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    Default Re: Heroic battles that you have won (or lost but made them bleed badly)

    I have one heroic General, Sextus Dexius Proceus, now Sextus Dexius Africanus (playing EB). He conquered the city of Carthage and later all of Carthaginian Africa. Then he sailed to the Beleares, killed four Carthaginian family members, including the faction leader and heir, and so earned the title of Africanus. This reduced the Carthaginians to two provinces in southern Spain. So, he sailed there and conquered one of them. After doing that, he caught out a Carthaginian family member on his own fleeing accross the campaign map. Sextus's troops couldn't reach him in the turn due to being infantry, so Sextus fought the Carthaginian general with his own bodyguard. It was one unit of bodyguards against another, and Sextus wins. Sextus returns to his main army, and goes to conquer a nearby Iberian settlement. However, an Iberian diplomat bribes the only Roman spanish mainland town, leaving Sextus and his army stranded. He has one full stack army, and is surrounded by three full stack Iberian armies. He goes to some high ground, and is attacked by two of the Iberian armies. On the battlefield, the Velites do enough to hold off one of the Iberian armeis while the Hastati/Principes fight the other. With Sextus's command they win, and then go and rout the other army. By the end of this battle, Sextus is victorious, but reduced to a half-stack army. So, he is attacked by a full stack Iberian army. The Romans form a square like formation shielded by some farm houses. Hastati and Principes form a square protecting the Velites and slingers. Surely enough, ten percent of the Iberians die before they make a kill themselves. However, the Iberians have a far superior army, with many Scutarii. As the battle goes their way, Sextus charges at their General, managing to rout him, and taking a few swings at him himself! However, the main Roman army is simply too weak, and routs. Sextus is the last man to flee the field. Sextus regroups at the Baleares, and return to Spain with a new full stack army. So far, he has defeated a full stack Iberian army at a river crossing, taking only 5% casualties and killing 100% of enemies.

    He's now 45, hopefully he'll be able to wipe out the Carthaginians in his lifetime.

    EDIT: Also, a lowly Captain with a half stack army wiped out an entire army of Pantodapoi, and took only two casualites. And it was a mixed army with only a couple of Triarii, some Hastati/Principes, several Velites/Accensi
    Last edited by Rhyfelwyr; 12-03-2006 at 23:58.
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