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Mt Vesuvius (73 BC) Scenario#: 208 Date: 73-BC Location: Mt. Vesuvius, Italy The greatest slave revolt against Rome was led by a gladiator named Spartacus. He was a Thracian slave, trained as a gladiator by his owner, Lentulus Batiatus, at a gladiatorial school near Capua. Spartacus escaped from the school with 78 … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #2: Rome and the Barbarians
Vercellae (101 BC) Scenario#: 207 Date: 101-BC Location: Vercellae, Italy Following his victory over the Teutons and Ambrones at the Battle of Aquae Sextiae, Gaius Marius moved east to join Quintus Lutatius Catulus against the Cimbri in the Po valley of northern Italy. Beorix, the Cimbri king, had been waiting … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #2: Rome and the Barbarians
Aquae Sextiae (102 BC) Scenario#: 206 Date: 102-BC Location: Aix-en-Provence, France Following the disaster at Aruasio in 105 BC, Rome elected Marius as Consul to deal with the emergency. He was granted a reprieve as the Teutones and Ambrones decided to invade Spain rather than Italy, and spent the years 104-103 … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #2: Rome and the Barbarians
Scirthaea (103 BC) Scenario#: 205 Date: 103-BC Location: Caltabellotta, Sicily The fiercest Slave revolt outbreak, before Spartacus, was known as the Second Sicilian Slave War (104-100 BC). Publius Licinius Nerva, governor of Sicily, in accordance with a Senatorial order that no citizen of an allied state could be kept as … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #2: Rome and the Barbarians
Arausio (105 BC) Scenario#: 204 Date: 105-BC Location: Arausio, France Following the Punic Wars, Rome set out to consolidate the territories it had captured beyond the Alps. At the same time a major migration by the Cimbri, Teutons and Ambrones under the Kings Boiorix and Teutobod was moving south, reportedly … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #2: Rome and the Barbarians
Clastidium (222 BC) Scenario#: 203 Date: 222-BC Location: Casteggio, Italy Not content with the slaughter of the Gauls at Telamon, the Romans launched a series of punitive expeditions into Cisalpine Gaul over the next three years. In 222 a combined Roman army under the consuls Marcus Claudius Marcellus and Gnaeus … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #2: Rome and the Barbarians
Telamon (225 BC) Scenario#: 202 Date: 225-BC Location: Talamone, Italy Aenorestes and Concolitanus retreated northwards, pursued by Aemilius Papus with about 30,000 troops. It looked like the Gauls would escape with their booty. Then fortune smiled on Rome. The consul Atilius Regulus was returning from suppressing a… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #2: Rome and the Barbarians
Clusium (225 BC) Scenario#: 201 Date: 225-BC Location: Faesulae, Italy The Cisalpine Gauls (those living south of the Alps) had sacked Rome in 390 BC and fought intermittently with Rome for the next 150 years. After a series of defeats early in the Third century BC, the Gauls remained quiet … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #2: Rome and the Barbarians
Pydna (168 BC) Scenario#: 124 Date: 168-BC Location: Pydna, Greece The Roman victory at Cynoscephalae (197) had humbled, but not eliminated, the Macedonian army. As the reality of Roman world domination became clear, most of Greece rallied to support Perseus, the son of Philip V. The Third Macedonian War broke … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #1: Greeks and Eastern Kingdoms
Indus (306 BC) Scenario#: 123 Date: 306-BC Location: Ganges Valley, India Seleucus of Syria crossed the Indus in 306 to recapture the Ganges Valley that had been overrun by the Mauryan king, Chandragupta. Using a cavalry feint, Seleucus had crossed the Indus and drew up in a strong defensive position. Deployed … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #1: Greeks and Eastern Kingdoms
Cronium (376 BC) Scenario#: 122 Date: 376-BC Location: Cronium, Sicily In 410 BC, Carthage invaded Greek Sicily, ending seventy years of peace. In the turmoil surrounding the Punic invasion, Dionysius I was able to establish a tyranny in Syracuse in 405. Dionysius initiated a series of wars against Carthage and … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #1: Greeks and Eastern Kingdoms
Magnesia (190 BC) Scenario#: 121 Date: 190-BC Location: Izmir Province, Turkey Following his defeat at Raphia, Antiochus III campaigned continuously to restore his empire. He re-conquered Asia Minor, Armenia, Parthia and Bactria. Next, he avenged Raphia with a decisive victory over the Ptolemaic Egyptians at Panion in 199 BC.… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #1: Greeks and Eastern Kingdoms
