Quote Originally Posted by Myth View Post
yuyyerh you do realise that the Brutii can sail to Greece on turn #1 and take Appolonia on turn #2? By turn 5 or 6 they can hold Sparta. If the Scipii dedicate troops and ships early on to beat them to the punch, Carthage and Greece will have a field day back on Sicily.
The Brutii do capture Appolonia in 2 turns, but once they didn't for some reason. There were more rebels than there normally are - about 6-7 units. They were too strong for the Brutii, who just hung back and captured it around 10 - 15 turns later. I was the Scipii. I controlled all of Sicily and Carthage was mine by this time and I had Thermon, Sparta and Athens. I just sent a force of 10 units to take Appolonia. By the time I was ready to fight Rome, the Brutii had only Tarentum and Croton :-D. But they had full 20 -unit garrisons.