Uhh, Rebels take over the Circus?

[fallen851]

So I was playing the campaign as the Julii, and civil war is looming with the Brutii, so when one of their provinces on the border with me (in central Germany) rebelled (gladiator rebellion) I took notice.

I attempted to get an army there as quickly as possible, but the Brutii beat me, with two full stacks of men. The first stack besieged the provinced and was destroyed (this is after the Marius Reforms), the same fate awaited the second stack.

I decided then to jump in and take the city, I mean the rebels must be weak, right?

I had seige weapons with me, so I immediately attacked, only to find myself not fighting gladiators, but rather 3 units of the small elephants, and one unit of the massive elephants (the ones with like 6 archers on top). I couldn't believe it. I used my onagers to pick off a few elephants, then advanced my spearmen and ranged units with the calvary and grinded out the rest of the elephants with heavy losses.

Anyone else had a weird battle like this?

[Lanemerkel1]

So I was playing the campaign as the Julii, and civil war is looming with the Brutii, so when one of their provinces on the border with me (in central Germany) rebelled (gladiator rebellion) I took notice.

I attempted to get an army there as quickly as possible, but the Brutii beat me, with two full stacks of men. The first stack besieged the provinced and was destroyed (this is after the Marius Reforms), the same fate awaited the second stack.

I decided then to jump in and take the city, I mean the rebels must be weak, right?

I had seige weapons with me, so I immediately attacked, only to find myself not fighting gladiators, but rather 3 units of the small elephants, and one unit of the massive elephants (the ones with like 6 archers on top). I couldn't believe it. I used my onagers to pick off a few elephants, then advanced my spearmen and ranged units with the calvary and grinded out the rest of the elephants with heavy losses.

Anyone else had a weird battle like this?

How did Carthaginian/Selucian Elephants get to Italy?

[JLEACH]

It was just barbs in an elephant suit, kinda like the trojan horse.

I havent had a battle like this but I once found myself fighting rebel gauls in Asia.

[Attalus]

I once hired the judean peoples front (or whatever they're called) in arriminum...weird

[Seasoned Alcoholic]

I had seige weapons with me, so I immediately attacked, only to find myself not fighting gladiators, but rather 3 units of the small elephants, and one unit of the massive elephants (the ones with like 6 archers on top). I couldn't believe it. I used my onagers to pick off a few elephants, then advanced my spearmen and ranged units with the calvary and grinded out the rest of the elephants with heavy losses.

Anyone else had a weird battle like this?

The large elephant crew you describe sounds like the oliphants (or Yubtseb Elephants). Usually they're much larger than the other elephant types (they've been scaled upwards), but have similar stats to mercenary war elephants. Why they have 30 hitpoints is beyond me, especially when the hard-coded limit for this is 15.

You can specify which rebel units spawn in a gladiator uprising event (as well as the probability of it occurring) in descr_rebel_factions, under non region based events.

[professorspatula]

It was just barbs in an elephant suit, kinda like the trojan horse.

I havent had a battle like this but I once found myself fighting rebel gauls in Asia.

You're probably on about the Galatians. A celtic tribe that settled in Asia. Nothing unusual about fighting them there, although if you've never heard of them before, then I suppose it is a strange encounter!

Strangest thing I experienced (though not a battle) was when I deliberately forced as many settlements of my empire as I could to rebel. Suddenly a Roman rebel diplomat asked me for a ceasefire on behalf of the rebels. I've heard people experiencing that before, though I assumed that was in modded games. My campaign was practically unchanged, but I guess it's something that just happens now and again. Nice chap though, even if his toga was filthy. After sending him on his way with a smile on his face after I agreed to his terms, I had his neck cut. Well, he was making my palace look untidy.

[Watchman]

Lowering the land value, was he ?

[Mattisius Carsonius]

YES!

Twice now I have had patavium rebel in the early game and the city hover tab calls it the "Gladiator Rebellion". Both times the city was filled with a couple gladiator units and other weird exotics, like libyan skirmishers and eastern infantry. Pretty cool, and decently experienced.

