Well fitting situations

**Unintended BM** · 05-20-2010, 03:05

On my current Roman game, I had a cool chain of events that will be leading to the Polybian reforms.

Alright, so before I even took Taras, I sent my starting faction heir up to Segesta with his starting army to try and take it. The naked dudes and other gauls completely wiped out my army, and killed my Faction Leader (the starting old guy in Rome had just died). I built another bigger army and sent him northward to Segesta. The Gauls were depleted this time, and I had a much bigger army, so I took the town, but I still lost quite a bit of my forces.

Then I had my First Punic War, lasting roughly from 264 to 254. In my first battle against Carthage, they used their elephants against my left flank, while my right flank was pinned down fighting Libyans and Iberians. I eventually won, but it was tough battle.

After that war, I decided to go north again, and maybe take out some more Gauls. I took Bononia and Mediolanum, but both were tough fights. Then, I continued my army marching north until I found a huge Aedui full stack heading through the alps. I looked at their army, and it was mostly levy spearmen and slingers. I thought it'd be an easy fight, but it turned out to be a huge Pyrrhic victory for me. It's about 248 at this point, and now, after fighting large amounts of Gauls with my Camilian troops and losing a few battles, my FM who led the battles will return to Rome to rethink what type of equipment his Legions should be using.

Anyone else ever have any perfect chain of events that lead up to awesome things like that? It's kind of a specific question, but I'm just wondering.

**pikeman** · 05-20-2010, 06:01

well the gauls and other barbarians like war a lot more than romans, its natural to adopt war-like tools and customs so Romans can better defend themselves. Gauls sacked Roma because they're too used to the ritual pushing 'war' that is hoplite warfare. (adopted from the Greek-like Etruscans, and city states of southern Italy)

**Moosemanmoo** · 05-20-2010, 08:11

Originally Posted by pikeman

well the gauls and other barbarians like war a lot more than romans

**Qvintvs** · 05-20-2010, 08:28

Contrary to popular belief, they do not like war. Acts of bravery help to increase your fame a lot, which is why they are impetuous.

Sweboz are not bloodthirsty as well, they raid Rome for supplies...

**Cute Wolf** · 05-20-2010, 10:45

well, it looks like that Pikemen was obviously some kind of Roman fans...

He must knows that the "Roman Empire" was finally absorbed by the Greeks as "Basileos ton Rhomaion"

**Ludens** · 05-20-2010, 16:03

Originally Posted by pikeman

well the gauls and other barbarians like war a lot more than romans, its natural to adopt war-like tools and customs so Romans can better defend themselves.

Originally Posted by Duguntz

pikeman, you seem top forget that the only barbarians in EB are Romans...

Please drop the pro/anti-Roman rhetoric, guys.

Remember the EB motto: everyone is a barbarian to someone.

**Duguntz** · 05-20-2010, 08:25

Originally Posted by pikeman

well the gauls and other barbarians like war a lot more than romans, its natural to adopt war-like tools and customs so Romans can better defend themselves. Gauls sacked Roma because they're too used to the ritual pushing 'war' that is hoplite warfare. (adopted from the Greek-like Etruscans, and city states of southern Italy)

pikeman, you seem top forget that the only barbarians in EB are Romans... stop to speak like that, the Romaioktonoi have been cool since a time, but with somebody spaming everywhere that romans are the heir of the world and that everybody else are barbarians, you'll only attract a holy romaioktonoi fire down on all your posts... i say that for you dude...