Commands and Colors: Medieval Scenarios
List of All Scenarios (listed by scenario title)
Callinicum (Phase 1)
(Commands & Colors: Medieval)
In the spring of 531 AD, the Persian army, now commanded by the able general Azarethes, again invaded the Byzantine territory of Syria. Belisarius was…
Callinicum (Phase 2)
(Commands & Colors: Medieval)
Azarethes had proven himself to be the better tactician in this battle. He had moved most of his heavy cavalry unnoticed to his left and they charged…
Catalaunian Fields (Roman Left)
(Commands & Colors: Medieval)
Attila had a pretext for invading Gaul. Honoria, the older sister of the Western Roman Emperor, appealed directly to Attila to escape an arranged…
Catalaunian Fields (Roman Right)
(Commands & Colors: Medieval)
Attila’s army advanced into Gaul, leaving behind a trail of destroyed, plundered cities. His army was delayed at Orleans when the Alan inhabitants…
Dara
(Commands & Colors: Medieval)
When negotiation for peace between Justinian and Kavadh failed in 529 AD, the Sassanid king sent an army towards Dara, while Justinian ordered…
Decimum (Final Phase)
(Commands & Colors: Medieval)
When the fleeing Byzantines reached Belisarius, they rallied quickly and reformed their ranks. Belisarius then set out for Ad Decimum at full speed.…
Decimum (Phase 1)
(Commands & Colors: Medieval)
In 530 AD, Gelimer dethroned the Vandal king Hilderic, a vassal of Justinian the Byzantine emperor. Hilderic appealed for help, also citing Gelimer’s…
Decimum (Phase 2)
(Commands & Colors: Medieval)
John ended his pursuit of Ammatus’ survivors at the gates of Carthage. Meanwhile Solomon, one of Belisarius’ subordinates, arrived with the Byzantine…
Lazic War (Onoguris)
(Commands & Colors: Medieval)
In 555 AD, after the death of Mihr-Mihroe, Nachoragan was appointed commander of the Sassanid army and marched to attack the Byzantines that were…
Lazic War (Petra Mountain Passes)
(Commands & Colors: Medieval)
The Lazic War was fought between the Byzantine Empire and Sassanid Persia for control of Lazica, a province on the eastern shore of the Black Sea. As…
Lazic War (Phasis River)
(Commands & Colors: Medieval)
After raising the siege of Petra. Mihr-Mihroe left a small Sassanid force in the city while he withdrew due to lack of supplies. He also left…
Lazic War (River Hippis)
(Commands & Colors: Medieval)
After Dagisthaeus destroyed Phabrizus’ Sassanid forces at the Phasis River, (see Phasis River scenario), it was not long before another Sassanid army,…
Melebasa
(Commands & Colors: Medieval)
After the battle at Thannuris, Belisarius brought his defeated army back to Dara. Awaiting him were orders from Justinian, the Byzantine emperor, to…
Satala
(Commands & Colors: Medieval)
After the Sassanid loss at Dara, under the guidance of Mihr-Mihroe another Sassanid army was assembled and marched to the city of Satala in Byzantine…
Solachon (Kardarigan’s Stand)
(Commands & Colors: Medieval)
As his army dissolved into a mass of fugitives, Kardarigan and the only remaining soldiers still in formation found refuge on a nearby hilltop. The…
Solachon (Main Battle)
(Commands & Colors: Medieval)
After another failure to negotiate peace, Kardarigan led the Sassanid army into Mesopotamia. Philippicus, newly assigned commander of the Persian…
Thannuris
(Commands & Colors: Medieval)
During the Iberian War against the Sassanid Empire in the year 528 AD, Emperor Justinian dispatched Belisarius and a small force of infantry from Dara…
Tricamarum
(Commands & Colors: Medieval)
The defeat at Ad Decimum did not deter Gelimer, and shortly after his brother Tzazon returned from putting down a rebellion in Sardinia, the two…
Utus River
(Commands & Colors: Medieval)
After the Eastern Roman Empire stopped its tribute to the Huns around the year 444 AD, Attila’s army again invaded the Balkan regions of the Eastern…