[Seamus Fermanagh]

The large elephant crew you describe sounds like the oliphants (or Yubtseb Elephants). Usually they're much larger than the other elephant types (they've been scaled upwards), but have similar stats to mercenary war elephants. Why they have 30 hitpoints is beyond me, especially when the hard-coded limit for this is 15.

Because nobody is tougher than Bestbuy! They crush all their opposition. Best remedy is catapults at range (with the ammo off )

[Zomby_Woof]

Woah! I never even realized that that was Bestbuy spelled backwards.

[Hambut_bulge]

YES!

Twice now I have had patavium rebel in the early game and the city hover tab calls it the "Gladiator Rebellion". Both times the city was filled with a couple gladiator units and other weird exotics, like libyan skirmishers and eastern infantry. Pretty cool, and decently experienced.

I had something similar when I forced Corduba to revolt so I could massacre the population which had got too large. Moved my army (mostly 2/3 chevrons some bronze armour/weapon upgrades) out, thinking I could take the paltry peasants and Iberian infantry that would spawn with ease. Oh no! Suddenly I'm (or rather my general, and he's about 19 and a half with 2 stars on his first assignment) is facing a full stack of silver chevroned, gold armour/weapons of some the best exotic units in game. British Chariots, Parthian Cataphracts, Spartan Hoplites etc. No elephants, thankfully. Ended up having to seige the city for about five turns to get the numbers down and retake it.

[Brutus]

I had something similar when I forced Corduba to revolt so I could massacre the population which had got too large. Moved my army (mostly 2/3 chevrons some bronze armour/weapon upgrades) out, thinking I could take the paltry peasants and Iberian infantry that would spawn with ease. Oh no! Suddenly I'm (or rather my general, and he's about 19 and a half with 2 stars on his first assignment) is facing a full stack of silver chevroned, gold armour/weapons of some the best exotic units in game. British Chariots, Parthian Cataphracts, Spartan Hoplites etc. No elephants, thankfully. Ended up having to seige the city for about five turns to get the numbers down and retake it.

Is this a new thing with the 1.5 patch? In the Gladiator Rebellions I've seen (all pre-1.5) all the Rebels ever got were different gladiator units and peasants.

[Seasoned Alcoholic]

Because nobody is tougher than Bestbuy! They crush all their opposition. Best remedy is catapults at range (with the ammo off )

Aaarrrgghhh, sounds like I've fallen for CA's light-hearted trick! Oh well, I'm off to Domus Dulcis Domus for a beer

[TinCow]

For the record, here's the equally humorous description of the Yubtseb Elephants.

These mysterious creatures from the middle principalities of farthest Terra Nova are the children of of G'nitek'ram, the God of Shiny Things That Man Does Not Need But Desires Anyway. Dark and foul are the ceremonies that summon them; great and scary are their tusks; terrible is their gaze; unwashed are their riders; cruel and unforgiving their masters! Flee in terror! Run for the hills!

Note that "G'nitek'ram" is Marketing backwards.

[Hambut_bulge]

Is this a new thing with the 1.5 patch? In the Gladiator Rebellions I've seen (all pre-1.5) all the Rebels ever got were different gladiator units and peasants.

Possibly. I am playing 1.5/1.6. There were a few gladiator units in the mix, but it was predominately exotics. I suppose that's sort of realistic in a way; all those slaves coming back from the far flung provinces...

[x-dANGEr]

I had something similar when I forced Corduba to revolt so I could massacre the population which had got too large. Moved my army (mostly 2/3 chevrons some bronze armour/weapon upgrades) out, thinking I could take the paltry peasants and Iberian infantry that would spawn with ease. Oh no! Suddenly I'm (or rather my general, and he's about 19 and a half with 2 stars on his first assignment) is facing a full stack of silver chevroned, gold armour/weapons of some the best exotic units in game. British Chariots, Parthian Cataphracts, Spartan Hoplites etc. No elephants, thankfully. Ended up having to seige the city for about five turns to get the numbers down and retake it.

