Other Historical Battles (Ideas, Etc.)

[L.C.Cinna]

The battle of Idistaviso would be great.


some info

[abou]

Watling Street and Boudicca's revolt are a bit too far outside of the time frame to be comfortable - but it could be possible. I'll say maybe, but they are definitely lower priority.

What about the Siege of Rhodes by the Seleucids?

By the Seleucids? News to me, unless I just haven't come across it yet. Are you sure you aren't thinking about Demetrius of the Antigonid kingdom?

I'm suprised Cannae hasn't been suggested

Cannae, at least in my mind, is a big no-no. The main problem is that to get it to work at all will be dependent upon heavy scripting to do anything and that really goes against my philosophy for Historical Battles. It would become far too repetitive and easy to exploit by the fact that the AI will do the same thing everytime.

Don't worry though, there will be more Hannibal battles in the works.

The battle of Idistaviso would be great.

Lucky you, but you're about two weeks behind. I've already called dibs on it.

[The Celt]

Watling Street and Boudicca's revolt are a bit too far outside of the time frame to be comfortable - but it could be possible. I'll say maybe, but they are definitely lower priority.



By the Seleucids? News to me, unless I just haven't come across it yet. Are you sure you aren't thinking about Demetrius of the Antigonid kingdom?

Yeah thats the one! Sorry got my info wrong. I'd just like to see a siege battle to spice the list up alittle.

[Teleklos Archelaou]

Folks can feel free to help out by compiling troop numbers, matching up units with unit types in EB, setting up basic descriptions, etc. We have two people actively making the battles, but there is a lot of prep work that they are doing that could be sped up if folks out there would like to see certain battles in the mod.

[Alexandros Megas]

I think that another great battles are 60 years before the start of the game: The Alexander's Campaign!! I have tried (unsuccessfully) to create the battles of Chaeronea (338 BC Makedonia vs KH), Granicus (Makedonia vs Pontus), Issus (Makedonia vs Pahlava-Pontus), Gaugamela (Makedonia vs Pahlava-Hayasdan) and Hidaspes (Makedonia-Arche Seleukeia vs Saka-Baktria). Has anybody tried to recreate these battles? The closest approach I have reached was to recreate them in custom battle, but in the battle editor I always do terrible mistakes.

Another interesting battles could be: Syracuse siege (213 BC by Marcellus), Teotoburg Forests (9 AD Arminius vs Varus), Battle of Crannon (Lamiac War, Makedonia vs KH 322 BC), Battle of Gindaros (Anthony's Parthian Campaign 38 BC, in a battle between the forces of Publius Ventidus and Pacchorus), Battle of Heraclea 280 BC, Battle of Thapsus (46 BC), The battles of Vercellae and Acquae Sextae (Marius against the Teutons and Cimbrians). Battle of Beth Zechariah (162 BC), and in a very late time in the history the besiege of Jerusalem by the romans (70 AD).

If there is posible, two of the main battles of the roman civil war between Caesar and the Optimates: Pharsalus and Munda.

There are a large amount of battles but I can't remember in this moment

[CorporalJigsore]

Well Greco-Baktria didn't exist until after Alexanders timeframe, he founded the cities after all. Or are you meaning using some Iranian troops from the Baktria roster?

[Alexandros Megas]

Exactly! The greek roster for bactrian didn't exist at that moment, but the indo-iranian roster was always available! For example for the Battle of Hidaspes, the army of Porus can be somposed by Elephants, Sreni Pattya Yoddaha (Heavy Infantry), perhaps Taxilan Agema, Hindus Patiyodha, Hindus Pattisainya and Kamboja Asvaka Ksatriya. It would be good to include chariots in that army.

[Lionheart]

Agrigentum in 261 B.C.
Tunis in 255 B.C.
Faesulae in 225 B.C.
Telamon in 224 B.C.
Clastidium in 222 B.C.
Silarus in 212 B.C.
Herdonia in 212 B.C.
Numistro in 210 B.C.
Asculum in 209 B.C.
1 of Lamia in 209 B.C.
This are some battles in the 3 century B.C.

[QuintusSertorius]

Phillippi (first and/or second) for some Roman on Roman civil war action.