The City States of Greece : A Koinon Hellenon AAR

[STuNTz2023]

With the release of 1.1 ive decided to start another KH campaign, but to keep myself interested im going to write an AAR. Minor unit changes have been made, along with the short_pike, spear combo added to hoplites. As I've seen previous in Fanatic’s First Cohort/Phalanx/Elephant/Chariot minimod.

House Rules :
Attacking army's must be lead by a general. (Does not include an army coming to the defense of a city.)
Admittance to the council will be granted with expansion, but in only in pairs of 2's.
Army's can not consist of more than 49% mercenaries, including garrisons.
Can not break alliances.
Can not declare war without a unanimous vote from the council, all other cases majority rules.

Difficulty : H/M

Version : EB 1.1 running on BI.exe

Chapter 1 : Uniting Greece (Part I)






272 BC, Greece is divided. The city state's Sparte, Athenai, and Rhodos resist Makedonian rule and form the Koinon Hellenon. The alliance of these city states was in defense to the Makedonian threat in Korinthos, Chalkis, and Makedonia herself further north. Pyrrhos of Epeiros was in control west of Makedonia and even holds a city in Italia.

With word of the Makedonian threat, Areus Agiados Lakedaimonios, King of Sparte, and leader of the Koinon Hellenon ends his campaign in Krete to return to Sparte.
Shortly after, the Council of Koinon Hellenon meet to discuss the Makedonian threat. The Council consists of Areus Agiados Lakedaimonios and Akrotatos Agiados Lakedaimonios of Sparte, Chremonides Aithalidos Attikos of Athenai, Agathokles Rhodios of Rhodos, and Eudamides Eurypontidos Lakedaimonios also of Sparte.



After a day of discussion, and arguing, between the council the following moves are to be made.
1. Army in Sparte is to remain in Sparte until the Makedonian's make their next move. Council Vote : 3 - 2
2. A diplomat is to be sent to Ambrakia to work out trade right's and even an alliance if possible. Council Vote : 4 - 1
3. Akrotatos of Sparte is to begin preparing the army in Sparte for the Seige of Korinthos, where we will free our brothers from Makedonian Tyranny. Council Vote : 3 - 2
4. The fleet is to be disbanned to relieve the economic depression. Council Vote : 5 - 0

A season later our diplomat has reached Ambrakia, and Odysseus Kalabrios works out an alliance between the Koinon Hellenon and the Epeiros with Alexandros Aiakides on behalf of the Epieros.



Simple Drainage is built in Sparte and Athenai, as roads are being built in Rhodos.

With the fleet disbanned, Makedonia has blockaded the port of Rhodos and has a small army outside Athenai.



In the winter of 272BC Captain Meleagros besieges Athenai, and when word reaches Sparte, Akrotatos and Eudamides exit Sparte with the army and lay seige to Korinthos, a Makedonian city.






This is my first AAR and I am no historian, so criticism and advice is welcome.

[Maion Maroneios]

This is good stuff, seriously! I have a question for you, though; I see you are playing with BI exe, so why don't you enable shieldwall, schiltrom and the other BI-only extras?

[STuNTz2023]

When using 1.0 i had bi enabled and those features as well. When i installed 1.1 and tried to enable them i was having different errors , and seeing how i have no rtw disc 1, and no clean copies of the vanilla files i try not to mess with to much of the files (having no modding expirance).

Thanks for the support though!

[Maion Maroneios]

When using 1.0 i had bi enabled and those features as well. When i installed 1.1 and tried to enable them i was having different errors , and seeing how i have no rtw disc 1, and no clean copies of the vanilla files i try not to mess with to much of the files (having no modding expirance).

Thanks for the support though!

Here is an easy way for any1 to play EB with BI and the BI special features:

1) Right-click on your EB1.1 icon, then on properties. Search for a line where it says something like ''RomeTW-exe''. Just change that to ''RomeTW-BI.exe''.

2) Go to the folder you have EB installed, and copy the .txt file in eb/data/text called ''imperial_campaign_regions_and_settlement_names.t xt''/ Rename the copy to ''barbarian_invasion_regions_and_settlement_names. txt''.

3) Next, go to ''eb\data\world\maps\campaign\imperial_campaign''. Copy ''imperial_campaign'' and rename it to ''barbarian_invasion''. Then delete map.rwm (if yo have already played a campaign).

4) This is optional, but it's a nice extra. Go to your RTW's original folder and locate the ''bi'' file. From there go to data\ui\"pick a culture"\interface and copy battlepage_03. Now paste it in your eb\data\ui\''every culture''\interface. This enables the shieldwall and schiltrom battle icons. Now you can alter the EDU (export_descr_unit) file to your likeness. You can, for example, give the ''shield_wall'' ability next to the formation line for a certain unit. Same goes with schiltrom. You can also add the ''can_swim'' ability to any unit next to the attributes line.

