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    Personally one of my favorite things about rtw is the generals. The reason i like rtw better then m2tw is because of the generals. The generals in m2tw are boring knights and kings while in rome there a greeks egyptians africans romans barbarians and eastern people. Now when you explain your general its more your FAVORITE general for instance if you have a ten star command ten star management and ten influence but hes corrupt and drunk and hes not your favorite then dont talk about him. My favorite was a julii general named vibius the great/mighty/orater he was a master(ten star) influence and nine star command he was a straight roman not a drunk or anything, he was a legendary hero and commander and he only lost one close victory against 3 scipii stacks on VERY HARD he also conquered all of europe by himself(no other generals other then son) and destroyed the other familys and senat. not including sythia. My favorit name for him is Vibius the great (roman version): Vibius julius Magnus. Its kinda funny his only son Decius Julius(i think) died trying to conquer britain and later he addopted a roman named Gaius Syrus (later i laughed at the fact his most famous battle was in syria LOL SYRUS:SYRIA) His real nick name was Gaius the cold hearted but i nick named him Syrus asiaticus because he conquered asia.

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    Witch Smeller Persuivant Member Fate's Avatar
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    From my RTW campaigns, my favourite general so far will be from my recent Armenian campaign.
    I'd contained all of asia minor, and had just taken Parthia out of the Urals, and the main method of holding of the rampaging Ptolmies was via a fort in the mountain pass of cillicia and cappadocia. I'd had a fort in place for about ten turns, consisting of huge amounts of HA's, some CA's and some basic spears, all lead by one rookie general (who's name i cannot actually remember, but many of his titles, i can!)
    After knocking back somewhere in the region of 20 ptolmie stacks, i went on the offensive. By this point he was already known as the defender, and within a few short turns of non-sally battles, he became the horse lord.
    He had around 8 stars, 7 influence, and a list of retinues which meant that when attacking, with horse archers, against ptolmies, he had somewhere in the region of 15 command stars.

    His cataphract bodyguard was simply unbeatable.

    Having taken Tarsus, and then then Antioch i decided to use the advanced facilities there to build up a new army, heavily relying on phalanxes, where i led him into southern syria/phoenica to take Sidon.

    His army, led by a man who now had the title of "the conquerer" beat back the first 3 ptolmie stacks that attacked him in one turn, but then the fourth, the fourth succeeded, heavily reliant on chariots, the egyptians put him away for good, but not before he was able to do a huge amount of damage to the final attacking force.

    This man bolstered my armenian campaigns by great leaps and bounds.
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    Hmm... if the AI was programmed to emulate the most stupid Generals in history, that would explain a lot.

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    Me it was with the Macedonians...he had 8 star ,9 of influence
    he gained the name Aloes the conquerer,he was god amongst men....to bad I deleted the game.

    Oh yeah and he was a roman slayer(+1 command against romans)
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    I haven't even played a whole campaign, but I still have my faves.

    One was a completely insane Roman named Titus the Mad. He had zero of everything, and so I sent him out into the Grecian peninsula with a modest amount of troops to scout out the Macedonians. I had half-hoped he'd be killed, just to keep his equally crazy descendants from populating my family. Anyways, he ended up conquering the whole peninsula from the Macedonians and Greeks and died peacefully 40 years later en route to Egypt, where the latest war had begun.

    Unfortunately, he had about 5 kids before that, and now I'm running a madhouse of a faction.

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    i got a general being called as the great,too bad his name not alexander.........

    and 2 general called the brave...
    Last edited by guineawolf; 07-28-2007 at 15:39.
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    I stole it from a stupid Iceni Member Shieldmaiden's Avatar
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    In my first ever Campaign, my Julii Faction Leader Flavius the Great conquered Gaul and Germania before dying - peacefully - the year just before I took Alesia and destroyed the Gauls forever.

    His heir Lucius the Killer conquered Rome - but due to my n00bness, and Temples of Ceres and Bachus - he and the Julii all turned into randy drunks

    I've never had a General called "the Great" since, so I remember Flavius Julius fondly
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