The Road to Immortality: An Arche Seleukeia AAR

[seleucid empire]

Chapter 2: The Three Brothers Part 2
272 Asia Minor



"Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others (Machiavelli)"

Sarepedon was in a good mood today. In fact he had been in a good mood ever since he had received the orders from his father. After a year of defending Cappadocia from frequent Ptolemaic attacks he would finally take the offensive. His destination was the Ptolemaic fortress of Tarsus. Although his scouts reported that the Ptolemaic garrison was larger than his army, Sarepedon was not worried. His men were professionals compared to the Ptolemaic levies.

"My lord," one of his companions spoke,"We have just entered Ptolemaic territory. Perhaps we should march more slowly and give ourselves more time to form a battle plan."
"Why would I do that? I want to arrive as soon as possible"
"But My lord we have no battle plan and they outnumber us by at least 2 000 men."
"You leave the battle plan to me my friend"