Hey everyone I've decided to start my own AAR for my Roman save, starting in 131 BC, this is mainly so people can follow me with the progress of my campaign rather than a dramatic storytelling AAR.

I'm playing on h/m with some house rules put in, to stick roughly to historical expansion and also I destroy every building possible in every city that i take over, i do this so it takes longer to get new provinces to be valuable and productive which is more realistic than taking over a city with nearly everything already built.

POST ONE - INTRODUCTION

OK now for the introduction to the stage the game is at, the year is 131 BC, my empire stretches from Iberia to Asia Minor. The Marian reforms have been in place for around 20 years and after a century of constant wars I finally have a period of peace. AS, Epeiros, Aedui, Kart-Hadast, Pontos, Saka and Pahlava have all been wiped out. I am currently at war with the Arverni, Macedon and Ptolemaioi. I have no allies to speak of, clearly my expansion has not gone down well with the rest of Europe.



The constant invasions of the Arverni into Cisalpine Gaul have forced me to build forts to block all the passes between the mountains, each with a tough stack of men in. I'm sticking roughly historical accuracy so I won't take Gaul for another 60 or 70 years. Until then i will pick off their invading forces and generally keep them under control.



In the last 2 or 3 decades i have quickly occupied all of Greece, the western portion of Asia Minor and Kydonia. I plan to stop expanding east for a while in order to build up the towns there so I don't have a stretched supply line.