Whilst busy rewriting, I decided to play the campaign a little further. And I was quite shocked.. Yes, I'm talking about the war over Sicily now.. I fought a battle were the Romans were so desperate their army consisted mainly of Celtic mercenaries. However, I lost terribly! How could this be?! My four units of cavalry, three of them at half-strength and one of full strength, were destroyed by one tiny band of celts and then routed?! And within moments half of my army routed! AARGH! Then in the battle were they followed and re-attacked my half-destroyed army.. Hamalcar II died and the Sicilian army lay decimated.. At the moment Hamalcar I has hired as many mercenaries as he could and thinks of attacking the Romans besieging Messana. And aye.. In Messana, Xanthippos of Sparte is trapped.. The war for Sicily may be well lost to the Romans, however, such a defeat does make an AAR much more interesting, can't wait to finish the rewriting. Anyway, should Hamalcar I die, it should prove interesting if Hasdrubal will be able to convince the council of peace with Rome even if it means the loss of Sicily.