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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
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
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
Orongis (212 BC) Scenario#: C3i04     Date: 212-BC     Location: Orongis, Spain Mago Barca began the Second Punic War as a subordinate commander under his brother Hannibal. In 215 he was given command of his own army, and sent to Spain to reinforce his other brother, Hasdrubal. Mago fought a series of … Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #19
Zama (202 BC) Scenario#: 15     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, and Masinissa with his vaunted Numidian light horse has … Commands & Colors: Ancients — C&C Ancients
Great Plains (203 BC) 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, … Commands & Colors: Ancients — C&C Ancients
Ilipa (206 BC) 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… Commands & Colors: Ancients — C&C Ancients
Metaurus (207 BC) 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 … Commands & Colors: Ancients — C&C Ancients
Baecula (208 BC) 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… Commands & Colors: Ancients — C&C Ancients
Castulo (211 BC) 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… Commands & Colors: Ancients — C&C Ancients
2nd Beneventum (214 BC) 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: Ancients — C&C Ancients
Dertosa (Ebro) (215 BC) 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, … Commands & Colors: Ancients — C&C Ancients
Cannae (216 BC) 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… Commands & Colors: Ancients — C&C Ancients
Lake Trasimenus (217 BC) 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… Commands & Colors: Ancients — C&C Ancients
Trebbia (218 BC) Scenario#: 5     Date: 212-BC     Location: Trebbia, Italy After the battle at the Ticinus River, Hannibal soon faced an entire Roman army under the Consul Sempronius. As vain as he was inept, Sempronius wanted a victory to finish our his year as Consul. He took no cautionary advise … Commands & Colors: Ancients — C&C Ancients
Ticinus River (218 BC) Scenario#: 4     Date: 218-BC     Location: Ticinus River, Italy Hannibal has completed his epic march across the Alps, but has lost fully half of his soldiers in doing so. The Consul in Southern Gaul, Publius Scipio, has shadowed Hannibal’s advance following the coastal route. He intercepts Hannibal in Northern … Commands & Colors: Ancients — C&C Ancients