1.x AI Faction Progression Thread

[Mediolanicus]

What are the rgb values for the garamantine kingdom?

Since it is Saba, the same as Saba.

[Marcus Ulpius]

246bc - SPQR campaign



Arverni are gone - mercilessly slaughtered by Aedui.

Lusos and Carthaginians are fighting in Iberia.

Aedui and Sweboz are fighting over the hegemony in Central Europe.

Getai - surprisingly nice expansion

Epiros - being killed by me (for now I have no intention of killing them totally).

Macedonia - my ally, but I think I'll demand "become a protectorate or be destroyed by my mighty legions". I want to have full control over Greece to concentrate on my next big invasion - either Iberia or Africa.

KH - were pushed to Asia Minor by me and Macedonians. They have only Sparta in Greece.

Pontos - fighting a successful (so far) war against the AS. Lots of Pontos forces are spreading around the region.

Ptolemaioi - fighting against the AS. Suffered some heavy defeats and lost Alexandria for several years, but slowly rebounding.

Pahlava - slow but steady advance on the AS. AS were starting to get into the Grey Death mode. I already imagined fighting endless waves of phalanxes till the end of my campaign, so I've started to send mnai to Pahlava. 2000-8000 each turn, depending on my income. I think it helped them to survive and go to offensive now.

Bactria and Saka - canceling each other out.

And the most surprising faction - SABA. They've got 2 cities by rebellion and somehow managed not only to take Antioch, but also to defend it against AS assault. Interesting where will they go from there.

[Mediolanicus]

@ Marcus Ulpius
Very interesting campaign, I wonder what Saba and the Getai will do. Usually they stop moving after that. And either Aedui or Sweboz is going to give you a hard time in the near future.

SPQR 120BC

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1. Senatus Populusque Romanus
   
   Consulares:
   
   
   
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2. Maurisi and Berber tribes
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3. Garamantine Kingdom
   
   King:
   
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4. Lybian Tribes
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5. Tetrachy of Kings of the Lower Nile, Meroe, Eritrea and Axum
   
   Tetrachs:
   
   
   
   
   
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6. Kingdom of Saba
   
   King:
   
   
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7. Kingdom of Palmyra-Assyria
   
   Basileus:
   
   
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8. Hillmen
   
   Chieftain:
   
   Pontic and Kappadokian refugies. They use raiding and guerilla techniques against the Roman and Parthian Empires.
   
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9. City-State of Seleukeia
   
   Strategos:
   
   
   
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10. Parthian Empire
    
    Shahanshah:
    
    
    
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11. Indo-Greek Kingdom and Steppe Allies
    
    Basileus:
    
    
    
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12. Proto-Slavic Tribal Confederacy
    
    Chieftain:
    
    
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13. Sarmatian Confederacy
    
    Chieftain:
    
    
    
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14. Bosporan Kingdom
    
    Basileus:
    
    Started as strategos of Olbia, created an alliance with Pantikapaion, conquered and usurped all power.
    
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15. Kingdom of the Getai
    
    King:
    
    Loyal Ally of Rome since 260BC.
    
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16. Sweboz Horde
    
    I knew I forgot one
    
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17. Kingdom of the Boii
    
    King:
    
    
    
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18. Kingdom of the Treverii
    
    King:
    
    Client Kingdom of the Luso-Celtics.
    
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19. Luso-Celtic Kingdom
    
    King:
    
    A Lusotanian Elite and a Celtic people. It's a pity their recruitement options are so limited.
    
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20. Brito-Germanic Empire
    
    Bren:
    
    
    Enough said.

A century of war:

224 BC
218 BC
212 BC
190 BC
180 BC
170 BC
162 BC
155 BC
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140 BC
130 BC
120 BC


P.s.: Does anyone know how I can mod in swimming units? I modified EB to play with BI and everything works except adding can_swim in the EDU, which has no effect besides that it shows up in the unit desciption. I tried Ferromancer's mod to see if it was something I forgot, but that doesn't work either.

