Post your EB empires!

[Lazy O]

Hmmm, wont the names be a bit innacurate?

[QuintusSertorius]

Hmmm, wont the names be a bit innacurate?

They will, but Saba were the closest fit I could manage really. At least they have some recruitables in the region, rather than relying entirely on mercs.

Turns out the Arabian light infantry are better than Pantodapoi. Though virtually everyone is better than Pantodapoi, so not that surprising.

[The_Blacksmith]

They will, but Saba were the closest fit I could manage really. At least they have some recruitables in the region, rather than relying entirely on mercs.

Turns out the Arabian light infantry are better than Pantodapoi. Though virtually everyone is better than Pantodapoi, so not that surprising.

i accualy enjot having Arabian Light, I use them indread of Akontistai reason being that they have better melee and they have javs... killer combo...

[Fluvius Camillus]

i accualy enjot having Arabian Light, I use them indread of Akontistai reason being that they have better melee and they have javs... killer combo...

Not to forget they fight with spears in melee, which makes them even more useful!

~Fluvius

[QuintusSertorius]

i accualy enjot having Arabian Light, I use them indread of Akontistai reason being that they have better melee and they have javs... killer combo...

They're a neat alternative sort of "heavy skirmisher" to peltastai. Better against cavalry, due to the spears.

Not to forget they fight with spears in melee, which makes them even more useful!

~Fluvius

Indeed. I'm planning to splash out on a range of mercs when things have stabilised with my economy; some merc hoplites, some Jewish spearmen (as thureophoroi-a-likes) and some Parthian horse-archers if I can find them. The rest I'll fill out with my regionals (Arabian light infantry and cavalry, Arabian slingers, Syrian archers).

[QuintusSertorius]

Not long later, here's the sort of crap the AI has started throwing my way:



I wonder if its run out of proper armies in the region. They're at war with the Ptolemies again, no surprise there.

Not much different here three years later:

[Biowulf]

My Arverni Campaign M/M 203 BC


The center of my little empire

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Our new pirate hunting force :D

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We're #2! We're #2!

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Don't let the dip fool you, I disbanded all my garrisons for internal settlements and disbanded a few units that took too long to retrain. I lost the equivalent of a fullstack and a half of troops at least.

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Allies: Casse, Aedui, Sauromatae, and Baktria
Enemies: Epeiros, Lusos, Romans
Dead: Sweboz (by me), Pontos (by AS), Makedonia (by Epeiros), Parthia (by AS)

My goals right now are take out the Romans, give the Aedui the western coast of Italy + Sicily, take Iberia and perhaps divide it among the factions I want to see survive, then I'll cripple the Epirotes and give some land to the Getai just for fun.

What's happened so far:
My first action was to remove the Aedui from Gaul proper and unite it under the banner of the Verrix. The Aedui, with just Mediolanum, took all of Northern Italy and I allied with them against the Romans. However, the inevitable happened and the Romans pushed them back to Segesta and that's when I invaded Italy the first time. I sacked my way down to Rome and nearly lost my king in the process, but a series of Heroic victories kept his army from disappearing. I let Rome and Arretium rebel back to the Romans and kept Northern Italy safe from Roman aggression. By the time I managed that I had begun wars with the Sweboz and Lusos since I bordered them. The lusos continually besiege Emporion and Burdigala, but continually fail to take them. Once my king died, his successor (who still lives at age 63) declared a personal war between him and the Sweboz which ended just a few years ago. Early in my game Galatia rebelled against the Arche and went to me. I tried to hold onto it as best I could, but the neverending swarms of grey eventually defeated the local king. It was this event that spurred the AS into action, culminating into two invasions of the Ptolemaic homeland. The first invasion was beaten back for a time even though the Ptolies lost Alexandria and Memphis, and I thought for a few turns that they would actually be able to turn the tide, but the AS was on too much of a roll. They just lost their last African settlement, leaving them with Salamis on Kypros. Which brings us to the present turn. After dealing with constant rebellions Epeiros decided to attack at Segestica and to invade Asia Minor. They currently have only one enemy: me. I resumed my invasion of Italy once my Verrix destroyed the Sweboz and so far I've been dealing with the mini stacks of Hoplitai Haploi and various samnite soldiers.