OMG the most epic Punic-Roman war is going on ^^

[SwissBarbar]

It's quite a good mix, many Hastati, Principes and Triarii, some Roarii and Velites. Sometimes they send almost pure Samnite-Stacks with Hastati Samnitici and Samnitici Milites. And in most army there are 2-3 Pedites Extraordinarii and 1-2 Eqvites Romanii and Eqvites Extraordinarii. Very rarely there are still Camillan units.

I have continued the campaign yesterday, now the situation is as following:

The Carthaginian army that sacked Roma went forward and besieged Arretium, chased by Roman fullstacks. The Carthaginians could take the city before the Romans were there and destroyed it completely. Then they went for Bononia. The Romans catched them but lost an epic battle in Cannae-Style. Bononia fell and was sacked and destroyed, same for Arminium soon later. Then it went for Patavium and Segesta. The Romans lost some more heavy battles, but the longer the more the Carthaginian army got decimated. Before it could be destroyed by two more Roman fullstacks the army could reach the shores of Etruria and was brought away from Italy by a fleet of Quadriremes, a sort of ship with witch the Carthaginians had defended their status of Masters of the western Mediterranean against some pretty strong fleets of the Romans. This army was brought home to Carthage.

Meanwhile a second carthaginian army has landed in Campania and has exterminated Capua after a very bloody battle against those mentioned two fullstacks. Soon after that also they were took home to Carthage by a fleet of Quadriremes.

The Romans still besiege Lilibeo and have two fullstacks in Sicily. But in Italy they have none anymore. The Carthaginians have sent one army to northern Sicily to fight the Roman stacks, and the second one to southern Sicily, where it besieges Syrakousai.

The most cunning part of the carthaginian plan was to give the three northern cities of Patavium, Bononia and Segesta to the mighty Aedui. If the Romans want to conquer them back, they have to attack the Aedui, who not only are very strong, but also their ally.The Carthaginians hope for a war between the Aedui and the Romans, which would make it easier for them to conquer Sicily back.


Btw: The war is not only happening on the battlefield. The Romans make alliances with my other enemies, f.e. the Ptolemaioi, and as I said, I try to "create" a war between the Romans and the mighty Aedui who at the moment are their allies. Besides that, the Romans use a large amount of Assasins and killed several Diplomats, Spies and one of my FM, while I assassinate also every single Roman spy, diplomate and of course Assasin I see and also I managed even to kill a Roman FM.

[DionCaesar]

Besides that, the Romans use a large amount of Assasins and killed several Diplomats, Spies and one of my FM,

LOL that really made me laugh. Nice campaign though, keep it up!
I had a question concerning the cities you take in Italia. Do you sack them and then give them back, or do you sack them and start rebuilding them the following season?

[SwissBarbar]

LOL that really made me laugh. Nice campaign though, keep it up!
I had a question concerning the cities you take in Italia. Do you sack them and then give them back, or do you sack them and start rebuilding them the following season?

Why did it make you laugh? A little more respekt for my poor Diplomats please ;-)

Actually I sacked them and destroyed every destroyable building... and them left them and went for the next one.


This made the situation better for some decades, since the Romans had to build up again their military structures and of course the economy. But finally I had to exterminate them, and now own all of Italy

[DionCaesar]

Yeah, that's inevitable. I too tend to let factions live, but they can get very annoying and sometimes even dangerous. So eventually they'll have to be exterminated.

I laughed at it because you said it in a rather funny way. 'A large amount' somehow sounded funny to me. Those Romans ^^ using assassins.. . Funny to hear.

[Aram]

Wow! The conquest of such a large portion of Italy by the Epirotes is quite shocking! I love this game!!

[Hakomar]

Aye, it is fun to fight the Romans as Carthage. After a nice long piece with the Romans, with me holding all of Sicily plus Rhegion, the Romans attacked. I was quite worried because they had a load of full stacks, and after scoring a few good victories, I was forced to retreat due to attrition to Carthage with my navy and leave Rhegion and Sicily to them. Luckily I managed to replenish my army, whilst adding some better infantry then Poeni Militia, and some Cavalry, and a 20 man elephant unit again :), and slowly took Italy and Sicily over. The Faction Destroyed icon for the Romans is beautiful.