Last of the Romans

Shamelessly using the name of a great game played in the Throne Romm because it really fits this AAR.
I'm using Europa Barbarorum v1.2 mod and playing as Qarthadastim. They have always been one of my favourite factions but this time the campaign became even more interesting. Well, you'll see why..
Btw, I'm not much of a writer and this is more like a campaign description through someones eyes.

Chapter I

Some say that he had seen and experienced more than thousand people could in theur life time. Not sure it's entirely true but Manivs sure had an interesting life.

He borned 27 years ago into a patrician family. His father, Tiberivs Aemilius, was known in the halls of the Senate. Their family was old, nobile and honored many. However, even this could not help Manivs' father when he, like many others, joined the war against the king of Epirus. He died in a battle against the king when Manivs was just turned five. To a little boy this was the end of the world. Little did he understood what actually was happening around him. his fathers bravery was recognized and the family of Cornelia adopted him. That's when his real life begun.
His new family offered him a chance to satisfy his thurst for knowledge. When he finally turned 16 he was sent north to company the Roman commander fighting against the barbarians there. And then the war against Qarthadastim started.

Tensions between the two great powers were high for years before the start of the war. The spark that finally lit the torch was a Roman admiral who blockaded the port of Lilibeo. There is not much to tell about the war. The Qarthadastim leaders Mago and Hamalcar quickly conquered the southern parts of the peninsula and installed local kings there. Even though their southern provinces were captured and their legions destroyed by the enemy, the Romans still sent most of the legions up north against the barbarian tribes. That's where he, now known as Manivs Cornelivs Scipio, still fought against the Veneti tribe.

When the Carthaginian generals finally moved north they found almost no resistance! Even Rome itself was defended by just few units of light infantry. Remaining senators fleeing north, Carthaginian generals following them and the Roman armies scattered around in the barbarian lands the Roman Republic, or what was left of it, was in chaos. But even now the Romans refused peace. What was even more strange, they also kept attacking the barbarian tribes. Perhaps the fall of Patavium gave them new hope that it is possible to fight wars on all fronts? No one knows this exactly since almost all senators were killed in later battles. However, there was no hope anymore.

Manivs was just 22 when he heard that he was elected to rule the Republic as dictator. Being in Pannonia Illyrica and fighting against the rebellious tribes this title was more like a heavy weight suddenly put on his shoulders. The Republic still had two large and experienced armies that could've changed the war but both were too far to help the last "Roman" settlement - Patavium. As suddenly he had become the leader of Romans he discovered that he didn't have a country to rule anymore!

So, he decided to move north to Noricae to find the other "lost legion". They met near Iuvavoaeta and Manivs was forced to sign treaty with the Norici where they would defend the barbarians against attackers in return of food. He felt himself disgraced. However, the Qarthadastim leader Mago saw a great potential in Manivs. Potential he did not want to let waste. So, about two years after he had became the dictator he met an emmissary from Mago who offered the chance to return to Roma. Mago also offered his friendship and the chance to be adopted by him. Manivs knew that if he refuse this offer now another one will never be proposed. So, he accepted. Carthaginians payd to most of his soldiers to leave from the military life and they then either returned to to Italy or settled down in Noricae. Manivs with couple of hastati units also returned. Few months later he heard that Hamalcar had attacked the last "Roman" legion and killed them all.

Now Manivs lives in Arretium and governs Etruria. Recently he was named the Commander of Italian Defence Forces. It was created to defend the Carthaginian provinces and client kingdoms in Italy. He should thank tensions between Qarthadastim and Epirus and the removal of the main Carthaginian army from Italy.

A new war is on the horizon. What role Manivs Cornelivs Scipio, the Last of the Romans, will play in it is uncertain. However, his thurst to prove his loyalty could bring him into the heat of the conflict..

Meet Manivs Cornelivs Scipio:
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Beside the fact that he is S/C/V and U/O/L he is also quite good looking in that picture!