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    Ja mata, TosaInu Forum Administrator edyzmedieval's Avatar
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    Cool Pics & History of your EB Empire

    I think it's a good idea for everybody to post screenshots and write a small history about their EB progress in the Imperial Campaign.

    I'll post mine later. I've started with Romani, 270BC.
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    it is a very nice idea, but i think it would be wonderfull to have a whole subforum dedicated to this thinks

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    Man, an AAR subsection would be awesome.

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    I think EB guys had invited people to post AAR's in the gameplay guides area. Maybe I'll post something on the story of Baktrian independence. Riveting couple of hours of gameplay it was. And in pretty much the exact same time the historical Baktrians did it.

    And while people are mentioning AAR's, Artaserse/Obelics (you are the same person, right?) has posted a couple of great new tables for his "Wasteland" AAR for Pahlava. Its real good stuff.
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    Ill have to put up a picture sometime where i reconquered all of alexanders empire as the Bactrians

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    Here's my "little" Roman Empire, a little on-and-off pet project of the past couple of weeks:



    Expansion first started in Iberia, where Roman allies were under attack by Carthage. The Senate commissioned two Legions (one Legion being 2 Hastati, 2 Principes, 1 Triarii and 1 Equites, plus allies) to relieve our Iberian allies. Carthage had managed to obtain a large amount of Iberia, either under their direct control or forcing them into an alliance; Numantia was one such example. After a long and drawn-out siege, Numantia finally fell to Roman power. Fairly soon, however, the ageing Iberian king grew jealous of our power and attacked, resulting in the near-total annexation of the peninsula. Only Gallaecia remained in Iberian control, while the rest of the northern coast aligning themselves with the growing Aedui.

    The next decade or so was spent trying to keep our Averni allies alive. A short expedition by two Legions to conquer land on the behalf of our allies was extremely successful, however futher east the Republic was threatened by a new power: the Koinon Hellenon, a confederation of Greek city-states, which had extended its influence into Epirus and Macedon and had started to attack its ex-protectorate, the Getai. So, naturally, the Romans stepped in and annexed Greece, Macedonia and part of the Illyrian coast and formed an "unofficial" alliance with the Getai (we never signed any alliance deals, but we never attacked each other). The Macedonians were not defeated, however; a number of the ruling family managed to flee to the island of Lesbos and, from there, gain a union with the Attalids of Pergamon. They then moved onto Bithynia and Byzantion and had eventually built up a small empire in that area.

    In the south, the Carthaginians - who were allied to a number of the Greek states - declared war on us once more, although they had only been defeated within living memory. The Roman senate sent four full-strength Legions to capture Carthage and, though there were several bitter fights, they managed to capture Karthadast and Hadrumento.

    The next few decades (ca 200-180BC) were lived in relative peace. Ceasefires were obtained with all enemies and trade rights with many more. Eventually, Rome was forced to interrupt international affairs again when the Ptolemaioi was being defeated by the Seleucids in the east. Six Legions were sent eastwards to take the province of Asia, and just as they were marching down Syria and up the Neilos to liberate them from their Seleucid oppressors, the King of Syria sued for peace. Roman terms were harsh: the Seleucids were to give up their political freedom as well as their Syrian provinces. They accepted and became a protectorate of Rome, and eventually - after many more diplomatic deals - the rest of Aegyptos was released back to the Ptolemies.

    And, once again, peace reigned until 108BC, when the Casse (who had been slowly conquering all of Gaul) declared war on us. In the same year, the outcast Macedonians declared war and annihilated one of our Legions and badly damaged another. These were the main causes of the Roman military reform in 107BC, turning Roman soldiers into a professional force. This new army pushed into Gaul quickly annexing it within a decade of the reforms. Simultaneously, they attacked the Macedonians who had conquered most of the Getai. While all this was happening, the Hayasdan finished destroying Pontos and declared war on us. Their allies, the Seleucids, broke relations with the wavering Republic and attacked Syria and Egypt, which had been slowly conquered by Rome (with a little help from bribery and corruption ). Rome then sent several Legions eastwards and pushed the Hai back to their homelands and the Seleucids all the way to Seleukeia, but the Roman momentum was slowing and the combined efforts of the enemy pushed us back slightly again.

    Simultaneously, a Roman general by the name of Britannicus (so-called for his conquests in Brythonic Gaul, but I forget his first names...) launched an invasion of Britain, defeating several armies there and conquering much of the land. He returned to Rome to celebrate his triumph* and was voted as Rome's first Dictator for life to deal with the troubles in the east. This is where I'm up to now, with Britannicus sailing eastwards to subdue the Armenians and Seleucids.

    * = He didn't really get a triumph, despite winning many battles, but I can pretend, can't I?

    So yeah, that's it. Sorry about the essay, but this campaign has suddenly exploded into action in the last few game years and it's getting quite interesting (and frustrating at places - those Germans just don't stop attacking!). I've almost reached the EB victory conditions (just need to raid Seleukeia, Sarmiszegethusa and Swebozland or whatever it's called, and then destroy the Carthaginians and Ptolemies), but at the moment they're secondary to simply surviving

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    Awesome!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cheexsta
    Here's my "little" Roman Empire, a little on-and-off pet project of the past couple of weeks:


    My goodness. Look at Baktria. Damn worthless Yuezhi. It's all their fault for sucking so much. (Although they managed to survive this long.)

    Who is that on the Arabian Penninsula?
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