Cynoscephalae (197 BC) Scenario#: 120 Date: 197-BC Location: Thessaly, Greece Victory in the Second Punic War (218-201 BC) established Rome as the dominant power in the Western Mediterranean. Since Philip V of Macedon had allied with Hannibal during that war, Rome had a score to settle. Rome used complaints from … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #1: Greeks and Eastern Kingdoms
Raphia (217 BC) Scenario#: 119 Date: 217-BC Location: Raphia, Gaza Strip The Wars of the Successors led to the establishment of three Hellenistic Kingdoms: the Antigonids (Macedon), the Ptolemies (Egypt) and the Seleucids (from Asia Minor to India). The Seleucid Empire began to fragment, losing Judea and most of its… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #1: Greeks and Eastern Kingdoms
Beneventum (275 BC) Scenario#: 118 Date: 275-BC Location: Benevento, Italy After the battle of Asculum, Pyrrhus left Italy for a three-year campaign in Sicily. Although he defeated the Carthaginians in every battle, he could not drive them off the island. Pyrrhus decided to return to Italy. Years of attrition and … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #1: Greeks and Eastern Kingdoms
Asculum (279 BC) Scenario#: 117 Date: 279-BC Location: Apulia, Italy Pyrrhus of Epirus nearly doubled the size of his army after his victory at Heraclea with Greeks, Samnites and Lucanians flocking to his standard. After absorbing the new recruits, Pyrrhus set off towards Rome. His advance was stopped at Asculum … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #1: Greeks and Eastern Kingdoms
Heraclea (280 BC) Scenario#: 116 Date: 280-BC Location: Heraclea, Italy As a youth, Pyrrhus of Epirus served as a lieutenant under the Diadochi, including Demetrius and Ptolemy. In 297 BC he regained his ancestral kingdom, and went on to seize the throne of Macedon. By 284 he was driven out … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #1: Greeks and Eastern Kingdoms
Ipsus (301 BC) Scenario#: 115 Date: 301-BC Location: Bayat, Turkey By 309 BC, all of Alexander’s heirs had been executed. The Successors ended the pretense of fighting for the restoration of the empire, and proclaimed themselves kings. With the most powerful army of all the contenders, Antigonus made a bid … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #1: Greeks and Eastern Kingdoms
Gabiene (316 BC) Scenario#: 114 Date: 316-BC Location: Isfahan Province, Iran After Paraitacene in 317, Eumenes was desperately trying to keep the united Empire of Alexander alive for his heirs. The following year, Antigonus emerged early from winter quarters and force marched across the desert to catch Eumenes off guard.… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #1: Greeks and Eastern Kingdoms
Paraitacene (317 BC) Scenario#: 113 Date: 317-BC Location: Isfahan, Iran By 318 BC the Successors had formed two competing alliances: the ‘Royalists’ who claimed to fight to maintain the empire for Alexander’s infant sons, and a rival coalition that sought to claim their own independent kingdoms. The opposing Successor… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #1: Greeks and Eastern Kingdoms
Hellespont (323 BC) Scenario#: 112 Date: 321-BC Location: Dardanelles, Turkey Alexander's death in 323 BC threw his empire into a state of political and military turmoil, with his generals and governors claiming independent kingdoms as his “Successors” (the Diadochia). Perdiccas inherited the main Macedonian army and the title… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #1: Greeks and Eastern Kingdoms
Hydaspes (326 BC) Scenario#: 111 Date: 326-BC Location: Punjab Province, Pakistan Having gained control over all of the known civilized world, Alexander ventured into India in 326 BC. He met Resistance from Porus at the River Hydaspes. Porus’ large corps of 200 elephants thwarted all of Alexander’s attempts to cross the … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #1: Greeks and Eastern Kingdoms
Jaxartes River (328 BC) Scenario#: 110 Date: 329-BC Location: Khujand, Tajikistan By 329 BC Alexander had completed the subjugation of the eastern Persian satraps, and his army was building a new city, Alexandria Eschate, on the banks of the Jaxartes, to guard his northeastern frontier. A Scythian force under their chief, … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #1: Greeks and Eastern Kingdoms
Gaugamela (331 BC) Scenario#: 109 Date: 331-BC Location: Erbil, Iraq Rather than pursue Darius after the victory at Issus (333), Alexander turned south to neutralize the Persian fleet. In a two-year campaign he captured Tyre and Gaza, and conquered Egypt. In 331, Alexander marched into Mesopotamia, intent on attacking… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #1: Greeks and Eastern Kingdoms
