Reuniting the Tribes: A Getai AAR

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Chapter 3- the battle for Kallatis

In the winter of 271, all our forces to take Kallatis were ready. In the following spring, Zalmodegikos per Buridava was to march out and start uniting the tribes. But he never got the chance. Two months before he was to march out, he became very ill, and died at the age of 62.


His son, Oroles per Drobeta took over the throne, and he promised to finish his fathers mission of uniting the tribes.


Selected members of the bodyguard unit of Zalmodegikos was transferred over to the bodyguard unit of Oroles. I was one of them.

So Oroles per Drobeta took his fathers army in the spring of 270 and went to besiege Kallatis.



In the summer of 270, he reached Kallatis and promptly put it under siege.


And in the early autumn of 270, he assaulted Kallatis.


Our leader waited anxiously for his troops to get organized, for this was his first real battle. I was in my leaders row, second from his right.


Two units of Komatai Epilektoi pushed the two rams to the walls.


And while that was being done, our archers and slingers opened fire, in volleys so devastating, the enemy’s entire unit of archers were completely annihilated!


Our rams started to ram the walls, and the enemy waited nervously behind their walls.



Finally, when the walls were breached, and our Komatai charged in, came our brothers, heavily depleted from the devastating volleys of arrows and stones.


And with heavy hearts, we engaged them, brother versus brother.


Meanwhile, the enemy general charged his cavalry into our right flank, and a fierce battle started.



Finally, the enemy general surfaced and started to attempt to hack our men down.


On the other flank, our brothers were the first to flee.


And were soon cut down, much to our sadness. Brothers died unnecessarily for a greedy and evil Hellen king.


But replacing our dead brothers were Hellenic levies, and they tied our men up for a long time.


On the right flank, the last few cavalry still fought on, with the help of the Hellenic skirmishers.


And the battle raged on the left flank, but the enemy levies were wavering.


On the right flank, the enemy already routed. Only the enemy general and a few cavalry were left.


And soon the enemy general was dead, among the dead of his own men.


We chased the enemy to their town square, where the last three cavalry units made a pathetic charge, along with their Hellenic skirmishers.


Our Drapanai soon arrived and began to slaughter the enemy.


As they were doing that, some Galatikoi Kluddolon came and began to deal with their last unit, a unit of Hellenic levies.


We soon pushed hem back, and methodically killed them.



While this was going on, Oroles per Drobeta rode into the town.


As I rode along with him (I'm fourth from left), I surveyed the carnage. There were bodies everywhere, mostly Greek ones. Then we passed the bodies of our brothers. Oroles paused, said a prayer, and then rode on. We did the same.

At the plaza, the enemy only had a few men left.


But soon they fell, and the town was ours! We have united our first tribe!


When the body count was in, we were very surprised at how few men we lost. This is surly a sign of the gods!


When the town was secured, we learned two things:
One, there was a port for this town,


And two, that this tribe was a tribe that was skilled at making very long, curved swords. Thus, we could now train the dreaded Thraikioi Rhomphaiaphoroi!


With these, our armies will become almost unstoppable!
Our Vasil, as we now call Oroles per Drobeta, will be commissioning several units of these to help us unite our next tribe, which is yet to be decided.


btw, any noticeable improvements in the graphics?