[Maion Maroneios]

@ Mediolanicus: The swimming ability doesn't seem to work for me either, so I wouldn't know. Btw, I once played a custom battle at the Kolossos, and I had a couple of Indian Longbowmen which I ordered to go for a little swim. Suprisingly, they did. So it does actually work.

Maion

[Maximilian I.]

Hello,
I am reading in this forum for quite a long time and now I want to show you my current campain.

EB 1.1 - Seleukeia





Arche Seleukeia under Basilios Myiskos Syriakos 210 BC

Ia: Satrapie Mesopotania: (Städte: Seleukeia, Babylon, Charax, Arbela)

Ib: Satrapie Syria: (Städte: Antiochia, Edessa, Palmyra, Sidon, Damaskos, Sidon, Tarsos)

Ic: Semi-autonom kingdoms of Nabataia (Bostra, Petra) and Ioudaia (Hierosolyma)

Id: Arch Aigyptos: (Alexandria, Paraitonion, Memphis, Diospolis-Megale, Pselkis)

Ie: hellenic Polis: (Pergamon, Sardis, Nikaia, Ipsos; Halikarnasos, Side)

I f: Galatia: (Ankyra)

I g: Satrapie Pontos:

I h: Satrapie Armenia:

I i: Satrapie Persia:

I j: Satrapie Parthyaias:

I k: Satrapie Baktria:

I l: Satrapie Aria:

Im: Satrapie Maurya:


II: Kingdom of Armenia: (Armvira, Mtskheta, Kotais, Kabalaka, Ani-Kamah)

III: Kingdom Bosporion: (Pantikapaion,Chersonesos)

IV: Sauomate tribes:

V: Free Polis of Tanais:

VI: Daker:

VII: Danube Celts: two hostile Tribes

VIII: Kionon Hellenion:

IX: Kingdom of Kreta:

X. Kingdom of Lesbos:

XI. Parner Tribes:

XII. Saka Tribes:

XIII. Indo-hellenic Kingdom of Gandhara:

XIV. Kingdom of Sabea:

XV. Kingdom of Kush: (with rebell forces in the south)

XVI. Kingdom Kyrene:

XVII. Imperium Karthage:

XVIII. SPOR

XIX. Imperium-Epirotos: (Vasall of SPOR)

XX. Gaul-Tribes: (Averni is allied with Rome)

XXI. Iberian tribes

XXII. Germanic tribes

XXIII. Britania:

XXIV. Free Boii:

XXV. Proto-Slavic tribes

[IrishHitman]

How did you make that map?

[Mediolanicus]

Nice, I recognise the way you role play :-p
But you make the numbers a but more contrasting, because right now it really is very hard see to see the numbers.

I guess the map was made by using the map from the EB website and colouring it in with a photo edit program. (I have GIMP, but I don't know how to do that :-()

@ Mediolanicus: The swimming ability doesn't seem to work for me either, so I wouldn't know. Btw, I once played a custom battle at the Kolossos, and I had a couple of Indian Longbowmen which I ordered to go for a little swim. Suprisingly, they did. So it does actually work.

Maion

Yes, strangely it does work with custom battles...

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Why doesn't it work in my campaign..?? Perhaps it is not save game compatible, but I thought all EDU changes were save game compatible.

[Maximilian I.]

@ Mediolanicus:
You are right, i used those maps and GIMP.
It's not that difficult:
1. open the plain map and fill in the provinces in the coulors you like.
2. paste the antique map on an other level. You can make it a littel bit transparent.

The numbers have so low contrast, because I had to reduce the map size to uploade the map.

[IrishHitman]

@ Mediolanicus:
You are right, i used those maps and GIMP.
It's not that difficult:
1. open the plain map and fill in the provinces in the coulors you like.
2. paste the antique map on an other level. You can make it a littel bit transparent.

The numbers have so low contrast, because I had to reduce the map size to uploade the map.

