damn! I wonder how many assassins you lost trying to kill the heir! I haven't even been able to kill any named character in my whole RTW life! :wall: :sweatdrop:
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damn! I wonder how many assassins you lost trying to kill the heir! I haven't even been able to kill any named character in my whole RTW life! :wall: :sweatdrop:
i lost 37 assassins in total, to be exact.
new update, coming right up!
Chapter 30- The Storm Arrives
In the summer of 230, the storm of war was right above us.
Instead of having Tarsa per Drobeta leading the second army, we let Amopaon Argeades, a former Hellen with a thirst for Koinon Hellenon blood, command the second army. He arrived in the area in the fall of 230. Tarsa would go back to Buridava.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...forrevenge.jpg
But before anything could be done, we had to make alliances.
First, we hammered out a ceasefire between the Makedonians and us.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...-wGetaiMak.jpg
Then our diplomats pounded out alliances with Pontos and the Arche Seleukia.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...wallainces.jpg
The alliance with Pontos would be handy, for they are our new neighbors…
After years of trying to take the town of Byzantion, in the winter of 231, they did it.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...tossuccess.jpg
Finally, taking it a step further, we even made an alliance with the Makedonians.
Sometimes the oldest enemies must unite against a common foe.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...ornenemies.jpg
But in the Spring of 229, the Romani declared war on us, with the assassination of our senior diplomat in. the area
He was felled by an arrow, and attached to the arrow was the message, “This is the arrow of war. It has stricken and will strike again. – From your ‘friends’ in Roma.”
The entire north of the area was put on high alert and spies were sent out to report of any Romani activity.
(actually, a 3 unit Romani army attacked Singidunum (easily repelled), but i felt it wasnt important enough to document here)
Finally, in the winter of 229, we moved in.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...14/ready-1.jpg
But we didn't make the first move- A large Koinon Hellenon army under a lowly captain attacked us in the spring of 228, along with a nearby Koinon Hellenon patrol.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...starting-7.jpg
The battle began at around noon. The two sides waited for the fog to clear up a bit.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...overlook-1.jpg
The Koinon Hellenon advanced first.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...ncingenemy.jpg
We waited patiently, which was hard for the Galatian mercenaries who were excruciatingly bloodthirsty. They had waited for a battle this size for a long time.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/.../waiting-1.jpg
The battle started with a massive cavalry charge to our left flank. It was repelled with ease.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...gcavcharge.jpg
While their cavalry fell back, their hoplites and other heavy infantry crashed into our center.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...nxfighting.jpg
While they were fighting, we sent our Thracians and Galatians behind them, who wrecked havoc.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...14/screwed.jpg
The Koinon Hellenon cavalry rallied, and charged back, but were countered by our cavalry.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...4/cavmelee.jpg
The ones that weren’t in the cavalry melee were attacked by the Galatians.
The cavalry was slaughtered by the Galatians, who craved for their blood.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...vslightcav.jpg
Soon all the enemy cavalry was in a rout.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...routingcav.jpg
It was at this time which we killed the captain of the larger of the two Koinon Hellenon forces on the field that day.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...tainkilled.jpg
Then the entire right and middle sections of the Koinon Hellenon army caved in and began routing. Shockingly, the elites were the ones who started the chain rout.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...tingelites.jpg
The mainstay of the Koinon Hellenon army followed, and was chased all the way by our men.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/.../chasing-1.jpg
The remaining part of the Koinon Hellenon force was the left flank, which comprised of a unit of classical hoplites and some levy archers.
The battle on that flank was short, but sweet.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...tsidemelee.jpg
Shortly after the battle on that side started, a deft slice with a rhompaia felled the commander of the Koinon Hellenon patrol.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...tainkilled.jpg
And before long the remnants of the once-powerful Koinon Hellenon army was on the run.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...14/lastmen.jpg
The carnage was great.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...carnage1-1.jpg
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...carnage2-2.jpg
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...carnage3-2.jpg
However, the carnage was on their side. The day was a resounding victory for us, only losing 150 men and they losing almost 2,230 men, a warning for all Hellenic forces to beware of armies who carry the Draco standard.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...results-13.jpg
But the past events had repercussions.
Not only did we lose two allies, we are now at war with two of the largest and most powerful nations on earth- the Koinon Hellenon and the Romani. And the Arche Seleukia recalled it's ambassador in Buridava because we would not break off diplomatic relations with the Sauromatae, who just invaded Arche Seleukia-controlled Media.
With the Sauromatae as our only reliable nearby ally, (Carthage is our other ally) our diplomatic stance in the world was precarious.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...omaticinfo.jpg
It had been an eventful past few years, but more were to surely come.
We just had to pray that Epeiros wouldn’t betray us now.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...ofthesouth.jpg
no- he met a hot chick in dacia and settled in with her there....Quote:
Originally Posted by johnhughthom
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Man this continues to be great. Its nice to see a barbarian nation standing up to the big boys of the ancient world. I love your Fail! pic :) Go Draco!
Chapter 31- More! More! More! War?
Soon after the first battle with the Koinon Hellenon, Koson retreated a bit to replace the few losses he sustained. He had a feeling the next battle was going to be large.
But in the meantime, the Council wanted to do something with all the mercenaries who had banded under the Getic flag. So they took another Romani turncoat, Servivus Cornelivs Blasio, was sent to take over Gáwjám~Bastarnoz.
There was no resistance and they gave up without a fight.
It was our first land acquisition in decades.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...successful.jpg
To the west, our scouts have spotted a train of Romani armies gathering near Ak-Ink.
We sent the local army, consisting of mostly mercenaries who have been lounging around for decades, to the area, to ward off attacks while we dealt with the Koinon Hellenon.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...omanitrain.jpg
Back in the south, Koson and his army soon found themselves face-to-face with another Koinon Hellenon army commanded by the best generals in Greece.
Another battle was imminent.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/.../facingoff.jpg
Sure enough, it came.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...ackedagain.jpg
It was a clear, sunny day, so the battle had no delay in starting.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...overlook-2.jpg
The Hellenic army, eager for revenge, surged forwards.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/.../redeeming.jpg
The enemy slingers, who rushed forward to harass us, soon found themselves under fire by some very eager horse archers.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...nderfire-1.jpg
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...tingarrows.jpg
As that was going on, the Galatians and Thraikians awaited the enemy.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/.../moreblood.jpg
They came soon enough. First to arrive were the generals and their bodyguards.
As the Thraikians waited to receive them, one of them surprised them by doing a final sprint- right past the Thraikians! However, the Thraikians weren't dumb, and gave chase.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...oomingpast.jpg
The rest of the Hellenic army engaged our center, which easily held firm.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...ntercombat.jpg
The Galatians had their hands full as well.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...ansengaged.jpg
On the right flank, a large cavalry engagement was going on, but that was soon overshadowed with the death of the head enemy general.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...eneraldead.jpg
The levies in the center lost heart and began to flee.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...iesfleeing.jpg
But his bodyguards still fought on.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...gbodyguard.jpg
The other general was still embroiled in a vicious fight with our Komatai Epilektoi, and did not realize half the army was fleeing.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...bodyguards.jpg
Soon the main army was fleeing. Only the second general and his bodyguards remained in the fight.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...rmyrouting.jpg
When the enemy general saw what was happening, he sounded the retreat. But as soon as he turned his back to us, we swooped down and killed him.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...owngeneral.jpg
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...eneraldead.jpg
The entire Hellenic army was in full retreat. It's a pity we didn't have many light cavalry units, so many of them got away. But the ones we did catch up to were slaughtered without mercy.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...ridingdown.jpg
The Galatians, on a bloodthirsty craze, chased them without mercy as well. At some points, they ran as fast as the cavalry to kill some of the fleeing units!
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...anschasing.jpg
Soon only a few remained on the battlefield.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...rewedagain.jpg
Bodies were everywhere- mostly Hellenic.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...llenbanner.jpg
It was another great victory. Koson was regarded by many in the Southern Hellenic Assembly as the ”Scourge of Southern Hellas.”
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...results-14.jpg
(is it just me or do the KH rout WAY to easily?)
The 412 remaining enemy soldiers fled to Athenai, telling the Southern Hellenic Assembly of the horrible defeat they suffered under the swords of Getic soldiers.
With the defeat of the best-trained Hellenic army in the region, it seems as if nothing can stop us now!
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...southin226.jpg
KH is an epic failure!
Chapter 32- The Romani move in- kind of….
It seems as if this decade is a very turbulent one- a battle at least every two seasons.
A few weeks after our resounding victory over the Koinon Hellenon, a modest army under the brother of one of the generals we bribed passed by our army on the border and besieged Sarmiszegethusa.
Our army in the region followed eagerly.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/.../newthreat.jpg
When the army got there and offered battle, the Romani retreated a bit.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...treating-1.jpg
We pursued them further, until we forced them into battle using some quick maneuvering.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...starting-8.jpg
It was another clear day, with a gorgeous view of Mt. Oroles, named after our greatest Vasil.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/.../overlook1.jpg
The Romani, being terrified after hearing what happened to the Koinon Hellenon armies a few months earlier, held back. Thus, we had to move in ourselves. Our horse archers went in first, raining hell on the Romani.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...HAsfireing.jpg
The Romani patiently took the fire. Like men, or like babies, we didn't know.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...takingfire.jpg
Then the Romani cavalry began to advance. Fearing that our valuable skirmishers would be able to get out in time, Rhemaxos per Drobeta ordered the skirmishers back, and soon after the slingers. The Galatian short swordsmen would take their place.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...ngforwards.jpg
Soon enough, the Romani charged.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...manicharge.jpg
The attack was repulsed easily enough, but the attack was soon followed by the Romani infantry, many of them Gallic mercenaries.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...ansinfight.jpg
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...nsinfight2.jpg
There the fight wasn’t as easy, and we had to send in the Thraikians and the Thraikian Assault Infantry to assist them.
Soon, a vicious fight was occurring, involving the highest echelons of the Romani ruling class to the lowly Gallic peasant.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...ciousfight.jpg
Eventually, with the help of some last minute reinforcements, we pushed the Romani back, causing a general rout in the Romani ranks. The Thraikian medium cavalry remained to finish off the Romani general.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...ngenemygen.jpg
The Thraikians failed, because Romani general fled like a coward off the battlefield before we could kill him.
Only a few mercenary Greeks remained, attacked on all sides by our men.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...stremnants.jpg
Our horsemen rode the enemy down, leaving few.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/.../lastmen-1.jpg
As with all battles, the carnage was great.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...carnage1-2.jpg
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...carnage2-3.jpg
But the day wasn’t fruitless- we left only 50 soldiers and the Romani general alive. But soon they would be dead as well.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...results-15.jpg
Immediately after the battle, we sent hordes of peasants who could shoot a bow to the woods around the battle site. The bounty for the Romani generals death was 1500 mnai.
Soon, a large amount of the bounty hunters found him and the remnants of his army in a small valley.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...14/archers.jpg
They slaughtered the Romani without mercy.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...eraldead-8.jpg
Only two men remained. We assume they fled back to Roma, but in any case, they weren't heard from again.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...rylast2men.jpg
But there wasn’t much time for celebration. Another Romani army, twice as large as the last, was approaching.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...pproaching.jpg
Even as they approached, we were literally staring at the faces of yet another Koinon Hellenon army, destined for destruction.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...esouth-225.jpg
It was going to be a turbulent decade indeed.
Getic cretin! :laugh4:
I would like your permission to nomintate your AAR for the AAR of the Month over at TWC. I need your blessing to do this. Here is the link if you want more info :) http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=182706
permission granted!
i am honored!
Cool lets see if we can get some EB representation over there!!
this is definitely one of my funnier chapters, IMO.... :2thumbsup:
Chapter 33- Yet another battle….
In the fall of 225, the Koinon Hellenon attacked us….. again…..
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...starting-9.jpg
Ironically, this was the exact same place where we fought only two seasons ago. To “spice things up,” we hid half of our army in the woods, but still kept roughly the same formations.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...overlook-3.jpg
The Koinon Hellenon surged forwards in their typical manner.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...ingforward.jpg
They all attacked our lines at once.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...14/bracing.jpg
The slingers and archers, who were harassing our men, had to go. So we sent our cavalry to deal with them.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...gageskirms.jpg
The Koinon Hellenon elite hoplites, marching by our lines to attack our cavalry, were ambushed by hiding Thraikians.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...4/ambush-1.jpg
The Galatians protected our left flank, which seems to get most of the action.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...sattacking.jpg
All the while, our horse archers laid down a steady stream of fire.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...ngthetrees.jpg
But one unit of elite hoplites slipped past the Thraikians. Our Skythians engaged them.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...tehoplites.jpg
A few yards ahead, the Galatians were running into trouble. A few units of slingers were attacking them while infantry kept them pinned down.
The Thraikians, having left the cavalry to finish off the routing elite hoplites, joined the Galatians in the fight to hold the left flank.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...de-by-side.jpg
The Thraikians and Galatians on the right side, who were idle, ran along the lines and joined their brothers on the left flank.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...flanking-1.jpg
Soon most of the enemy line crumbled, even before we killed their captain, who was killed trying to rally his routing army.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...dingdown-1.jpg
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...taindead-1.jpg
Soon there was but two enemy units left. Our elite skirmishers took care of one of them.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...msinbattle.jpg
Our mercenary Greek cavalry took care of the other unit.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...nemyskirms.jpg
Soon they routed as well, and our men pursued them, along with the rest of the enemy army, who were in full flight.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...14/fleeing.jpg
Few remained.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...uy14/alone.jpg
The line had held, as it always did.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...neheldfirm.jpg
But at what cost? Indeed, we slew 2066 enemy soldiers, but we had lost more men to Koinon Hellenon arms than ever before.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...results-16.jpg
The butchery was great.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...thecarnage.jpg
But there was no time to retrain. Another Koinon Hellenon army, led by the Koinon Hellenon faction leader, was upon Koson and his battle-worn army. They looked more determined than ever, but they were sure to fall, just as the rest.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...th-fall225.jpg
In the north, there was going to be another battle soon, for those land-hungry Romani will never learn that we Getai are all-powerful!
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...itngromani.jpg
wow- im surprised no one had commented...:sweatdrop:
im leaving for NY on the 11th until the 15th. im going to lessen the updates now but keep playing 3 updates worth a day so i can update when im in NY.
also, i urge you to comment- it does wonders for my self-esteem :2thumbsup: :laugh4:
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Chapter 34- A close repeat of a battle (or, our enemies must have failed creativity class)
We thought that in the winter of 225 they would attack us, but we were wrong. They made winter quarters a few miles away, and then when spring came, they offered battle.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...tarting-10.jpg
As if the gods willed it, it was the exact same place where they attacked us first exactly 3 years ago. It seems as if they were hungry for our blood, but we were hungrier.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...eroverlook.jpg
The battle began with a mass cavalry charge by the Koinon Hellenon.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...alrycharge.jpg
Our men, sensing that the enemy was gaining momentum with the downhill, braced for the impact.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/.../bracing-1.jpg
One again, they concentrated on our left flank. Our Galatians and Thraikians, already used to things like this, fended them off easily.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...svscavalry.jpg
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...thraikians.jpg
In the center, the phalanxes held off the cavalry just as well.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...holdingoff.jpg
At that time, the enemy infantry advanced, along with the enemy faction leader, who had took power a few months earlier.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...ngforwards.jpg
As the lines began to close, he sent an order to the phalanx at the very end of the left flank. For the first time in any battle which he commanded, a phalanx unit advance on the enemy. I this case, it was upon the backs on the enemy cavalry. Indeed, they advanced, and chewed up the enemy cavalry pretty badly.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...xadvancing.jpg
At the same moment that the phalanx routed the remains of the enemy cavalry, the Koinon Hellenon heavy infantry, with the enemy general at the front, crashed with our lines. By the time that they saw the Thraikians charging their rear, it was too late. They were surrounded.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...surrounded.jpg
Ironically, as this was happening, the clouds changed from a pearly white to an overcast sky, which soon gave way to rain.
Meanwhile, on the extreme left, an enemy unit of light hoplites tried to go around our rear to attack our Vasil. They did not see the unit of elite skirmishers waiting in ambush for them.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...ngambushed.jpg
As that was going on, we killed the Koinon Hellenon faction leader.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...nemyFLdead.jpg
There was a mass rout. Every solider under the Draco, the symbol of the Dacians, gave chase.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...sinpursuit.jpg
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...4/massrout.jpg
Even the steppe cavalry, who preferred to distance themselves from the bloodshed, took part in the pursuit.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...ridingdown.jpg
We struck total fear in the enemy as the fled for their lives.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/.../fleeing-1.jpg
The enemy Galatians, who had decided to side wit the Koinon Hellenon for money reasons, was also ruthlessly chased down. None survived. Even their own brothers took part in their slaughter.
It was sad to see brother killing brother, but we had to make them an example for all Celtic and Galatian mercenaries- join us or face certain death.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...ansrouting.jpg
Soon there was only a unit of archers left of the enemy.
Our Galatians, more bloodthirsty than ever, pursued them.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...stremnants.jpg
Soon of the unit of archers, only two remained.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...4/last2men.jpg
Then only one.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/.../lastman-1.jpg
And then there were none.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...astmandead.jpg
What a victory! The last sizeable Koinon Hellenon army had been defeated!
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...results-17.jpg
In fact, no one got out alive. The 25 survivors made a U- turn and met our Vasil, who allowed them to live in Demetrias, where they could do no harm.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...yarmyrouts.jpg
No longer were we just a small, insignificant nation, we were a world power, a force to reckoned with. We had defeated them in no fewer than four large battles, all of them with negligible casualties. Now it was time to strike the deathblow to those babies who cower behind the walls in Athenai, Korinthos, and Sparte!
Wow that was a flurry of updates there Hooah! Your AAR is doing so well. Can you post a screen of where everyone is in the world? What are the other nations doing if you can provide that info? I love the photoshop job of that guys pike in his skull. Pretty funny. I like the Leonidas bit too! Keep it up and have fun on your vacation!
Haha!
Chapter 32,33 and 34 were hilarious! Your best work so far!
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lol
ya- i think they were the best as well....
New York, huh? That's where I live! But I'll also be on vacation when you're here...
Anyway, great update(s)!
Wow, that's a lot of updates. It will take me a while to catch up.
Good to see you're back, though.
I've got to catch up on all the new AARs, too...
Very good updates! A superb read this is...keep ´em coming!
yay! post #200!
thanks for the comments, keep them coming!
on another note, i think ill update tomorrow, next teusday, then finally on next thursday, the last update of the summer for me- school starts of the 18th. ~:(
on another note, i need everyones opinion and suggestions-
after beating the KH, i dont know where to go. ill definitely take over chalkis after i take over Athenai (i dont know how im going to defeat those two full stacks though....:shrug: )
i want to hear everyones (yes i mean everyone!) where i should go next.
my options:
1) attack Epeiros
2) attack and puch back the romani to Italy
3) take over byzantium, then push into asia minor
4) a sea-borne invasion of the makedonian island next to pergamon (forgot the name)
5) a sea-borne invasion of southern italy
6) the choice is yours......
the choice is yours- i have no isea where to go next, so it up to you....:sweatdrop:
I'd say you should conquer Epeiros and the rest of the Balkans first, and then head into Asia Minor and beat up Pontos.
That is, I'd say that if this was a serious AAR.
I think hilarity would ensue if you took 2 or 3 stacks and conquered a huge city like Antioch, Carthage, Alexandria, or Rome. Or, for alternative laughs, conquer the "land of past hooahguy AARs", and go straight for Baktria!
Go for the Romani....pleeeez!
Go for option 2 and 5! Romans are always fun to fight and it is easy to make fun of the Romans:charge:
Chapter 35- Into South Hellas
After gathering a modest-size army under a decent governor, Koson sent the order for the city of Korinthos to be taken.
