-The History Channel Presents-

[CaesarAugustus]

Quadruple post, dammit!

[Dooz]

TIMAEUS: THE HISTORIES
Part 2

The combined Greek city-states do not have much of a navy to speak of, but do manage to win the first small naval battle off the coast of Athens early on. Soon afterwards however, the depleted fleet is easily destroyed by another, fresher Macedonian one. This puts a dint in King Areus’ plan to invade Crete in order to persuade the islanders to join the coalition. It does not however deter any Hellenic ambitions on the mainland. The city of Corinth is under siege by the summer of 272 B.C.

The city of Corinth, under siege by Areus of Sparta.

Areus anticipates Antigonos’ arrival to support the garrison and relieve the siege soon, but surprisingly he never gets there. Instead, the Macedonian king takes his army and marches north, hiring up Greek mercenaries to bolster his ranks along the way. The Spartan launches his attack on the city, defended by a captain of the Macedonian army and his garrison comprised mostly of levies.

King Areus' Spartans await the battle to come.

The result would send a shockwave throughout the Hellenic cities. Areus had taken the city, but only just barely. The casualties the defending Macedonians inflicted upon the Spartan army are too high for Timaeus, and King Areus’ leadership is questionable at best.

While Timaeus has been accused of favoritism and bias in his works, he is also known to have compiled his information carefully by looking at many sources. These should be kept in mind when examining his work throughout the course of this program.

However bias the report may be, it is indeed true that King Areus’ prestige and standing among the Koinon Hellenon goes down dramatically after his showing at Corinth. There are calls for his claim of hegemony over the coalition to be repealed and given instead to Chremonides, the real mastermind behind the alliance. It is not surprising that many of these requests come from Athens itself, where Chremonides presides and is preparing an army to strike against Chalkis, the last vestige of Macedonian presence in the south.

Chremonides of Athens, laying siege to Chalkis.

Chremonides has with him over 300 Athenian hoplites, fine citizen-warriors from the city. What is surprising however, is the Spartan bodyguard he has amassed. It seems the charismatic Chremonides has attracted quite a following among Spartans, and especially after the humiliating retreat of Areus at Corinth, proud Spartan warriors are looking elsewhere to fight under a worthy leader. With Antigonos still nowhere to be seen, Chremonides launches his attack on the weak garrison of Chalkis.

The small Macedonian garrison awaits their fate.

Timaeus had followed Chremonides as part of his retinue to the battle, which was a change from his previous style of never actually seeing what he’s writing about and never being at the site of the action.







Chalkis had been liberated and joined the Hellenic League. All the southern cities were now under the control of the Greeks, who were still loosely ruled over by King Areus.

The expanded Southern Hellenic League after one year of military campaigns.



Coming up... the king's authority gets challenged, the League's cities come under attack and the Olympics are held in the midst of a great war.


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[keravnos]

Great AAR, and ... I don't care!

[Dooz]

Thanks kervanos, and thanks guys for the good reception. It's my first AAR in a long while, finally got myself to get it started. This is an especially interesting campaign, and one I thought people would like to see considering some things that happen in the future... And I'd been thinking about doing this History Channel thing for a while now so here we are! Anyhoo, hope you all enjoy.

[Wolfman]

I lOVE the second comercial........ I don't care either!!!!!!!!! And nice second update too.

[The Celt]

Wow great AAR! What would make it even more like the History Channel is if some British guy is narrating the story whilst jumping around on stupid looking ruins. That, and Jesus and Hitler need to be mentioned at least once.

[paullus]

Celt, you forgot Nostradamus.

Fun AAR, very cool so far!