I thought you might have some program for it >.>

[Tellos Athenaios]

Why doesn't it work in my campaign..?? Perhaps it is not save game compatible, but I thought all EDU changes were save game compatible.

Options bi still disabled?

[Mediolanicus]

From descr_strat

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campaign imperial_campaign
options bi
playable
seleucid
pontus
scythia
parthia
numidia
romans_julii
egypt
gauls
germans
britons
greek_cities
macedon
carthage
romans_scipii
dacia
armenia
spain
thrace
romans_brutii
saba
slave
end
unlockable
end
nonplayable

end

Besides, shield wall does work.

*sigh*

And starting a new campaign doesn't help either.

[Mediolanicus]

EUREKA

in descr_strat I changed

campaign barbarian_invasion
options bi
playable


And now it works! I just have to fix the faction descriptions when selecting a new campaign, because it can't find them now.

Thank you Tellos for putting me on the right track!

[STuNTz2023]

My Romani Campaign

[Maion Maroneios]

OK Stuntz, we know Hellas is the most beautiful country all right

Anyway, here is a shot of my ongoing Makedonian campaign. The year is 239BC:


Makedones: The mighty Basileion has risen from her ashes, and has unified Hellas under leadership of Antigonos Gonatas. Long dead now, the Crown belongs to his son Alkyoneus "Philopator". With the Epeirotai unable to properly defend Megale Hellas against the Romaioi Barbaroi, the Makedones established a foothold on Kalabria. This would ultimately lead to a war of attrition against the Romaioi, and the expansion of the Basileion. The Karchedoi have also joined the party, getting a nice beating from Demetrios (Antigonos' youngest son) who recently killed about 36,000 of those sea-loving barbaroi. A campaign in Illyria has brought the region under Makedonian control as well, as has the naval invasion of the Crimean to protect the Hellenes against the Skythai. Currently at war with the Pontioi (who repeatedly attack Byzantion), Romaioi, Karchedoi and Ptolemaioi (who attampted to sieze Rhodos several times). With the coffers bleeding badly, something has to be done quickly to avoid a future crisis.

Iberioi (aka Lusotani): Standard expansion by these barbaroi here. One of their proxenoi visited Hellas some years ago, I believe his name was Audaxos. It seems they might have some problems with the Karchedoi, once the latter realise they should simply abandon their plans in Sikalia and Megale Hellas due to Makedonian intervention.

Brettanikai Phylai (aka Casse): WTH? Where did they go? Fear not, Strategos Maroneios decided to kick them out and replace them with a shadow faction of the mighty Makedones. Ah, the thought of Civil War is always pleasant.

Aidouoi (aka Aedui): Pah, smelly barbaroi. We'll get them one day, though. And, Zeus' willing, we'll take revenge of them for sacking Hellas. Anyway, they just do what they should do. Fighting with the Arbernoi, those other barbaroi. As if we give a dime about those damn, god-forsaken forests of theirs.

Arbernoi (aka Arverni): More or less the same with the Aidouoi. They do seem to constantly have a slightly upper hand, though. Not that we care, but even our fearless Basileus might have to consider establishing some solid relationships if one of the two manages to unify Gallia.

Germanikai Phylai (aka German Tribes): Not much is known of the phylai of the Hyperborioi, though from what we've heard there seems to be one phyle stronger than the others that tries to unify the dark forested lands of those primitive barbaroi. Not that we care. Not at all, that is. I bet a square mile of their dark beforested land is worth less than a Triereres. Indeed, it is.

Romaioi (aka Romans): Only the all-knowing gods know hom much I enjoyed hearing that our great Strategos, Demetrios "Romaioktonos", killed 4 of the most influental men of that polis, Rome. Or better Barbaropolis, seing they are no better than the rest of the barbaroi that surround our beautiful Basileion. When they realised they won't have a bright future trying to expand south, they instead shifted their attention to the north by warring with the local phylai of the Keltoi. Pah, I'd like to see their faces when our great Demetrios knocks upon the gates of their beloved capital one of these days!

