
Originally Posted by
Irishmafia2020
Well yes... but that is what I mean by "mini-blitz" - small regional conquests that occur in fits and starts. The Romans seemed to focus on warfare in geographic areas and afterwards it might take a decade to gain actual control over an area. The conquest of Sicily or Northern Greece (Makedonia) would be an in-game example of a mini-blitz. Then you would have to wait for years as you built up the cities involved before further attacks commenced. If the area is one that is a front line with another empire, then the wars might last longer as well and the cities might be recaptured by enemy forces...
Blitz is a bit of a misnomer anyway. I am talking about a five year campaign to capture sicily (three cities) followed by a decade of building before the forces are rebuilt/redeployed to another region in which 3 or four more cities might be conquered. The Romans seemed to have engaged in specific campaigns with geographically limited objectives - Spain, Greece, Gaul, Britain, Anatolia, Africa, Illyria, Thrace, Macedonia, etc... I mean that they moved in fits and spurts and captured small regions and important cities and then absorbed them into the empire before expanding into another specific geographic area later.
The Romans did not sustain an endless campaign, but rather fought a series of short wars that had limited objectives, and that added territory in a specific region to the empire. That is what i mean by "mini-blitz", and it is largely supported by your time line. The early empire (Late Republic) seemed to grow as geographic wars were fought, and those wars were followed by periods of peace as the new territory was absorbed.
Also, if I am wrong, well so be it... I realize that you are a Romanophile who plays this game as a historical re-enactment, so I am not going to argue my point further. Against a less educated or less passionate (for historical authenticity) person I might expect to win. If you continue to disagree with my assessment that the Romans used "mini-blitzes" to capture territory in their empire, then you may consider yourself the victor in this conversation, as I will defer to your (presumed) greater knowledge on this subject.
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