Never experienced that, I'm playing 1.5 and all I get are some peasents and Gladiators. But still, maybe because I started the campaign before patching then I patched it to 1.5.

[Dutch_guy]

Strangest thing I experienced (though not a battle) was when I deliberately forced as many settlements of my empire as I could to rebel. Suddenly a Roman rebel diplomat asked me for a ceasefire on behalf of the rebels. I've heard people experiencing that before, though I assumed that was in modded games. My campaign was practically unchanged, but I guess it's something that just happens now and again. Nice chap though, even if his toga was filthy. After sending him on his way with a smile on his face after I agreed to his terms, I had his neck cut. Well, he was making my palace look untidy.

Had that happen a couple of times, I think I even said yes a couple od times.

And also did you know that the rebel city in Ireland ( Tara ? ) is the rebel capital.

[Watchman]

Nah, that changes. In the Pontus campaign I'm currently toying with it was Constantinopole, at least until the Macedonians ate it. Dunno where the mail should now be sent.

[Gaius Magnus]

I once hired the judean peoples front (or whatever they're called) in arriminum...weird

BRIAN: Are you the Judean People's Front?

REG: Fuck off!

BRIAN: What?

REG: Judean People's Front. We're the People's Front of Judea! Judean People's Front. Cawk.

FRANCIS: Wankers.

BRIAN: Can I... join your group?

REG: No. Piss off.

BRIAN: I didn't want to sell this stuff. It's only a job. I hate the Romans as much as anybody.

PEOPLE'S FRONT OF JUDEA: Shhhh. Shhhh. Shhh. Shh. Shhhh.

REG: Schtum.

JUDITH: Are you sure?

BRIAN: Oh, dead sure. I hate the Romans already.

REG: Listen. If you really wanted to join the P.F.J., you'd have to really hate the Romans.

BRIAN: I do!

REG: Oh, yeah? How much?

BRIAN: A lot!

REG: Right. You're in. Listen. The only people we hate more than the Romans are the fucking Judean People's Front.

P.F.J.: Yeah...

JUDITH: Splitters.

P.F.J.: Splitters...

FRANCIS: And the Judean Popular People's Front.

P.F.J.: Yeah. Oh, yeah. Splitters. Splitters...

LORETTA: And the People's Front of Judea.

P.F.J.: Yeah. Splitters. Splitters...

REG: What?

LORETTA: The People's Front of Judea. Splitters.

REG: We're the People's Front of Judea!

LORETTA: Oh. I thought we were the Popular Front.

REG: People's Front! C-huh.

FRANCIS: Whatever happened to the Popular Front, Reg?

REG: He's over there.

P.F.J.: Splitter!

[Cras]

well I can imagine (for the story's purpose) that the slaves in a big city come from all over the world, they would pick their arms as custom to their country & training....

you think they stole the elefants from the circus or zoo? Cant imagine they have been hidding an elefant under their clothes al that time......

[TinCow]

Sorry, gotta say it...

What have the Romans ever done for us?

[fallen851]

well I can imagine (for the story's purpose) that the slaves in a big city come from all over the world, they would pick their arms as custom to their country & training....

you think they stole the elefants from the circus or zoo? Cant imagine they have been hidding an elefant under their clothes al that time......

Well it wasn't a slave revolt...

Its quite clear (due to an ongoing investigation by my general Cornelius the Lewd and the elite Arcani CSI unit) that the ancient equivelent of the Ringling brothers was in central Germany and holding their elephant extravaganza event in the warrior hall when it was stormed by gladiators with fake swords who were set to do with next act. They hopped on the elephants and demand the town submit the will of Bestbuy...

Or perhaps it was a ploy, the Ringling brothers, realizing a civil war was about to happen decided to take a share of the pie marched their elephants right out of the big top and through the towns local garrison force....

Worst of all, no elephant types are under the "gladiator rebellion" thing in my descr_rebelfactions text... something is wrong...

[player1]

Are you 100% sure that game was started with 1.5 or 1.6 patch?

[fallen851]

Game started in 1.3 which is what I'm currently playing...