Italiotai Apeirotai: See that little patch of Tirqoise there on the map? There, on Megale Hellas? You don't know where that is? *Sigh* *points to the map* There. Well, they are basically remnants of the Epeirotai who fled from Hellas after loosing the war against Antigonos "Gonatas", our former Basileus. Quite manipulative and persuasive as well. I'm quite interested to see howlong they're going to last. I'd pay to see them get a good old beating ala-Demetrios. Oh yes, I wouldn't miss that for the world.

Karchedoi: What to say of those people? First of all, they start poking their noses with the affairs of Hellenes by attacking Syrakousai. And the Hellenes didn't even ask for help! They did deserve being captured and punished by the Karchedoi, if you ask me. But then they did the unthinkable: Just as Demetrios readied his push up the spine of Megale Hellas, they attacked Brettia! They got butchered by our noble Strategos though, as the dogs they are. They will soon loose their holdings in Sikelia, as everything shows. Anyway, let them do what they please. They did regain control of Sardinia and Korsike from the Romaioi dogs some years prior, that much I admit.

Thrakike Symmachia (aka Thracian Alliance): Yes, you heard it right. A Symmachia of Thrakes, of all people! Truth is, it isn't much of an alliance if you ask me. Just a couple of phylai that bully the rest into paying them taxes and providing them with troops. Pah, barbaroi all of them. I did hear something about military activity near the borders of Dardanoia though...

Skythai (aka Scythians): Well, i don't really have to say much about them. Only that they invaded the Crimean just as we launched a naval expedition there. Oh yes, they did. They even captured Pantikapaion! Good thing the leading Strategos, noble Perseus and son of our beloved Basileus, was there to take the polis back and kick the barbaroi out of the region. I did hear that he did so with substantial casualties, though. Not wanting to insult the man's abilities, of course. But one shouldn't underestimate them.

Pontioi (aka Pontics): Filthy animals all of them! Sacriligeous beasts, filth of the earth, unwashed barbaroi, Hellenes-wannabees, sons of who... Sorry, I got carried away. But those animals have set an eye upon the great polis of Byzantion! Time after time, our loyal Strategos and Dioiketes of the polis and surrounding region has repelled their attacks, but recently he died against an army led by one of the finest Strategoi of the Pontioi. Not before he took him to Hades with him, though. The men of the polis also managed to drive away the army, so things are OK for now. As for those barbaroi themselves, they took a clear advantage of the situation in Asia to take a good chunk of Anatolia under their control. Only Pergamon stays defiant, though if she falls too we'll have even more problems...

Arche Ptolemaion (aka Ptolemaic Empire): One word: Wow. I may not like them, but an applause is due. Against all odds and facing their own inside problems, they managed to deliver a crippling blow to the Seleukeis by grabbing Mesopotamia from them. There are words of a Sivil War though, as the Startegos who took control of Mesopotamia and pushed as far as Asia has dreams of carving his own Empire in expense of Pharao Ptolemaios. He is just one step away from declaring himself the new Basileus ton Basileon...

Seleukeis (aka Seleucids): One word; Dissapointment. But what would one expect from these Diadochoi wannabees? Truth is, they did remain loyal allies. But I'm pretty sure that'd change if they were in the position of the Ptolemaioi. They still hold on firm, transfering their capital in Sousa. Let's see if they manage to spring back. Rumours speak of secret meetings between our Basileus and representatives of the Seleukid Basileus. What that could mean I don't really know, though I really hope our Basileus doesn't decide to join the chaos in Asia.

Armenioi (aka Armenians): Nothing interesting here, philoi. Busy repelling the Skythai from the north, while they always keep an eye to the south. Especially now that the Ptolemaioi have gone on a rampage.

Arabikai Phylai (aka Arabian Tribes): Not much is known about those people as well. Better let things stay so. You bet I don't give a dime about the eremos in which those dehydrated barbaroi live.

