Man I had a great siege battle at the weekend.

My Greek cities campaign really took off when I decided to invade the italian mainland. After fun capturing Rome and wiping out the Scipii and Brutii A massive army assaulted the Julii capital in an attempt to severely weaken them.

It was an awesome fight, my Ornagers breached the pathetic wooden walls and there were loads of Romans running around inside (loads of them). Hastati, Principes some Velites and a lot of cavalry.

Now I was in a real Evil mood because the Julii had sent three massive armies against me to try to retake Rome... So I ordered my Ornagers to load up the fire projectiles and target the enemy infantry. It was an awesome sight, flaming projectiles went in all directions, the Roman infantry suffered badly and a massive number of buildings were set on fire.

Then the Spartans entered the city backed up by armoured hoplites... The streetfighting was intense as they advanced cutting down the Romans, blending in as a sea of red. The sight of them marching through the Roman streets littered with Roman dead under the Triumphal Arch as buildings burned was awesome. (Roman Architecture is certainly the best).

Finally we reached the Plaza with very little to spare on the timer, as one Phalanx engaged the Spartans went into "standard formation" and charged the enemy from the rear with their swords drawn. Finally the city was captured with only 5 seconds to go on the timer!!

Man that was one tough but worthwhile assault... it was a brutal payback and the first time I used bombardment in an assault. Those Romans had it comming!!