Issus (333 BC) Scenario#: 108 Date: 333-BC Location: Issus, Turkey After the battle of Granicus River, Darius assembled a new army near Babylon while Alexander overran Asia Minor. Darius advanced into Syria to await the Macedonian invader. However, when Alexander’s advance was delayed due to his illness, Darius… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #1: Greeks and Eastern Kingdoms
Granicus (334 BC) Scenario#: 107 Date: 334-BC Location: Biga Çayı, Turkey Alexander succeeded his father in 336 BC, and after securing control of Macedon and the other Greek states, he marched east to challenge the Persian Empire. He crossed the Hellespont into Asia with about 32,000 infantry and 5,100 cavalry. Darius … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #1: Greeks and Eastern Kingdoms
Crocus Plain (352 BC) Scenario#: 106 Date: 352-BC Location: Thessaly, Greece In 359 BC, Philip became king of Macedon. As a youth he had been a hostage in Thebes, where he observed the innovations of Epaminondas. Applying these lessons, Philip created a combined arms force of a maneuverable phalanx, cavalry and … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #1: Greeks and Eastern Kingdoms
Mantinea (362 BC) Scenario#: 105 Date: 362-BC Location: Mantinea, Greece Thebes’ shocking victory at Leuctra in (371) had ended the Spartan hegemony over Greece. Epaminondas then organized the Arcadian League of cities in the Peloponnesus, in order to counter-balance Sparta and ensure Theban supremacy. A division in the… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #1: Greeks and Eastern Kingdoms
Leuctra (371 BC) Scenario#: 104 Date: 371-BC Location: Leuctra, Greece Sparta’s victory over Athens in the Peloponnesian War (431- 404) cemented the reputation of her hoplites as the premier infantry force in the world. However, Spartan arrogance following this victory led to the outbreak of hostilities with her former… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #1: Greeks and Eastern Kingdoms
Plataea (479 BC) Scenario#: 103 Date: 479-BC Location: Plataea, Greece The Persian emperor Xerses I led a massive invasion of Greece to avenge the defeat of his father’s forces at Marathon. After annihilating the 300 Spartans at Thermopylae, Xerxes captured and burned Athens. Macedon, Thessaly and Boeotia submitted to… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #1: Greeks and Eastern Kingdoms
Himera (480 BC) Scenario#: 102 Date: 480-BC Location: Himera, Sicily Phoenicia and Greece both colonized the western Mediterranean. Carthage unified the Punic cities into an empire, while Syracuse rose to become the leading Greek city under its first Tyrant, Gelon. With Theron of Akragas, Gelon took control of Himera… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #1: Greeks and Eastern Kingdoms
Marathon (490 BC) Scenario#: 101 Date: 490-BC Location: Marathon, Greece King Darius I of Persia sent an expedition against Athens in reprisal for the burning of Sardes in 498 BC during the failed Ionian Revolt. The Persian fleet under the joint command of Datis and Artaphernes landed near Marathon bay, … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #1: Greeks and Eastern Kingdoms
Paraitacene (317 BC) Scenario#: C3i22 Date: 317-BC Location: Eisfahan, Persia By 318 BC the Successors had formed two competing alliances: the ‘Royalists’ who claimed to fight to maintain the empire for Alexander’s infant sons, and a rival coalition that sought to claim their own independent kingdoms. The opposing Successor… Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #26
Argentoratum (357 AD) Scenario#: C3i21 Date: 357-AD Location: Alsace, France Julian, the young cousin of the Emperor Constantius, has been named to recover the situation in the West after a short civil war opened the frontier to raids and invasion by Franks and Alamanni tribes. Scarcely 23, with no military … Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #26
Adrianople (378 AD) Scenario#: C3i20 Date: 378-AD Location: Adrianople, Turkey A collection of mostly Goth tribes with some allies petitioned Valens to be allowed land and foederati status to escape the Huns. Valens badly needed allies and agreed, aided in the decision because the Goth leader, Fritigern, had accepted… Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #25
Adrianople (378 AD) Scenario#: C3i19 Date: 378-AD Location: Adrianople, Turkey A collection of mostly Goth tribes with some allies petitioned Valens to be allowed land and foederati status to escape the Huns. Valens badly needed allies and agreed, aided in the decision because the Goth leader, Fritigern, had accepted… Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #25
Camulodunum (60 AD) Scenario#: C3i18 Date: 60-AD Location: Camulodunum, England Queen Boudica led her army of rebels, predominantly Iceni and Trinovantes, to Camulodunum, once the Trinovante capital and now the Roman capital after the Roman invasion of Britain. The city had been designated a colony for unruly veterans of the … Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #24
