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Sucro (75 BC) Scenario#: 305     Date: 75-BC     Location: Valentia, Spain Gnaeus Pompey had regained his confidence after his victory at Valentia, and now moved quickly to engage Quintus Sertorius before Quintus Caecilius Metellus could arrive with his reinforcing army and share in the honor of victory. Sertorius was… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #3: The Roman Civil Wars
Bibracte (58 BC) 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: Ancients — Expansion #3: The Roman Civil Wars
Plain of Alsace (58 BC) Scenario#: 307     Date: 58-BC     Location: Alsace, France Ariovistus was the chief of the Germanic Suebi tribe. He led his tribesmen across the Rhine into Gaul at the invitation of some warring Gallic tribes. Once in Gaul, Ariovistus called on his German allies, the Harudes, Marcomanni, Triboci, Vangiones,… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #3: The Roman Civil Wars
Gergovia (52 BC) 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: Ancients — Expansion #3: The Roman Civil Wars
Ilerda (49 BC) 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: Ancients — Expansion #3: The Roman Civil Wars
Utica P1 Delaying Action (49 BC) Scenario#: 310     Date: 49-BC     Location: Utica, Tunisia The First Triumverate of Crassus, Pompey and Julius Caesar collapsed soon after Crassus was defeated and killed by the Parthians at Carrhae in 53 BC. With Crassus gone, the rivalry between Pompey and Caesar steadily grew until civil war erupted … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #3: The Roman Civil Wars
Utica P2 The Valley (49 BC) Scenario#: 311     Date: 49-BC     Location: Utica, Tunisia Caesar had sent his general, Gaius Curio, to attack Pompey’s lieutenant, Attius Varus, in Africa. Varus was in camp below the walls of Utica. When a relief army sent by King Juba of Numidia arrived to reinforce Varus, Curio had … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #3: The Roman Civil Wars
Bagradas River (49 BC) 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: Ancients — Expansion #3: The Roman Civil Wars
Brindisi Raid (48 BC) 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: Ancients — Expansion #3: The Roman Civil Wars
Dyrrhachium (48 BC) 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: Ancients — Expansion #3: The Roman Civil Wars
Pharsalus (48 BC) Scenario#: 315     Date: 48-BC     Location: Farsala, Greece After Dyrrhachium, Julius Caesar pulled back to regroup his army. Gnaeus Pompey failed to follow up his victory and pursued slowly. After a winter of maneuvering through Thessaly, Pompey encamped at the foot of the mountains near Pharsalus and was … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #3: The Roman Civil Wars
Zela (47 BC) Scenario#: 316     Date: 47-BC     Location: Zile, Turkey Following his decisive victory at Pharsalus, Julius Caesar pursued Gnaeus Pompey to Egypt. Pompey was assassinated, effectively ending the civil war in the Eastern Mediterranean, but Caesar became involved in factional fighting in Alexandria in… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #3: The Roman Civil Wars
Ruspina (46 BC) Scenario#: 317     Date: 46-BC     Location: Monastir, Tunisia Following his victory over Pharnaces at Zela, Julius Caesar returned to Rome where a crisis was brewing – the surviving veterans had grown very war-weary and were refusing orders to deploy overseas yet again. Caesar’s personal appeal sparked a… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #3: The Roman Civil Wars
Thapsus (46 BC) Scenario#: 318     Date: 46-BC     Location: Thapsus, Tunisia Following his set-back at Ruspina, Julius Caesar spent some time regrouping before making a surprise night march of 16 miles and camping near the Pompeian-held coastal town of Thapsus. Caesar immediately placed Thapsus under siege. Though numerically… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #3: The Roman Civil Wars
Munda (45 BC) 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: Ancients — Expansion #3: The Roman Civil Wars
Tigranocerta (69 BC) Scenario#: 401     Date: 69-BC     Location: Diyarbakır, Turkey Mithridates VI of Pontus challenged Rome for control of Asia Minor and Greece while the Romans were distracted in the Italian War. Although Rome defeated Mithridates in the First and Second Mithridatic Wars, he was allowed to maintain his kingdom … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #4: Imperial Rome
Carrhae (53 BC) 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: Ancients — Expansion #4: Imperial Rome
Philippi I (42 BC) Scenario#: 403     Date: 42-BC     Location: Filippoi, Greece Caesar’s assassination plunged the Roman world into chaos and civil war. On one side was the Second Triumvirate of Mark Anthony, Aemilius Lepidus, and Octavian, Caesar’s nephew, which aimed to avenge Caesar’s murder. Opposing them were the assassins… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #4: Imperial Rome
Philippi II (42 BC) Scenario#: 404     Date: 42-BC     Location: Filippoi, Greece After the first battle of Philippi, a fleet bringing supplies to Anthony and Octavian’s army was destroyed and supplies for the Triumvirate legions began running out. Brutus was content to watch the army of Antony and Octavian starve. However, the … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #4: Imperial Rome
Cilician Gates (39 BC) 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: Ancients — Expansion #4: Imperial Rome
Anthony's Siege Train (36 BC) 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: Ancients — Expansion #4: Imperial Rome
Cannae (216 BC) 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: Ancients — Expansion #5: Epic Ancients II
Ilipa (206 BC) 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: Ancients — Expansion #5: Epic Ancients II
Raphia (217 BC) Scenario#: 503     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 #5: Epic Ancients II
Zama (202 BC) Scenario#: 504     Date: 202-BC     Location: Siliana, Tunisia Carthage is on the verge of defeat. Spain has been lost, Scipio has landed in Africa and beaten a large, but inexperienced, Carthaginian army at the Battle of the Great Plains. Masinissa has taken his vaunted Numidian light horse over … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #5: Epic Ancients II
Arausio (105 BC) 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: Ancients — Expansion #5: Epic Ancients II
Dertosa (215 BC) 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: Ancients — Expansion #5: Epic Ancients II
Lake Trasimenus (217 BC) 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: Ancients — Expansion #5: Epic Ancients II
Clusium (225 BC) 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: Ancients — Expansion #5: Epic Ancients II
Bagradas (253 BC) 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: Ancients — Expansion #5: Epic Ancients II