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

[QuintusSertorius]

Iberian Wars, 153BC

Appius Aurelius Cotta, quaestor of nearer Spain, marched out to punish the Celtiberian tribes, who were raiding communities allied to Rome. He fell upon the raiders as they returned to their stronghold.



Neither side got the measure of the other, and in the end Roman numbers carried the day.



Campaigning against the Lusitanian tribes, Appius Fabius Maximus was attacked by a large army.



He deployed on a hilltop.



Heedless of the steep climb, the Iberians advanced up the hill to the attack.



On the right, the allied cavalry moved to outflank a group of Iberian elites.



In the centre tired Iberians began to flee.



Panic spread like wildfire, turning flight to rout.



The Iberian chief was killed as he ran.



And Fabius had won the day.



Later in the season, Fabius was attacked by a second Lusitanian army.



Again he took up a commanding position on the heights.



While it was a closer-run thing, his rested men fought downhill to victory.

[QuintusSertorius]

152BC:



Pictured is the rump of the once-mighty Seleukid empire. The whole thing fits in one screenshot. Still they're doing a good job of holding onto what they've got, so credit to them.

Had a couple of CTDs in the AI turn, fortunately non-replicable, but just gave up on re-fighting a reinforcement battle for Numantia which CTD'd on victory. I'll worry about it tomorrow, it's late.

Still gearing up for wars in Africa and Greece, put an Italian general on a ship to land in Mauretania and hopefully pick himself up a mercenary army. Going all-Numidian, or as close as I can manage for him.

Saka and Baktria are no longer at war. Instead Baktria and Pahlava are having a go. Possibly because I gave Aria to the Parthians in the hope it would either rebel, or the Baktrians would want it back. Hopefully that should slow Pahlava's steamroller-ing of the Seleukids by diverting attention in the opposite direction.

The Sweboz seem paralysed by the appearance of the Casse in their midst. Don't seem to want to attack them, so they're now fighting the Arverni on that narrow shared border.

I pushed the Lusotanii back to southern Ireland, they'd taken the north and Scotland off the Casse. I'm going to give them Tylis in a bit, the Aedui Byzantion and the Getai Nikaia. Given the effort it's taking to micro-manage so many factions, I'm tempted to destroy Makedonia and Koinon Hellenon, and leave their old provinces that I won't take immediately as rebel. Only concern is a big swathe of rebel territory in Asia Minor might encourage Pontos and the Seleukids to start expanding there.

I'm not going to preserve Qarthadast, they've had their time in the sun. Plus nowhere I could really put them, besides making them Numidia, perhaps. Seems a bit much, though.

[||Lz3||]

are you going to enslave (A.K.A exterminate) Qarthadast and then destroy everything inside it ??

that would be cool...

vengance!!

[General Appo]

How do you intend to take out the Carthies? Use move_character to take all their cities (and of course abandon them) or another way?

[QuintusSertorius]

are you going to enslave (A.K.A exterminate) Qarthadast and then destroy everything inside it ??

that would be cool...

vengance!!

Enslave, yes, not sure about destroying everything. I might do, it would make assimilation easier.

How do you intend to take out the Carthies? Use move_character to take all their cities (and of course abandon them) or another way?

I've got an army in Sicily waiting to be transported to take Atiqa first, then roll on to Adrumento and finally besiege Qart-Hadast itself (possibly landing another force at Lepki if need be). Meanwhile I'm already shipping an Italian general to Mauretania, where he'll raise a mercenary Numidian army to start rolling in from the west.

Mauretania I'll give to the Saba, Mashiliem and Numidia I'll probably let go rebel. I'm actually quite tempted to then FD the Saba out and have most of Africa rebel.

[General Appo]

That´s all good, but what of Phasania? Letting it rebel and say the Garamantines are controlling it would work for me.
It´s actually pretty strange that Garama is part of the raiding targets, considering the Romans didn´t raid it until 19 AD. Or so my meager sources say.

[QuintusSertorius]

That´s all good, but what of Phasania? Letting it rebel and say the Garamantines are controlling it would work for me.
It´s actually pretty strange that Garama is part of the raiding targets, considering the Romans didn´t raid it until 19 AD. Or so my meager sources say.

Not a bad idea, to be honest the more of the map that's rebel, the better IMO.