Parthoi (aka Parthians): A very interesting expansion by the nomadic barbaroi here. Managed to blitz straight into the heart of the Seleukeis. I just hope they give the Ptolemaioi a mighty headache.

Sakaioi (aka Sakae): You sure want to know a lot, don't you? All right, all right I'll tell you. Well, according to information coming straight from the far-away Basileion of Baktria (oh yes, I spoke to an old merchant who used to be a soldier fighting there) the Sakaioi are quiet. Not causing too much trouble to the ruling Hellenes, that is. What? That is not reliable information? Like I give a dime about some barbaroi living in the ends of the Earth.

Baktrioi (aka Bactrians): After officially breaking apart form the rule of the Seleukeis, they carved a nice little Basileion of their own. Bet they're making tons and tons of money there. *Sigh*

What are you looking at? That's all I had to say. Sheesh, people nowdays are very rude. Never happy with what they have...

Maion

[Centurio Nixalsverdrus]

Nice overview and very interesting parallel universe you got there...

I see you called the Epeirotes Italiotai Aperotai, just as I did. They lived on the exact spot in my universe for some 50 years approximately.

Concerning the "god-forsaken forests" "not worth a Triereris": Romaioi dogs are not the only ones that might end up with their skin nailed to the trees and their innards sacrifized to Wodanaz. Breast-shaved Hellenes might share that fate if they are too foolish to avoid molesting the mighty Germanikoi. Humpf.

[Maion Maroneios]

Pah, I don't care about Geramoi. Fearsome stories of the dark forests are for the common people. I am a man of war, practical and educated by fine scholars. With my trusy dory I will defend the honour of my Basileus, even to the ends of the world if he asks me!

Btw, I just killed of some 20,000 Romaioi and capt... erhm freed the mighty polis of Syrakousai from the Karchedoi.

Maion

[satalexton]

All-Hail-Makedonia!!!! Hail the Basileus to the ends of all Gaia!

[Conradus]

EB 1.0
Makedonia 226 BC

I first kicked the Koinon out of Athens and Sparta (that last one was a lucky shot) with my starting armies. Thanks to those cities my economy was saved and when Pyrrhus came back (he didn't besiege me in 272 but Epeiros attacked Pella with a small army some years later) I could kick him back and later field an army large enough to destroy the Epeirote field army and take their capital. I didn't want to destroy them so waited a number of years before I kicked them out of Greece. Since then they've taken over most of the Italian peninsula -without any help.
My diplomats made contact with most nations and I've supported most of them with 500-1000 mnai a turn. I think it helped Pontos and Pahlava a fair bit.
Untill 5 years ago, I hadn't attacked a single faction safe the ones at the start. But then the Seleucids attacked me so I took Issos. Now I'm at war with the Koinon and the Ptolemaioi.
Allright: the surprises of the AI:
Casse had a very slow start but now they have a fullstack waiting to conquer more of the British Isles.
Sweboz never got of the ground and never accepted my mnaigifts. They have a fullstack but don't do anything with it.
The biggest suprise: Aedui. Not only did they hold Mediolanum for decades (the romans only captured it 10-15 years ago) they also conquered the towns under and below it (prolly the romans got the town in the first place)
Since then the Aedui have conquered most of Gaul and now they've started a war with the Lusotanna.
Next suprise: Epeiros. I've kicked them out of Greece but they managed to conquer most of Italy from Taras. Impressive rebound.
The Koinon finally managed the same. They were confined to Rhodos but then entered a war with the Ptolemaioi where they captured Hallicarnassos, Ephese and Sidon.
Lusotanna conquered most of Spain but are now facing the fiercesome gauls.
Carthage captured Africa and Sicily (despite epirote attempts to capture it) but don't seem to do anything more)
Ptolemaioi and AS kept each other at bay, but now I'm entering the fray and will disrupt the balance.
Pontos is a pretty decent nation, and Hayasdan has the Caucasus firmly under control.
Pahlava was going nicely untill Baktria decided to attack. They're a client kingdom now, as is Saka Rauka.
And Rome? Well they lost their homelands and are now stuck betwee Gauls, invincible rebels, me and Epeiros. Things are not going good for them.