Mona Insulis (60 AD) Scenario#: C3i17 Date: 60-AD Location: Monastir, Wales The island of Anglesey (Ynys Mon to the Welsh and Mona Insulis to the Romans), rich in grain and copper mines, became a refuge for several tribes opposed to the Roman occupation of Britain. The druids there gave moral and … Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #24
EPIC Asculum (279 BC) Scenario#: C3i16 Date: 279-BC Location: Asculum, Italy Pyrrhus of Epirus nearly doubled the size of his army after his victory at Heraclea with allied Greeks, Samnites and Lucanians flocking to his standard. After absorbing the new recruits, Pyrrhus set off towards Rome. His advance was stopped at … Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #23
EPIC Leuctra (371 BC) Scenario#: C3i15 Date: 371-BC Location: Boeotian, Greece Sparta’s victory in the Peloponnesian War (431-404) over Athens cemented the reputation of her hoplites as the premier infantry force in the world. However, Spartan arrogance following this victory led to the outbreak of hostilities with her former… Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #23
Himeras River (211 BC) Scenario#: C3i14 Date: 211-BC Location: Himera, Sicily Western Sicily had been a Carthaginian province for centuries, until Rome captured it in the First Punic War. Hannibal sent an agent, Epicydes, to Syracuse to lead a rebellion against Rome in 214. Rome responded by sending M. Claudius Marcellus … Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #22
Caralis (215 BC) Scenario#: C3i13 Date: 215-BC Location: Decimomannu, Sardinia Sardinia had been a Carthaginian province for centuries until the turmoil of the Truceless War (241-238) allowed Rome to opportunistically seize the island. This incident fed the hatred of Hamilcar Barca and his sons for Rome. While Hannibal was… Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #22
Cirta (203 BC) Scenario#: C3i12 Date: 203-BC Location: Constantine, Algeria Following his victory at Agathocles' Tower, Scipio Africanus was penned in when Hasdrubal Gisgo and Syphax arrived with two large armies. Unable to face them in open battle, Scipio destroyed these armies with a treacherous night attack after feigning… Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #21
Agathocles Tower (204 BC) Scenario#: C3i11 Date: 204-BC Location: Salaeca, Tunisia When Scipio Africanus invaded Africa in 204 BC, Carthage was caught without a field army. Carthage entrusted its immediate defense to Hanno son of Hamilcar. Hanno raised 4,000 cavalry - about 1,000 civic noble heavy cavalry, 1,000 Libyan cavalry and… Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #21
Umbria (217 BC) Scenario#: C3i10 Date: 217-BC Location: Lake Trasimene, Italy Even as one Roman army under Flaminius was being butchered by Hannibal’s troops at Lake Trasimenus in 217 BC, his colleague Gnaeus Servilius Geminus was racing to reinforce his fellow consul. Servilius Geminus hoped to trap Hannibal between the two … Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #21
Castrum Album (214 BC) Scenario#: C3i09 Date: 214-BC Location: Lucentum, Spain Following the defeat at Iliturgi, the Carthaginians made an unsuccessful attempt against Intibili, and then withdrew to the south. Early in the spring (214) they dealt with a major Iberian uprising, crushing the rebel army and re-imposing Punic… Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #20
Cissa (218 BC) Scenario#: C3i08 Date: 218-BC Location: Tarragona, Spain As the Second Punic War began (218 BC), Hannibal first conquered northern Spain. Before heading to Italy, he left his brother Hasdrubal with about 15,000 men in southern Spain and Hanno with 11,000 men in the north. The consul Publius … Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #20
Iliturgi (215 BC) Scenario#: C3i07 Date: 215-BC Location: Iliturgi, Spain Following the decisive victory of the Scipio brothers at Dertosa (215), Carthage sent out 13,500 reinforcements for Hasdrubal Barca under his brother Mago. Hasdrubal reorganized his command of 18,000 men into three small armies, one under his… Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #20
Po River (203 BC) Scenario#: C3i06 Date: 203-BC Location: Po Valley, Italy Following Scipio’s victory at Ilipa in 206 Mago once again sailed to the Balearic Isles to recruit mercenaries. Then, rather than fall back to Africa, as everyone expected, Mago launched the third Barcid invasion of Italy. With new levies from … Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #19
Celtiberia (207 BC) Scenario#: C3i05 Date: 207-BC Location: Celtiberia, Spain Following the Battle of Baecula, Hasdrubal and Mago Barca and Hasdrubal Gisco gathered for a council of war in 208 BC. They decided that Hasdrubal Barca would cross the Alps into Italy. Mago broke up his army to provide troops … Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #19