Ahhh, Well, I'm going to make myself some chicken soup right now, then I'm adding another update cause well, This AAR stuff is really fun hahaha. I just took Korinth and Chalkis, the latter was more reluctant to join the cause, but was forced into it if they wanted to be free from Makedon.
I didnt say this before, so I'll say it now, Governments will be instantly installed if the City joined the League without coercement. Unrest will cause the government to be installed slower. Chalkis is one of these, due to protesters. who were given a funny punishment, and it will have effects later in the story.
Also anyone else following this, I am wondering if I should make a short military alliance with Epirotes. Would this make any sense? I'm using poetic license with my AAR, but I'd like to stay within the confines of plausibility. Some things I'll come to you guys for, like certain alliances and stuff, so what you guys want will have an effect on what happens somewhat.
For much later when the 2nd Pelopenesian war happens, I'd like someone to Be the Supreme commander of Athens. Maion if your interested, she's all yers.
UPDATE NUMBA 2
Securing the Peloponnese
A ballsy opportunistic Admiral named Kleon, King of Thieves attacked the Athenian fleet with 157 ships in between the Attike port and Krete.
Admiral Nikandros used his faster Pentekonteroi to flank the slower pirates, sinking 117 ships, caturing 7 and losing only 45 of his own.. Kleon drowned in the battle and the surviving pirates dispersed in all directions. After dropping off Areus' army at the port, Nikandros sailed to the Isthmus to engage the Makedones fleet there. Effectively trapping them. Admiral Arpalos commanded 105 Pentekonteroi, and Nikandros had 112 with 7 of the pirates vessels. The bloody engagement lasted the entire day, creeping into the night. Arpalos lost 57 ships, while Nikandros lost only 31 and captured 4. Admiral Arpalos blitzed through towards the Agean and went North, with Nikandros closely behind him. and was engaged by the Makedonian fleet led by Admiral Alkaios in late Autumn.
Korinthos sent a runner to Sparte, to ask the other King that they would gladly join the league if Sparte would liberate them. And also notified them that the majority of the Makedonian army left with their King to engage Pyhrros near Pella. King Akrotatos Agiados accepted and immediately left for Korinthos with 124 Spartans, 3240 Athenians, and 2400 Helots, arriving and laying siege that very week. Areus moved and challenged a inferior army led by a Captain Hephaistion just East of Athenai, but they withdrew to Euboia.
Reaching the enemy fleet several days after Hephaistion's hasty retreat, Admiral Nikandros attacked. The battle was a massacre. all Makedonian ships were sunk and Admiral Alkaios was captured and executed. Nikandros' 2nd Echelon lost 2 ships, being the only losses. Due to this stunning victory Nikandros was given the option to retire, but he refused saying "I shall serve on the seas till the day I die." The old seadog sailed deep into the Agean searching for his only escaped foe... Arpalos. He found him admist a brutal storm off the island of Skyros
Nikadros sunk all the Makedonian ships without a single loss of his own. Tales of Nikandros' battles had by now reached the farthest extent of the Mediterranean, by the time of the Battle of Skyros he was only 36. He now took the initiative and blockaded the trading port at Lesbos.
In early Spring of 271 BC, Euboia, begging Areus to free them from Makedon reluctantly agreed to join the Spartan League if they indeed defeated Hephaistions army. Areus left in the Early winter dispite the frigid temperature as a sign of good faith and determination to free the Euboians. His army comprised of 120 Spartans, 3240 Athenian hoplites, 1200 Helot slingers, 1410 Cretan archers, and the remaining 1830 Cretan Phalangites. Totalling 7700 men. He built to rams and sent a diplomat to Pella demanding the surrender of Korinth and Euboia. Odysseus Kalabrios, was unsuccessful in swaying the Makedonians, so he told them "Your Generals will hang by their necks from the Akropolis."
It was around this time that Sparte's long awaited market was finished. Something the town could be wholesomely proud of. The influx of traders helped push Sparte's crumbling economy back.
King Akrotatos Agiados attacked Korinth with his 6890 warriors Korinth was defended by 5400 men led by an Alexandros Argeades. An influential drunk (as most Makedonians are) with only small skirmishes under his belt. No match for a hardened Spartan Lion like an Agiados.
"LIBERTY! FREEDOM! All Spartans know and live by this words, day after day! But not all Greeks are as lucky! As free men it is our duty to save our brothers from these Makedonian Barbarians!" The reply came loudest from the smallest in numbers... "HARROO HARROOOO!"
There was no resistance on the walls where the tower was going.
The first Athenian detachment moved up quickly and engaged the Phalangites foolishly placed on the walls. The Athenians performed poorly, losing almost 100 men, for 20 or 50 Makedones within the first hour. This began to change when the 2nd detachment of Athenians deployed on the walls and engaged. But despite their best efforts the Athenians began dropping faster than they could kill.
"We must deploy... now... The Athenians are outnumbered. This battle will be decided by Sparta not Athens." Akrotatos told his Lieutenant. He deployed on the walls and moved into the streets, running around the walls and moving back up through the Gatehouse.
As the Spartans moved along the sides of wall A young Athenian pushed the Makedonian Standard bearer off the walls with his shield, effectively gutting the moral of the phalangites and marking the end of their lives. "FOR ATHENA!!!" Outnumbered and outskilled these citizen warriors fought tooth and nail, like true warriors, refusing to quit. the thousands of bodies littered the wall breaking the efficiency of the melee. It was a boodbath.
"SPARTA HAVE COME! PUSH ON!" The now trapped Makedones were butchered by the Spartans, and not a moment too soon. only 680 of the original 3240 Athenians remained at the end of the engagement. "Hail Spartan, you've saved us." one Athenian is quoted as saying upon greeting his saviours. The King took his helots and his into the streets, leaving the Athenians to look after the wounded and dead.
118 spartans vs. 1500 hoplites and 550 heavy horses... an unfair advantage... for Sparte! Victory was assured.
The King deployed at the end of the streed, goading the young Alexandros. This would be no repeat of Alexandros The Great's cavalry charge.
The horses pushed the Spartans back to the helots and were promptly massacred
Only 5 of his best horsemen remained when Alexandros pulled out. When the Spartans reformed back at the end of the street, Alexandros foolishly repeated his charge.
this time no dice... in minutes his men were dead leaving him surrounded. He fought valiantly, killing a Spartan named Timarchos, finally being silenced by by Xenophon, a 40 year old man, stabbing him through the curiass. But the young man refused to die. He broke Xenophons spear, swinging his sword violently. Xenophon drew his blade and sliced the poor boy's head off cleanly.
The final engagement was brutal and quick. Using the helots to surround the last men in the square, Akrotatos massacred the rest. The last hoplite was quoted as saying "Forgive us." before being slain.
85 Spartans lived to tell their glorious tale, of the 6890 Greeks who faced Makedon, 4410 survived. 45 prisoners were taken and would serve their lives as slaves.
Akrotatos was celebrated as a hero, he let Korinth remain as a Klerouchia, governing her own internal affairs, but military control was given to Sparte to protect the whole of the League. With his helots and Spartans, Akrotatos returned to Sparte.
Eudamidas Eurypontidos, a Spartan General was sent with 124 Spartans and 3600 Helots to bolster Athens' defence.
Two weeks later Areus launched his own assault on Chalkis.
"The Gods watch your everymove today! Do Zeus, Ares, Athena, and Nike proud! For you owe them everything! Be brave, and we will enjoy another victory!"
Again the cheers of the Spartans outweighed those of the other nations.
The barrages worked just like on Krete. The Athenian Hapoi moved to the left to cover the Kretan Phalangites, who held off the Makedones' counter attacks against the gateway.
The Athenians Haploi moved to the Western Street and held the counter attacks there,
the regular Hoplitai moved to the right, and swung around on the Eastern approach.
All warriors performed well, advancing at pace, casualties minimal, & many Makedones were slaughtered. But Bombarded by Javalins, the haploi charged prematurely before the Kretans and Spartans were still fighting in the street. This caused the Regulars to charge aswell to save the levy hoplites.
Areus seeing this moved through the Phalangites and cut the remaining Makedonian hoplites to peices then charged home into the enemy phalangites.
Somewhere in the resulting carnage Hephaistion was killed, the man responsible is not known even to this day. but he most likely fell to an Athenian.
With the Phalangites surrounded, the Makedones were quickly slain.
Chalkis was secured. "LONG LIVE AREUS! HARROO!" was the victory cry. No Makedon survived the battle.
Several hundred Euboians protested the League, saying they were no better than the Makedones. Areus invited them to endure the same hardship he and all Spartan boys must. He threw them out into the hills with only a loin cloth and a spear. The rest of Chalkis fell in line. Due to this unrest though the Klerouchia government took much longer to install then predicted, taking roughly 6 seasons.
After this Areus decided he should push forth to Makedone taking the fight to their people for a change. But only next year. That Spring had seen the unity of the Peloponnese. Sparte was safe... For now. It was then Kalabrios was sent to meet with Pyhrros to discuss a military alliance against Makedon. this discussion took over a season, with many meetings, and it's result was not certain. It was during the summer of 271 that the League's economy was on the rise. Bolstered trade from Chalkis and Korinth, aswell as goods from Ptolemy, and grain exports from Rhodes kicked the economy back over. Albeit 113 mnai or so...
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