[option]

My Pontos VH/M campaign (ALEX 1.2 with LZ3's minimod pack), 248 BC:



Seleukids were getting really dangerous near the start. They eventually took Alexandreia (still have it) and Chighu (lost it after about two turns). They also destroyed Pahlava... in 267 BC. Luckily for me, after smashing their full stack that attacked me when I had northern and western Anatolia under control in a bridge battle, I was able to expand quickly into their homelands, where they had only a unit or two garrisoned in each city. I had initially planned just to sack Antiocheia (where I destroyed all the building and gifted it to the Ptolemies), but it quickly became apparent that I could afford to hold their cities while the tattered AS armies streamed back one at a time from central Asia. I'm hoping they'll actually accept a ceasefire after I take the rest of their holdings up to the Caspian, so that I can consolidate power and build up infrastructure for a while before destroying Egypt.

AI is better than with RTW.exe, but still stupid at times, notably the KH stack which has sat on Krete since the game's start without moving.

[Hotseat_User]

gah, that's why I don't play at vh. You have to rush/blitz everything to be not destroyed by the neighbouring factions. Pontos is so nice to play it slow on hard or medium and with those mines in Asia Minor you can easily affort to keep ptolly/AS at bay while sending a plundering-stack every now and then. But the unit roster is just lovely. <3 :-)

[Maximilian I.]

My famous warmogger king died during the caucasian winter. But he nearly concoured the whole kingdom of armenia.
In futer his son will become troubel keeping the empire together...

Five years ago: AS 210 BC

[Ravenfeeder]

Baktria EB1.2 BI.exe

260bc


250bc


240bc


230bc


220bc


210bc
Oops, forgot to take that one

200bc


The interesting stuff has mostly happened in the west

Roma became powerful, attacked the Aedui and was winning handily, attacked the Averni as well and the Gallic fightback started in earnest. Then Taras rebelled and took Rhegion and Messana, the 3 Kart Hadast fullstacks outside Lilibeo decided it was their time to move and overwhelmed everything, including Taras and Roma itself. Back in Gaul-the war ravaged Gauls were easily overrun by hordes of Lusotannen who had been waiting and building up for 20 years until the last Kart Hadast outpost fell.

In other news Haysadan made the Sauromatae their clients early on, which gave them the resources to fight a running war against AS.

[Ravenfeeder]

Update
190bc

[Tux]

Sweboz
240BC:


By this time sacked Rome, just one along with other cities, and gave it to the Aedui as present.
220BC:


Two invasions in progress at the British Isles and Greece, also fighting on other 3 fronts with Rome, Iberians and at the steppe.

[Tartaros]

Very nice!!
Sweboz empire rules!

edit: when did you capture eburonum??

[Maion Maroneios]

Wow, just watching that Empire makes me shiver...

Maion

[Tux]

Very nice!!
Sweboz empire rules!

edit: when did you capture eburonum??

Yeah they do.

Well during 251BC-247BC with quite big battles: one in the summer of 251BC with 3815(Sweboz) vs 3351 on the march towards the city, one in winter of 251BC to conquer the city with 3007 men of mine against 2619 of theirs and the last one in 247BC with the Diazenis spawn of 3405(Sweboz) against 3351.

Wow, just watching that Empire makes me shiver...

Maion

Yeah, that's it's purpose. But I did slow things down since where would be the fun in conquering everything.

Anyway pretty big and very chaotic battle against the Casse with 4919 men at their side and 3600 of mine and this after a couple of seasons of siege, pictures:

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Yeah I know I should be working on EB2 but hey I can do both at the same time.

