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Scenario#: 9     Date: 214-BC     Location: Benevento, Italy

Desperate for manpower to replace the losses at Cannae, the Romans found a unique solution. They formed two legions from slaves. They were given to the Consul Gracchus who saw their potential and trained them well. Two years later, still …

Commands & Colors: AncientsC&C Ancients
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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: AncientsC3i Magazine #21
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Scenario#: 406     Date: 36-BC     Location: Phraaspa, Armenia

Fresh from his dalliance with Cleopatra, Antony set out to conquer the Parthian empire, following a battle plan he discussed years before with Caesar. Avoiding Crassus’ mistake of striking directly through Mesopotamia, Antony took his massive army…

Commands & Colors: AncientsExpansion #4: Imperial Rome
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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: AncientsExpansion #2: Rome and the Barbarians
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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: AncientsExpansion #2: Rome and the Barbarians
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Scenario#: 505     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: AncientsExpansion #5: Epic Ancients II
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Scenario#: 11     Date: 208-BC     Location: Baecula, Spain

Publius Cornelius Scipio inherited his slain father’s bravery, but he also had the intelligence to modify standard Roman tactical doctrine. As he rebuilt and retrained the legions in Spain, he made them far more flexible tactically than any other…

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Scenario#: 302     Date: 80-BC     Location: Gibraltar, Gibraltar

Quintus Sertorius was a Roman noble who gained a reputation as a skillful military commander in the wars with the Cimbri and Teutones, and then in the Social War. Sertorius supported Marius’ “populares” and opposed Sullas’ “optimates” during the…

Commands & Colors: AncientsExpansion #3: The Roman Civil Wars
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Scenario#: 509     Date: 203-BC     Location: Medjerda, Tunisia

The Romans are on the verge of defeating Carthage and ending the First Punic War. Regulus and a veteran Roman army landed in Africa, and, though woefully short of cavalry, defeated several Carthaginian forces. Desperate, the Carthaginians turned to…

Commands & Colors: AncientsExpansion #5: Epic Ancients II
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Scenario#: 312     Date: 49-BC     Location: Bagradas River, Tunisia

King Juba of Numidia continued to support the Pompeians, even after Varus’ defeat at Utica. Curio led his Caesarian army after Varus, catching up with him at the Bagradas River. Curio attacked and routed the demoralized Pompeian army, and Varus …

Commands & Colors: AncientsExpansion #3: The Roman Civil Wars
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Scenario#: 306     Date: 58-BC     Location: Saone-et-loire, France

Gaius Julius Caesar, an ambitious Roman noble, had entered into a political alliance with Gnaeus Pompey and Marcus Licinius Crassus, which became known as the “First Triumvirate.” Caesar used these connections to obtain an appointment as proconsul…

Commands & Colors: AncientsExpansion #3: The Roman Civil Wars
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Scenario#: 313     Date: 48-BC     Location: Brindisi, Italy

While Julius Caesar was campaigning in Spain, Gnaeus Pompey was building a new army in Greece. After returning to Italy, Caesar made a risky January crossing of the Adriatic with a portion of his army, resolving to defeat his rival …

Commands & Colors: AncientsExpansion #3: The Roman Civil Wars
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Scenario#: 212     Date: 71-BC     Location: Strongoli, Italy

Spartacus retreated through Lucania into Bruttium and toward the sea. He encamped at Rhegium where he attempted to gain passage to Sicily with the help of some Cilician pirate ships. Spartacus judged he could open a new front against Rome …

Commands & Colors: AncientsExpansion #2: Rome and the Barbarians
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Scenario#: 213     Date: 71-BC     Location: Basilicata, Italy

After Spartacus escaped the Roman siege in Bruttium, the Gallic section of his slave army moved separately under the command of Cannicus and Castus. Marcus Licinius Crassus was now in a race, not only with the enemy, but also with …

Commands & Colors: AncientsExpansion #2: Rome and the Barbarians
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Scenario#: 7     Date: 216-BC     Location: Cannae, Italy

Now, fully aware of the threat posed by Hannibal, the Romans assembled a truly large army, perhaps up to 80,000 strong, led by two consuls and two pro-consuls. Unfortunately, on the day of battle, the incompetent consul Varrus held command and…

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Scenario#: 501     Date: 216-BC     Location: Cannae, Italy

