[Romani AAR] It began on seven hills...

[QuintusSertorius]

I got a sneaky way around the bug, by transporting the clone to an inaccesible area.

192BC:



My Syrian War has begun, and not a minute too late. The Seleukids are starting to steamroller Pontos, Pahlava and even the Ptolemies of late, intervention needed. That third face isn't another Family Member, he's a Greek Mercenary General. I decided I needed some allied cavalry with actual punch in this war. Plus Pergamon can provide me with some light or medium cavalry quite easily. A minor confession, I used process_cq to build up their regional barracks, after all Pergamon was an actual military power in it's own right. Not that I've built anything but levy hoplites for the garrison yet. In other news, those mercenary Thessalian cavalry are looking pretty tasty, if expensive.

Strangely I shipped my army over to Pergamon to turn it into my base of operations and client kingdom, and on starting the war, the Seleukids immediately begged me for a ceasefire. Without even using FD, they gave me Pergamon in exchange for it. Given I'm not going home without humbling them, I of course took the gift, then immediately attacked them. I'm going to keep Pergamon as a client kingdom, since it actually was one from around 200BC.

I'm going to start moving Seleukid stacks from Parthia to me so I can have some proper fights, and of course divert their resources away from their borders.

For some bizarre reason Makedonia attacked me in Asia Minor, I think my general sitting in some trees surprised them when they tried to move through.

It's proving difficult to maintain the Aedui in Spain, perhaps because the Lusotanii have nothing else to do now. Besides the longer they're kept busy there, the longer they'll take to turn their attention to me. Course I now have two proper armies in Spain, so I'm ready whenever they are. I might have a few pre-emptive goes at some of their settlements to wear them down a bit.

Now they've got nothing outside of Africa, Qarthadast are starting to win the war against the Saba. That said the Saba haven't been idle, they're besieging Ippone right now.

Sweboz won't give up on crossing the Rhine. I've transported some of their stacks to the Black Sea and that island in Scandinavia.

I also staged my own Casse invasion, transporting a stack to Bratosporios. They even besieged it, but then got driven off.

Koinon Hellenon have got the upper hand against Makedonia of late, doing a lot of FD'ing Thermon and Demetrias to Makedonia.