Less Civilized Factions

[Kevin]

Kevin, try to google "Arausio" or "Hadrianopolis"...

Haha, I'm not much of a history guy so whatever I know I got from movies Though those battles were interesting, they happened a while past EB times didn't they? Whatever

[Macilrille]

Haha, I'm not much of a history guy so whatever I know I got from movies Though those battles were interesting, they happened a while past EB times didn't they? Whatever

Arausio, greatest Roman defeat ever was inflicted by Cimbri and Teutons in 105 BC. Sort of in the middle of EB timeframe if you keep to historical expansion. Close to the end in a normal game. Hadrianopolis was 378 AD and outside it yes, but let me instead site some other actual battles between Roman armies and German ones within EB Timeframe.

• 112 BC, Noriea, Cimbrii "confederation" vs Res Publica Romani, Cimbrii victory.
• 109 BC, Narbonensis and Burdigala, same. Though it can be argued that ambush and feigned retreat tactics played a role in these battles.
• 105 BC Arausio.
• 102 BC, Aquae Sextiae, Teutons (part of the "confederation") vs Res Publica Romana, Rome's "new army" wins (Marian Reforms, though he did not in fact reform much).
• 101 BC, Battle of Vercellae, Cimbrii vs Res Publica Romana, Roman win.
  
• 60 BC, Magetobriga, Averni and Sequianii with Suebi support/mercenaries under Ariovistus vs Aedui. Aedui loss. Though it is not a Rome-German battle and we do not know how it was fought, the Germans were apparently decisive in it and when they confront Rome two years later it is as an army ready to do battle, not as ambushers.
• 58 BC, Battle of Vosges, Suebi vs Caivs Ivlivs Caesar, Roman win.

If you look just after the EB timeframe, there are numerous actual battles between Arminus' alliance and the Romans as Germanicus attempted to resubjugate the lost province, as well as one between Arminus Cherusci + allies and Marbod's Marcomanni + allies of which Tacitus says that the armies were ordered in the same way as the Roman one...

As for getting knowledge from films I sincerely hope you are jesting, for you might as well get no knowledge; ignorance is better than wrong information. And, I might add, by installing EB you have agreed to read more history.

Seek enlightenment!!!

[athanaric]

As for getting knowledge from films I sincerely hope you are jesting, for you might as well get no knowledge; ignorance is better than wrong information.

Indeed, most films featuring Germanic people(s) are either horrible or totally inaccurate - actually, both.


I imagine that in the hands of a skilled player, the Getai are one of the most fearsome factions. They combine the badassery of the Swêboz with the versatility of the Seleukids.

[Kikaz]

Indeed, most films featuring Germanic people(s) are either horrible or totally inaccurate - actually, both.


I imagine that in the hands of a skilled player, the Getai are one of the most fearsome factions. They combine the badassery of the Swêboz with the versatility of the Seleukids.

Being defeated by the Getai is essentially the EB equivalent of rape... They had their way with you and there ain't a thing you can do about it.

[Kevin]

Being defeated by the Getai is essentially the EB equivalent of rape... They had their way with you and there ain't a thing you can do about.

It's the Roman's fault for dressing that way.

[DaciaJC]

Being defeated by the Getai is essentially the EB equivalent of rape... They had their way with you and there ain't a thing you can do about.

This is making its way into my sig...

[Kikaz]

This is making its way into my sig...

I had the feeling someone would sig it...

[Kevin]

The only faction I would never play are the Sauromatae. They have weak horse archers compared to the other eastern nomads, they're towns are really spread out, they have the worst economy, the least infrastructure, and no infantry (besides some armourless regional barbarians). But, if you want a challenge...