Finally aware of the true threat posed by Hannibal, the Romans assembled a truly large army, perhaps up to 80,000 strong, lead by two consuls and two pro-consuls. When both consuls were present, Roman tradition was for them to alternate …

Commands & Colors: AncientsExpansion #5: Epic Ancients II
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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: AncientsC3i Magazine #22
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Scenario#: 402     Date: 53-BC     Location: Carrhae, Turkey

Along with Pompey and Julius Caesar, Marcus Licinius Crassus formed the secret “Triumvirate” which all but controlled Rome. Reputedly the richest man in Rome, Crassus lacked any great military achievement to compare with Caesar’s conquest of Gaul and…

Commands & Colors: AncientsExpansion #4: Imperial Rome
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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: AncientsC3i Magazine #20
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Scenario#: 10     Date: 211-BC     Location: Castulo, Spain

Time runs out for Publius Scipio. After several years of unbroken successes, the Scipio brothers rashly divide their armies to defeat the Carthaginians in detail. As Publius’s army nears Castulo, he realizes he is facing superior Carthaginian numbers…

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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: AncientsC3i Magazine #19
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Scenario#: 405     Date: 39-BC     Location: Anatolian Plateau, Turkey

After his victory at Philippi, Mark Antony was intent on waging war against the Parthians and avenging the defeat at Carrhae. Anthony sent Pubulius Ventidius Baussus ahead to pave the way. Ventidius was one of the most successful Roman generals …

Commands & Colors: AncientsExpansion #4: Imperial Rome
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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: AncientsC3i Magazine #21
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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: AncientsC3i Magazine #20
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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: AncientsExpansion #2: Rome and the Barbarians
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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: AncientsExpansion #2: Rome and the Barbarians
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Scenario#: 508     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 3rd century BC, the Gauls remained quiet …

Commands & Colors: AncientsExpansion #5: Epic Ancients II
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Scenario#: 301     Date: 82-BC     Location: Rome, Italy

Lucius Cornelius Sulla became the leader of the “optimates” faction in the civil war with the “populares” led by Gaius Marius. Sulla seized Rome in 88 BC and reorganized the government to his liking. However, when Sulla marched east to …

Commands & Colors: AncientsExpansion #3: The Roman Civil Wars
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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: AncientsExpansion #1: Greeks and Eastern Kingdoms
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Scenario#: 506     Date: 215-BC     Location: Dertosa, Spain

After Cannae, Rome struggled to rebuild its armies, but needed time. In Spain, Hannibal’s brother Hasdrubal commanded an army large enough to possibly let Carthage win the war – if it united with Hannibal’s victorious veterans. Standing in his way, …

Commands & Colors: AncientsExpansion #5: Epic Ancients II
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Scenario#: 8     Date: 215-BC     Location: Catalonia, Spain

After Cannae, Rome struggled to rebuild its armies, but needed time. In Spain, Hannibal’s brother Hasdrubal commanded an army large enough to possibly let Carthage win the war – if it united with Hannibal’s victorious veterans. Standing in his way, …

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Scenario#: 314     Date: 48-BC     Location: Durres, Albania

Julius Caesar crossed the Adriatic with seven depleted legions in order to confront Gnaeus Pompey’s main army and bring the civil war to an end. Antony, with the remaining five legions, was delayed (see Brindisi Raid). Caesar followed Pompey to …

Commands & Colors: AncientsExpansion #3: The Roman Civil Wars
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Scenario#: 219     Date: 54-BC     Location: Wheathampstead, England

When Caesar resumed his march inland, the Britons united under their newly appointed leader, Cassivellaunus. He ordered his troops to avoid pitched battles with the legions. Instead, they were to just harry the flanks of the legions and to attrit …

Commands & Colors: AncientsExpansion #2: Rome and the Barbarians
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Scenario#: 308     Date: 52-BC     Location: Gergovia, France

Julius Caesar had conquered Gaul in just six years of campaigning (58-53 BC). However, in 52 BC most of the tribes of Gaul rose in a general revolt. Vercingetorix, a chieftain of the Averni, became overall commander of the rebel …

Commands & Colors: AncientsExpansion #3: The Roman Civil Wars
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Scenario#: 14     Date: 203-BC     Location: Zana, Tunisia

