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

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514 (262 BC)

Makedonia's Last Stand

Athenian orders:
-Attack Mytilene with the Alliance Army. (Yes)
-Request the Spartan Army to aid in such task. (They refused)
-Demetrias to be reinforced with the Athenian Army. (Yes)
-Infrastructure investments to continue. (Yes)
-No more men in Athenai's sphere of influence to be recruited (Athenai has no power outside of it, as it doesn't control the Hegemon). (Yes)
-Temple to be built in Athenai or Chalkis. (Yes)
-Contact to be made with other Hellenic cities: Syracuse, Masalia, Emporion, Chersonesos and Pantikapaion. (Only Syracuse)
-Athenian Fleet should only be used by the Spartan Army if they agree to become commanded by the Alliance. (They refused)
-Free Allied Kingdom to be established in Mytilene. (Yes)

Spartan orders:
-Reinforce the Spartan Army. (Yes)
-Athen's request for Spartan reinforcements to be ignored.
-Pella to be besieged. The siege must be long (Mytilene may not be attacked since the Athenians wouldn't lend their ships).
-Diplomatic report on Epeiros and the Getai tribes. (Yes)
-Increased espionage on Epeiros and the Getai. (Tes)

The year of 514 started slow. Eugenios Rhodios got married and many important men of the Hellenic League attended his marriage. They all knew how important the support of Rhodos was to the Alliance, and they all wanted their share of the island's wealth.


From Anatolē, our spies sent reports of how the ruins of Troia had been almost completely destroyed by the continuous Makedon sieges to Pergamon. The Alliance Army would soon be very close to it.


Akrotatos had a daughter and named her Thessalonike, perhaps wishing the gods would favor the Spartans in their conquest of the region by the same name.


The Athenians, on the other hand, erected a temple dedicated to Athena in the polis of Chalkis, hoping to gain her favor in their expedition to Lesbos.


Doros and the Alliance Army left for Lesbos and arrived quickly, going by sea from Demetrias to the island.


Doros ordered the city to be besieged immediatly.


The siege did not last long, as the Makedones that were besieging Pergamon (again!) returned to aid Euchrous Mitylenaios, the polis's Tyrannos.














The city was occupied, and left to decide its own fate with one condition: Mytilene was now an allied polis of the Koinon Hellenon.





The new situation of Mikra Asia.


In the meantime, the Spartans were on their own adventure. Hegemon Akrotatos recruited men from Sparte, Korinthos and some from Demetrias to reinforce the Spartan Armies. Armies, yes, because now they were 2: the 1st Spartan Army and the 2nd Spartan Army.


The two Spartan Armies positioned themselved by the fort near Demetrias, ready to launch an attack on Pella, the Makedon capital and now their last stand.


Even mercenaries were hired to fill the ranks of the 2nd Spartan Army under Damasos Souniakos.


The 1st Spartan Army, under Eudamidas, besieged Pella


The 2nd Army came from behind and attacked the Makedon scouting party, so that they couldn't cut the Spartan supply line or threaten the siege in any manner.


Months passed, winter came, and the Makedons seemed to have accepted their state of siege. They could still last a long time in Pella - the city had plenty of supplies - but the longer they stayed inside the walls, the weaker and more demoralized their garrison would become.


Espionage and Diplomatic Reports:






























The Spartan Armies are outside of Pella. The Athenian Army is garrisoned in Demetrias, and the Alliance Army is in Mytilene.


This council session is now open for you brave (and those not-so-brave as well) hellenes to discuss what orders will be sent to the strategoi, the poleis and whoever else we feel like bossing around.