[Zim]

Carthage VH/M, started on rtw.exe, played last couple of decades on BI.exe

271

Carthage lost almost all of its starting settlements to rebellion. Even Corsica and Sardinia would end up being given up to the Romans a few short years later.



265

The slow work of conquering Africa begins.



240

WIth Africa reconquered Carthage can turn its attention east to the Ptolemies who have been invading Carthage's home territories. Raiding parties are sent to weaken first them, and then the Seleucids when it appears they are getting too strong.

[img=https://img141.imageshack.us/img141/2566/240x.jpg]

225

The reconquest of Iberia's coastal settlements. While Carthage had been forced to abandon them a tribe of Iberians calling themselves the Lusatanni had taken the coast. The war against them would be Carthage's most difficult conflict to date.



201

Iberia's mines would become a great source of wealth for Carthage, while the peninsula's people would supply many of Carthage's soldiers in the upcoming war with Rome.



With Rome having apparently decided to compose their armies almost entirely of poorly armed troops called "vigiles" backed by one or two units of real soldiers, the conquest of Italy went much faster than anticipated.



171

Finally Greece would be made to pay for sinking every fleet Carthage had tried to raise during the war with Rome.

[Maion Maroneios]

Here is another shot of my campaign. The year is 231BC, and Basileus Alkyoneus still sits on the throne of the Basileion at the age of 61.


Basileion Makedonias (Makedonia): As you can see, the Makedones have made some progress here. After banishing the Karchedoi from Sikelia and establishing puppet rulers all over, Demetrios "Romaioktonos" shifted his attention towards the Romaioi. After beating them several times, he managed to captured Barbaropolis (aka Roma). Enslaved half the population and sent them to the corners of the Basileion. Now he's planning what to do next. In the East, Perseus kicked some Pontic arse and is besieging the Pontic capital (after their former one was sacked and burned by a Makedonian-driven Skythian army) of Ankyra. With a budget close to 30,000 mnai per turn, things are looking good for the Basileion.

Lusotana: Those barbaroi have managed to unite even more tribes under their banner. Seems like they are going to deliver the Karchedoi a serious headache. And good they will do too.

Casse: Let's not get through this again

Vergalla (Aedui): Renamed to Vergalla, or Megale Gallia if you prefer in proper Hellenic, the various tribes united under the Aidouoi have declared themsleves an "Empire". Hah! An Empire, of all people! Anyway, I've heard Basileus Alkyoneus is thinking of sending an ebassy with a gift to them, probably to make sure the remnants of the Romaioi remain occupied at least to the north and don't suddenly decide to take back their precious former capital en masse.

Belgae (Arverni): Renamed them to Belgae (or Belgai of you prefer), after the main regions of the Aidouoi got swallowed up by Vergalla. The Belgae, once part of the Arbernoi, declared their independence and are now fighting a fierce war agains the rest of the unified Gallic tribes in defiance after refusing to join the "Alliance" and become part of Vergalla. I got to admit though, those guys have spirit.

Sweboz: Nothing too impressive there. Slow, steady expansion. They are currently looming over the lands of the Belgae, sandwitching the latter along with the armies of Vergalla. After the Belgae are wiped off the map, I believe a fierce war is going to break out between the two barbaroi powers. Not that we care, though. Let them beat the shit out of each other. We might even take up sides if we get in a good position and watch!

Romani (SPQR): Renamed those lads to plain "Romani" after their lost Barbaropolis. OK, OK Roma. Sheesh. Oh, nobody knows how happy I was when I heard that Barbaropolis was finally captured! The jewel of the Romaioi, in Makedonian hands at last! Though I was very surprised by the action of Demetrios; instead of butchering them like the filthy swines they are, he instead just enslaved half the population and left their "wonders" intact. Oh well, you know what they say: "The human's soul is an abyss..." What? You've never heard of that? Goddamn barbaroi...

Italiotai Apeirotai (Epeiros): After sending envoys to Demetrios promising help, the Italiotai decided to just sit around and watch the Romaioi getting killed. If that is not enough, they even attacked Apoulia recently and went as far as besieging the capital of the region, Kapoua! Bah, I'm sure Demetrios won't let them get away with this so easily.