With the Koson’s army providing cover, the army marched into Korinthos virtually unopposed. Only the governor and a few bodyguards stood at the gate at a very feeble attempt to prevent us from entering. We shot them with a hundreds arrows, and we marched in. Then started the looting and killing.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...etake-over.jpg
When Koson heard what was happening, he rushed in with his loyal bodyguard, and guarded the Statue of Zeus, as well as the city records.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...mpleofzeus.jpg
Among the maps and books in the city records building, we found a map of the world that was made only a few weeks before. We made a subtle change on the map regarding the ownership of a certain city in south Hellas, however.
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As that was happening, we sent Amopaon Argeades with his army to besiege the Koinon Hellenon capital, Sparte.
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Sparte was defended by some very well trained hoplites, including the fabled Spartans.
They were commanded by a very able general.
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But another general there, who was only a general because he was born into the royal family, was not so able. In fact, most say that he is crazy.
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A few dozen miles eastwards, the Makedonians have established themselves as a world power, having taken Nikaia from Pontos. It was possible that we would go to war with the Makedonians sooner than we thought.
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Then we got another Hellenic deserter. A Koinon Hellenon general based in Asia Minor came to one of our diplomats in the area, requesting that he, along with his entire army, join our side. When we asked why, he said because the Koinon Hellenon was doomed to failure and he didn't want to fall into the hands of less merciful hands of the Arche Seleukia or the Makedonians.
Once again, we accepted, for the troops under his command were very valuable to us.
But we can never be too sure with Greeks. Just in case, we replaced his bodyguard with fiercely loyal Getic soldiers, and he was under watch constantly, just as were all generals who defect to our side.
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On the northern front, things were pretty calm, except for a small Romani army trying to bypass our forces there and attacking Singidunum from the back. He was thwarted by our spies who reported the Romani movements.
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Besides the aforementioned events, the year 223 was pretty uneventful, compared to the past seven years.
so i have decided on the times when i will update next week:
monday, wensday, thursday
btw, all these may be sooner if fell like posting all 3 updates at once. but then i cant keep you in suspense if i post all at once.....
lol
btw i have decided on a plan for my next conquests after i defeat the KH and maks in Europe:
destroy epeiros, the go onto romani. then if everything is stable there, i may push into asia minor, but going in there is like opening a can of worms..... literally....
Attention everyone, a new faction has been announced for EB II in Stele # 7: It's the Anatolian Hill Worms!!!
And nice update, too.
first of all, shame on you guys- im sorry if i sound a bit harsh, but you guys should really start commenting- all of you- i need feedback and im not going to get it if i only get one reply in 3-4 days!
so guys, comment on what you think of this chapter. and the next, and the next one.
if you guys dont start commenting then i will get bored of this and stop. :whip:
healthy commentating=a good AAR
Chapter 36- Peace on some fronts?
Finally, in the summer of 222, exactly 50 years since Zalmodegikos per Buridava decided to go upon a great crusade to unite the tribes of Dacia and beyond, Sparte fell. It signified the fall in Hellenic dominance forever in the region. No longer are the Spartans the most feared force in the world. The Thraikians armed with Rhompaia have taken their place.
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The southernmost part of the Hellas is ours!
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But more happened in 222 than meets the eye.
We became allies with the Sweboz, for one thing.
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Epeiros and the Romani declared war on each other was another thing.
War was declared after the Epeirote huge stack advanced on Dalminion.
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But they soon broke the siege after something far more important convinced them to go away.
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The diplomacy in that year was very complicated, with backstabbing, treaties and submissions everywhere.
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Over in Asia Minor, the Makedonians lost a decisive battle near Nikaia, crippling their power in the region.
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We killed a Koinon Hellenon general who liked to hang around the forest that borders the territory which Demetrias is in.
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But the most important even that happened was that our we sat down with the Romani and hammered out a ceasefire with them.
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Funny how that came about though-
At first, our scouts spotted a huge Romani army coming our way. Rhemaxos sped to the area.
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It was at that time that they came to us that they wanted a cease-fire. Apparently, the Romani wanted us to make sure we accepted. Like we needed to be persuaded much!
After the ceasefire was declared, the Romani stacks went away.
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But none of these things were significant, for the events of next year sent shockwaves throughout our lands, and gave the Koinon Hellenon a bit of a breather while we sorted things out….
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wow. thanks, but i had a more civilized response in mind....