217BC:



Disaster! A Qarthdastim army did the unthinkable and marched across the Alps in the dead of winter. The army sent to respond as the passes began to thaw was defeated, and the one after that. Taking advantage of the vaccuum, the previously loyal tribes in Cisalpine Gaul have risen in revolt. Those in Liguria joined them. And now a foreign army is on Italian soil.

Well, not quite, I gifted those settlements to the Gauls, Hannibal won't appear for another few turns. Just before that happens, I'll be gifting Capua to Qarthadast. That way he won't try to wander off to Spain. Hopefully he won't just sit in the city either. I might add to it's garrison to stop him doing that.

Elsewhere in the world, I've reset Pontos to the coast and moved their armies away. I need the Seleukids strong before I attack them in a couple of decades time.

In Spain I gifted Celtiberia to the Aedui a few turns ago. I also gave Turdulia to Qarthadast in the hopes it would provoke the Lusotanii to attack them, but no such luck. Their alliance is as strong as ever. Which is annoying.