wiped out or surrender when surrounded by the Romani.
While the cavalry and first two lines chase the last of the Rhodoi, the third line slowly moves forward, not having been needed in the battle:
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Tiberius Aurelius Cotta wins himself a victory, though it lacks too much granduer as it is in the name of a foreign king:
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The Romani then march into the city of Rhodos and take the city without a fight. Had the armies of Rhodos stayed behind their walls, they may have stood a chance. Fighting in open field cost them their whole army and forced the city to surrender. As per Pyrrhos' orders, the town is left unharmed, dispite the complaints of the Romaioi soldiers:
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Next Phase of the War
In southern Anatolia, Sotades besieges the city of Side, the last garrison between him and Kilikia:
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In northern Kappadokia, Herokles, son of the murdered Herakleon, takes his Bosphorian army up against another small Demetrid garrison:
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In Iberia, Philippos sets up a series of forts to defend the critical river crossings that mark the edge of Makedonike power. After turning over power to the local governors and coastal Iberian allies, Philippos gathers his men and makes for the eastern coast:
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The known world in 170BC:
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Next: Chapter 63 : The Next Generation
Are you ever going to do anything about the Dacians? Like, have a bored, power-hungry leader in Makedonia engineer a war with them further down the road in order to gain more prestige, only to draw the Arche into a decades-long border war?
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Ahhh, the mountains of Karia.... Nice picture. :2thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by MarcusAureliusAntoninus
Romani Cavalry? Those behind surely look like Hetairoi! Is that an issue of your build?Quote:
Originally Posted by MarcusAureliusAntoninus
The next Generation I think indicates the death of Pyrrhos!?
It's his generals cavalryQuote:
Originally Posted by Centurio Nixalsverdrus
BTW how did you get a roman general with a roman portrait+name?
I've thought about conquering Dacia, and if they ever betray our long-lasting alliance they will fall very quickly. However, there are many other places on my list of what I want to conquer first. The Aedui will more likely force me to intervene in the Gallia situation and cause border problems soon, too.
When I conquered Roma, one of their family members was outside the city and became rebel. I then bribed him to join me and since he was 16 or 17 at the time he is still alive to lead his armies. Since you cannot have different bodyguards for Family Members, he looks like my generals and has a Hetairoi bodyguard.