Started a new game today as the Brutii for the first time ever. Usually I go the Julii (I have a thing about Romans being in red uniforms). Have to say Im loving it.

Cassius Brutus, favourite son of the Brutii, on request of the cursed Senate, marched upon the Greek City of Thermon. He was met outside by another Greek force, and having limited time to take the city was forced to take on two armies.
A terrible battle it was. Outnumbered two to one and fighting uphill, Cassius Brutus was defeated though escaped with his life and escaped into Macedonian territory. It is the only Famous Battle in the history of the Brutii. Damn the Senate! They were not pleased at Cassius' defeat. Cassius who had had no quarrel with the Greeks and was merely doing his best to please the Senate.
To add insult to injury, upon retreating into Macedonian land, Cassius received a swift letter from the Senate demanding that he leave Macedonian held country at once!
Cassius became a bitter man after all this humiliation and the pettyness of the Senate. He came to despise the Greeks and turned to alcohol. Now he haunts the site of his infamous defeat, gathering mercenaries for the time that he marches once more upon Thermon and claims it for the House of Brutii. He does this not for the Senate, who can burn in Hades, but for himself!

Cassius Brutus: https://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y1...d1536/0017.jpg