Down From Africa (An AAR Sidestory)

[vartan]

In any case, great AAR! I'm enjoying it much!

[Centurio Nixalsverdrus]

Great update! Are you also at war with the Pahlava?

[Reverend Joe]

Man, MAA, I would feel NERVOUS commanding an all-sword-infantry army, and with only your general to provide heavy cavalry. It's not an army that's suited for the East; the only real strength it has is the archer division.

[HunGeneral]

Great update MMA - seems like the war for Persia is nearing its grand battle.
You really must be brave to march to the east with an army of mostly swordsmen and with so little cavalry.
By the way: what's the situation with the Nomads are they still romang about or has the new "Persian Empire" anaxed them? + are the Indo-greek doing anything against the Persians?

[MarcusAureliusAntoninus]

Thank you for reading, everybody.

I'm neutral with Pahlava, although I'm roleplaying that they support the Medians. They really do, too. The two of them have an extremely strong alliance and leave their mutual border almost completed undefended. One of the reasons I've been reluctant to head eastward too quickly is so that I'm not forced to fight the eastern Persian king before weakening the western Persian king.

The Persians (Medians [Hayasdan]) don't have the ability to recruit horse archers or heavy cavalry in Media or Persia. They have a lot of foot archers, though. We shall see how the swordsmen hold up against a powerful Persian army in the next chapter...

The eastern Persian king has pushed as far north as Dahyu Mazsakata and Kangha, but hasn't gone into the northern steppe. They are fighting hard with the steppe tribes (Saka Rauka) but are always pushed back. The Sarmatians are doing absolutely nothing.

The Indo-Hellenic Kingdom defeated the last forces of the Seleukids, leaving them with only a half dozen unbeatable gold chevroned family members guarding their last town. The Indo-Hellenics are unsuccessfully trying to invade southern Iran and the Persians (Pahlava) are trying to invade the northern Indus valley. I was planning on an overview of other events that happened during my current war, when I got back to my old format. I have some pics of what the Indo-Greeks are doing and may talk about them then.