Scipio, the victor of Baecula and Ilipa, has led his battle-hardened army to Africa, and has placed the city of Utica under siege. The Great Numidian cavalry leader, Masinissa, has gone over to the Roman side. While the siege continues, …

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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: AncientsC3i Magazine #22
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Scenario#: 309     Date: 49-BC     Location: Lleida, Spain

After driving Gnaeus Pompey from Italy, Julius Caesar moved against Pompey’s forces in Spain. Caesar had sent Gaius Fabius ahead to secure the passes over the Pyrenees and at the Sicoris River. Fabius succeeded, and his opponent, Pompey’s lieutenant…

Commands & Colors: AncientsExpansion #3: The Roman Civil Wars
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Scenario#: 13     Date: 206-BC     Location: Seville, Spain

Hasdrubal’s departure left only two Carthaginian armies in Spain under mediocre commanders (Hasdrubal – yes another one, and Mago). Scipio made steady progress against them, securing territory and prompting many Spanish tribes to come over to the…

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Scenario#: 502     Date: 206-BC     Location: Seville, Spain

Hasdrubal's departure to join Hannibal in Italy left only two Carthaginian armies in Spain under mediocre commanders (Hasdrubal yes another one, and Mago). Scipio made steady progress against them, securing territory and prompting many Spanish tribes…

Commands & Colors: AncientsExpansion #5: Epic Ancients II
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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: AncientsC3i Magazine #20
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Scenario#: 217     Date: 55-BC     Location: Pegwell Bay, England

With most of Gaul under his control, Caesar saw a need to pacify the nearby British coast, lest this island serve as a sanctuary and base for anti-Roman Gauls. Caesar sailed to Britain late in the campaign season with only …

Commands & Colors: AncientsExpansion #2: Rome and the Barbarians
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Scenario#: 6     Date: 217-BC     Location: Perugia, Italy

Much of Hannibal’s “genius” for warfare lay in his ability to take the measure of his opponents’ abilities and intentions. His opponent in 217 BC was Roman Consul Gaius Flaminius, a vain and incompetent patrician. Armed with this knowledge, Hannibal…

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Scenario#: 507     Date: 217-BC     Location: Perugia, Italy

Much of Hannibal’s “genius” for warfare lay in his ability to take the measure of his opponents’ abilities and intentions. His opponent in 217 BC was Roman Consul Gaius Flaminius, a vain and incompetent patrician. Armed with this knowledge, Hannibal…

Commands & Colors: AncientsExpansion #5: Epic Ancients II
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Scenario#: 303     Date: 76-BC     Location: Valencia, Spain

Quintus Sertorius defeated a series of Roman generals and nearly all of Spain joined his rebellion. He solidified his support through a just administration of the provinces and gained the loyalty of most of the Spanish tribes. Sertorius came to …

Commands & Colors: AncientsExpansion #3: The Roman Civil Wars
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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: AncientsExpansion #1: Greeks and Eastern Kingdoms
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Scenario#: 12     Date: 207-BC     Location: Fano, Italy

In 207 BC Rome has a big problem—Hasdrubal and his army from Spain are in northern Italy, advancing to combine with Hannibal and possibly win the war. The Carthaginians have a problem too. The Romans know Hasdrubal is coming, but …

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Scenario#: 209     Date: 72-BC     Location: Mt. Garganus, Italy

Spartacus was an able strategist, and he knew that his rag-tag army could not expect to defy Rome indefinitely. Spartacus planned to escape from Roman territory over the Alps, and headed north through Apulia. He divided his ever-growing army and …

Commands & Colors: AncientsExpansion #2: Rome and the Barbarians
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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 …

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Scenario#: 211     Date: 72-BC     Location: Abruzzo, Italy

In the autumn of 72 BC, Marcus Licinius Crassus was chosen by the Senate to lead the war against Spartacus’ slave army. Crassus, a leading politician, was also rumored to be the richest man in Rome. How all this would …

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Scenario#: 319     Date: 45-BC     Location: Andalusia, Spain

Following Julius Caesar’s victory at Thapsus, the remnants of the Pompeian army under Titus Labienus fled to Spain. Here, the garrison legions had revolted in favor of Gnaeus Pompey, the eldest son of Pompey the Great. Pompey gathered a large …

Commands & Colors: AncientsExpansion #3: The Roman Civil Wars
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