Other Historical Battles (Ideas, Etc.)

**Teleklos Archelaou** · 04-01-2007, 18:12

What about a defense of Sparta against Pyrrhos? How hard is it to get a town in there? Without a pallisade around it, but with some ditches around it? Granted, we don't have units of women, but a few spartans and then other low level units. It would be almost impossible to defend, with Pyrrhos' army being a lot superior, but defending is always easier against RTW AI anyway.

**abou** · 04-01-2007, 18:39

Actually, not too hard. You can add settlements through the object menu just as I had added the wagon laagers in Bibracte.

**Geoffrey S** · 04-01-2007, 19:24

I'd love to see a battle of Carthaginians against Iberians, or the battles of Adys and Tunis.

**Moros** · 04-02-2007, 11:27

Originally Posted by abou

Actually, not too hard. You can add settlements through the object menu just as I had added the wagon laagers in Bibracte.

indeed shouldn't be hard.

**paullus** · 04-02-2007, 16:57

that would be a devilishly hard battle to win, but i suppose that would just make it more challenging?

Sellasia seems a good idea, and while Phrasalus would be difficult, might there be a better (ie, more tactically troublesome, but smaller) battle elsewhere in the civil wars? You could also go back to the Social Wars for some good, smaller battles, especially in Spain.

What about the Battle of the Elephants in 275, or the siege of Babylon in ~247? Both of those could be big and fun, but lack detailed info, or a really significant tactical dimension. Sorry to be thinking out loud...what about Panion in 200? Four distinct wings between the two armies, elephants, kataphraktoi, etc.

**Eduorius** · 04-03-2007, 00:11

Carrhae is ready. Not my best battle. I used some placeholders for the cavalry and the terrain is not the best.

Well is a beta but I dont want to continue working with this battle for some time. At least until I can make it a lot better with new units.

I just wanted to make a tribute to Crassus and his courageous son Publius.

**abou** · 04-03-2007, 19:51

Originally Posted by paullus

what about Panion in 200? Four distinct wings between the two armies, elephants, kataphraktoi, etc.

I was about to respond that if it includes Antiochus III, then I'll do it. I wanted to jump on this, but unfortunately Polybius's account is just him deriding Zeno's telling. If you know where I could find a direct account that would be great, but in skimming Bar-Kochva the only numbers I have are in that 10,000 of the Ptolemaic army escaped.

**Ignoramus** · 04-04-2007, 02:52

What about the Battle of Watling Street(Battle of Paulerspury)?

I know it's outside of EB's timeframe, but it would be good to give the Casse a historical battle(even though it was really the Iceni).

**The Celt** · 04-10-2007, 18:24

What about the Siege of Rhodes by the Seleucids?

**Eduorius** · 04-01-2007, 19:50

Originally Posted by Teleklos Archelaou

What about a defense of Sparta against Pyrrhos? How hard is it to get a town in there? Without a pallisade around it, but with some ditches around it? Granted, we don't have units of women, but a few spartans and then other low level units. It would be almost impossible to defend, with Pyrrhos' army being a lot superior, but defending is always easier against RTW AI anyway.

I was thinking of that battle also because I think it would be the first battle in EB timeframe, but when I read the description about the Spartan defense, in Plutarch life on Pyrrhus, with wagons, trenches, etc I tought it would be hard to represent.

You know that Xanthippus may have been present during the battle? Seeing the elephants used by Pyrrhus, he learned the techniques that he would later used against Rome.