Safot Softim biQarthadast: The baby-killers have managed to actually open a war-front against the Arche Ptolemaion lately by capturing Kyrene. I mean, how stupid can you be? Abandoning your holdings in Sikelia to open a front against the biggest and most powerful (in theory, at least) Empire in the world? Oh well, they did try to take back Lylibaion once. Failed miserably too.

Thrakike Symmachia (Getai): This pretty much sums everything up.

Skythai (aka Sauromatae): Those damn filthy barbaroi sent some "Chosen Horse Archers" or something and ravaged out holdings in the Crimean! Petty little only-once-every-8-frikin'-months-washing got a nice beating a-la Hoplitai in the end though.

Basileion Pontou (Pontos): Guess what? Those animals got what they deserved. Punishment, and harsh once too. Perseus made sure of that. Even persuaded his father, Basileus Alkyoneus to give him a 4,800 men strong Argyraspides unit. Hehe, someone has knows who he is going to give his throne to... Anyway, as I said the Pontioi are slowly loosing the war against the Makdones under Perseus. They even shifted their capital to Ankyra of all people, after a Skythian army under the services of Perseus sacked their former capital.

Arche Ptolemaion (Ptolemaioi): Not much progress here. Attempted to push further into Seleukid territory, but they got beaten badly. And the Seleukeis are stupid enough not to take advantage of the confusion within the Arche as well, seeing that there is much talk about a major Civil War amongst the Ptolemaioi. Oh, and did I mention they actually lost Kyrenaike to the Karchedoi? I did? OK, take it easy. Sheesh...

Seleukeis (Arche Seleukeia): Not much change here either. Those guys, after getting a huge smack to the face by loosing Mesopotamia, managed to fiercely hold on to their present holdings by stoping the advancing Ptolemaioi armies cold in their tracks.

Hayasdan: The Armenioi actually managed to grab some lands and become masters of the lands under the Kaukasos.

Saba: Guess what? Not interesting. What? You want to hear more? OK, now you're making fun of me? *points fist in the air and rotates it*

Askanian (Pahlava): Renamed them after being inspired by Atraphoenix. Those dudes actually lost some of their conquered lands from the Seleukeis. Sheesh, can nobody do something right nowdays?

Saka Rauka: Just mentioning their names pains me. Well, not really but still. They actually captured the mighty polis of far-away Baktra. Many Hellenes fled from the wrath of those damn barbaroi of the unruly steppes, but the Basileion Baktries still lives on. They are just confined further south now, and more vulrenable than ever before.

Basileion Baktries (Baktria): The "mighty" Baktrioi managed to actually loose their capital polis to some bow-wielding, horse-loving nomad barbaroi. I mean, how much of an idion can you be? Even if they just sat behind their massive walls and waited for the barbaroi to leave peacefully would they have managed to hold out. But nooo, go play hero and gace them head-on. Anyway, I don't really care to be honest. Brothers or not, they got what they desreved for being so cocky.

So, this is another description by your philos Strategos Maroneios. And for those of you that know Petroula Kostidou and some Greek: Ειμαι ο Μαιον και μολις τελειωσα

Maion

[Centurio Nixalsverdrus]

Nice overview Maion. I slaughtered a dove just now and from its innards, I can tell you that your Basileus Alkyoneus will die in 230 BC.

In my experience the Germanoi don't even want to harm a fly that isn't Eleutheroi... but perhaps you can pay them to attack the smelly, filthy, incompetent you-know-who? It is painful to see their smelly arses in my homeland.

So, this is another description by your philos Strategos Maroneios. And for those of you that know Petroula Kostidou and some Greek: Ειμαι ο Μαιον και μολις τελειωσα

I guess it has something to do with yourself and the boobish blonde in the video? Anyway, why did she say "democracia" (that's how it sounded) like five times?