Hope this helped!

EDIT: Nice progress, btw!

[STuNTz2023]

Here is an easy way for any1 to play EB with BI and the BI special features:

1) Right-click on your EB1.1 icon, then on properties. Search for a line where it says something like ''RomeTW-exe''. Just change that to ''RomeTW-BI.exe''.

2) Go to the folder you have EB installed, and copy the .txt file in eb/data/text called ''imperial_campaign_regions_and_settlement_names.t xt''/ Rename the copy to ''barbarian_invasion_regions_and_settlement_names. txt''.

3) Next, go to ''eb\data\world\maps\campaign\imperial_campaign''. Copy ''imperial_campaign'' and rename it to ''barbarian_invasion''. Then delete map.rwm (if yo have already played a campaign).

4) This is optional, but it's a nice extra. Go to your RTW's original folder and locate the ''bi'' file. From there go to data\ui\"pick a culture"\interface and copy battlepage_03. Now paste it in your eb\data\ui\''every culture''\interface. This enables the shieldwall and schiltrom battle icons. Now you can alter the EDU (export_descr_unit) file to your likeness. You can, for example, give the ''shield_wall'' ability next to the formation line for a certain unit. Same goes with schiltrom. You can also add the ''can_swim'' ability to any unit next to the attributes line.

Hope this helped!

EDIT: Nice progress, btw!

Ah I early linked that post to some1 with a similar question, however after adding short_pike and spear to all of the hoplites, ive been to lazy to add in sheild wall. Nor do I know how it would react with the spear, short_pike combo, although it could be easily removed. Thanks for the help though!

Thanks for the support all!

[STuNTz2023]

Chapter 1 : Uniting Greece (Part V)

Prince of Sparte, Akrotatos has become a good tactician from his past experiences in battle and some time studying in the great Academy of Athenai.


He then, as planned, attacks the Makedonians outside Athernai, severely outnumbered they retreat behind Chalkis without a fight.


He then marches his army to confront the small Makedonian army outside Chalkis, without a fight, they too retreat south of Chalkis. With the withdrawl of the smaller Makedonian army, Akrotatos is free to lay seige on Chalkis, just as he had told the Council.


After a season his battering rams are finished, and he decides to assault the measly wooden palisade. Outnumbering the Makedonians by over 500 men, Akrotatos goes into the battle full of confidence.


Akrotatos begins to set up his army, missile infront, followed by the rams, then behind that lines of phalanx, new recruits in the front, with himself and the veterans in the rear.


He moves the army forward, phalanxs out of reach from the towers on the wall, the rams continue forward to the walls. Well short of the walls the archers hault and fire on a unit of levy hoplites, where a bit closer the peltest hault and also lay harrassing fire.


Akrotatos moves the phalanx's forward as the walls start to fall, and as the rams breach the cities outer defenses over 1/5 of the enemy army has been killed by our missiles.


Akrotatos splits the first line into 3 groups and sends them into the city of Chalkis, with the hoplites that were operating the battering ram.


Captain Admentos of the army reinforcing Makedonia, charges the new recruits who just ran through the gates!


As Captain Admentos' calvary is slaughtered he retreats back towards the city's plaza, where his life comes to a sudden hault and an arrow pierces the upper-left part of his back. Multiple arrows hit his horse and causes it to jerk and send him to the ground and soon after, his horse.



Akrotatos has entered the city as this is happening, and sets up in a phalanx inbetween the buildings. In an attempt to revenge the death of Captain Admentos, Captain Athenodoros charges the Spartan phalanx!


The first wave of calvary is routed soon after attacking the phalanx.


The Captain than soon turns his unit around and begins to throw javalins at the Spartan line. Akrotatos then charges the enemy calvary and withen seconds of the engagement the Captain was killed, leaving the garrison leaderless.


The Makedonian untrained hoplites hesitantly approach the Spartan line.


The Spartans, suffering only 4 deaths by the end of the first engagement send the enemy cowering back to the plaza.


Akrotatos then resets his bodygaurds back into the phalanx and told them to hold their ground. He then sends part of the army up another street to greet the enemy in the plaza.


Wave after wave of peltests, levy hoplites, and other missile units run into Spartan shields, soon to be introduced to the Spartan spear.


The last retreating wave runs into the army sent up the side street, and fighting breaks out near the plaza. Akrotatos rushes his men into the fray, where the only Makedonian unit not involved was the levy phalanx in the plaza. His army destroys the missile units and calvary and then engages the phalanx, while he repositions himself behind the phalanx. He then charges the poor levies from the rear!


Squeezed by the hoplite phalanx, the Makedonians are helpless.


Akrotatos and his bodygaurd kill 300 men that day out of over 800 Makedonians, losing only 4 of their own men. The army sustains less than 100 casualties and Chalkis is liberated!





