Koinon Hellenon: Athens X Sparta (.org X TWCenter), a participative AAR - Athenai

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511 (265 BC)

Athenian orders:
-Some men from the Alliance Army to return to their own polis (Sparte and Athenai). (YES)
-Athenian Army to be rallied, reinforced and sent to take Kretai. (Not yet)
-Improve infrastructure and economy. (YES)

Spartan orders:
-Rhodos to supply the alliance with more men. (Not yet)
-Army of Sparte to be reinforced and retrained. (YES)
-Levy hoplites from Chalkis and Korinthos for the Alliance Army. (Yes, but they were sent to the Athenian and Spartan armies)
-Recruit cavalry mercenaries if possible. (No)

Some of the men from Alliance Army were sent home to see their families and rest for a while. They'd soon join the army of their poleis instead of returning to the League Army. Spartans...


...and Athenians both returned home.


The Spartan population problem was slowly being solved. The newest measure was the building of a granary.





In Athenai, the improved military equipment was now being distributed to the new recruits. The Athenian Hoplites were now a more fearsome force.


All over the Koinon more men were levied to join the armies of each polis.


In Sparta the equipment for the hoplites was now superior as well.


In order to continue fighting the population problem, some skirmishers were liberated from military duty and sent to live in Sparta.


Akrotatos got extremely tired of staying in Sparte and fighting population problems rather than fighting enemies. He wanted some action!


The Army of Athenai was ready to leave, with its new hoplites and cavalry from Chalkis. The fleet was also ready to take Doros and his men to Kretai.


But reports said that the Kretaioi had their fleet patrolling the northern coast of the island, exactly where Doros would have invaded from. He decided it was not worth the risk trying to attack now, since it was expected that the enemy fleet could intercept the Athenians before they could land. It would be better to attack after the winter was over.


The Athenian army then stayed garrisoned in their city. The Spartan one was sent to Korinthos to be trained by Areus, the former Strategos of the Koinon. The Alliance Army under Chremonides still stood ground in the countryside of Demetrias. The Macedonians seemed to present no danger and only sent a few scouting parties to the south of Pella every now and then.


In Asia Minor, the forces of Mytilene continued to fail in their conquest of Pergamon, but the polis was getting weaker and could soon fall to the Makedones.


The Athenian Boule is now open again, this time to advise on the actions to be undertaken in the last year before the Koinon Election.