Makedonian buildings are torn down for material in Chalkis, hoping to kick start the rebuilding process. With a Makedonian presence still in Chalkis, Akrotatos sneaks to Athenai where he is to update the Council on his victories in Chalkis...

[Chirurgeon]

man that picture with all those shields, spears, and armor is awesome. Looks very chaotic. Nice job!

[STuNTz2023]

Chapter 1 : Uniting Greece (Part II)

Later that winter Captain Deukalos comes to reinforce Alexandros Argeades and try to break the seige of Korinthos. This being the very opportunity Akrotatos has been looking for, he engages the Captain and his reinforcements from Korinthos.



Akrotatos sets up in a near perfect defense against the Captain and his army. Setting up his levy hoplites outside him and Eudamides bodygaurd in a phalanx formation with peltests behind them. He sends his Kretan Archers, Slingers, and rest of his Peltests ontop the high ground, protected from the advance.



Over 1/2 of Captain Deukalos' army lie dead before ever reaching the battle line. The Captain and his phalanx engage the battle line and are pelted from behind with pila, lead, and arrows.






Alexandros' garrison marches towards the battle as Alexandros and his calvary ride to flank the battle line, however are soon enganged with Akrotatos himself.



Not being able to stand to Spartan might, the puny Makedonian flees from the field.



The battle lines repositions itself and engages 1 of Alexandros' phalanxs, slaughtering all but few of the Makedonians. His other phalanx engages the slingers who never made it back down the hill, but there numbers are reduced greatly before reaching the slingers. After the first phalanx breaks the line rushes to the aid of the slingers, and routs the enemy. Victory for Akrotatos!



With the battle for Korinthos over, Akrotatos has proven himself a capable leader.


With the liberation of Korinthos, the Council meets again.

1. Areus proposes Akrotatos leaves a small garrison and Eudamides as governor of Korinthos and head towards Athenai to retrain. Council Vote :: 3 - 2
2. Chremonides proposes trade rights be established with the Getai tribe and the Romani. Council Vote :: 5 - 0
3. Agathokles proposes a larger naval bay be built in Rhodos. Council Vote :: 1 - 4



Larger updates to come.

[Chaotix]

Nice AAR! So, how do you roleplay the "council"?

[STuNTz2023]

Well so far i've just stated the major things stated in the Council's chambers and who proposed them, as I am not sure whether i have enough backround in ancient greece to actually roleplay and bring you inside those chambers. Although the story and views of the characters will soon be revealed.

[STuNTz2023]

Chapter 1 : Uniting Greece (Part III)

Following the Council's desicion; Akrotatos prepares to move most of his men east towards Athenai that following season. With the liberation of Korinthos, and joining the great city with the Koinon Hellenon, the funds of the combined city states has just turned positive, limiting economic and military growth.

However that fall Captain Epigenes brings war to Athenai and besieges the great city with a small army.


With word of the seige, Akrotatos moves his veterens from the battle for Korinthos towards the rear of Captain Epigenes' camp, cutting off an escape rout and attacking the aggressors.

(Wouldn't let me go to the battle map, so i had to auto-resolve)

It was a clear victory however Akrotatos lost nearly 200 men, but the seige was broken and Akrotatos entered the city of Athenai to wait for his troops to be retrained, and for him to recieve a year or two of schooling.


Odysseus Kalabrios sends word that he has worked out a trade agreement between the Koinon Hellenon and the Romani with Manivs Cvrivs Dentatvs.


With funds now flowing from the city states, various buildings were repaired in Korinthos, including the Hiera Olympia.


Akrotatos becomes a worshipper of Athena Polias, and one of her priest's become a part of his retinue.


In summer 270BC, Antigonos Argeades, king of Makedonia, leads an army to besiege the city of Athenai and hopefully revenge Alexandros Argeades.


What members of the Council that aren't in Athenai meet on these matters.

1. Areus proposed disbanding the hoplites in Rhodos to free up money for recruitment. Council Vote :: 2 - 1
2. Rhodios proposed sending a diplomat to the Epieros requiring assistance against Makedonia. Council Vote :: 3 - 0
3. Areus proposed the hiring of a small mercenary army led by himself to help defend Athenai. Council Vote :: 1 - 2
4. Rhodios proposed raising troops in our own city states. Council Vote :: 2 - 1

The following season Sparte finishes building its coastal clearings, which have been difficult to establish in the past due to the mountains in the region.


Antigonos has built seige equipment while Akrotatos and Chremonides prepare the garrison and rally the troops.


Meanwhile Odysseus contacts Alexandros Aiakides of the Epieros requesting their help against Makedonia.


With Athenai besieged for almost a year, the economy crippled, our allies to the north appear to finally be preparing an army to march into Thessaly or Makedonia herself.

[Reality=Chaos]

Looking good mate. Nice AAR so far. Lol @ the AI though, for making a spartan belief in THE patron goddes of Athenai