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Ticinus River (218 BC)Scenario#: 4 Date: 218-BC Location: Ticinus River, ItalyHannibal 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 |
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Trebbia (218 BC)Scenario#: 5 Date: 212-BC Location: Trebbia, ItalyAfter 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 |
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Lake Trasimenus (217 BC)Scenario#: 6 Date: 217-BC Location: Perugia, ItalyMuch 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 |
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Cannae (216 BC)Scenario#: 7 Date: 216-BC Location: Cannae, ItalyNow, 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 |
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Dertosa (Ebro) (215 BC)Scenario#: 8 Date: 215-BC Location: Catalonia, SpainAfter 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 |
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2nd Beneventum (214 BC)Scenario#: 9 Date: 214-BC Location: Benevento, ItalyDesperate 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 |
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Castulo (211 BC)Scenario#: 10 Date: 211-BC Location: Castulo, SpainTime 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 |
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Baecula (208 BC)Scenario#: 11 Date: 208-BC Location: Baecula, SpainPublius 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 |
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Metaurus (207 BC)Scenario#: 12 Date: 207-BC Location: Fano, ItalyIn 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 |
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Ilipa (206 BC)Scenario#: 13 Date: 206-BC Location: Seville, SpainHasdrubal’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 |
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Great Plains (203 BC)Scenario#: 14 Date: 203-BC Location: Zana, TunisiaScipio, 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 |
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Zama (202 BC)Scenario#: 15 Date: 202-BC Location: Siliana, TunisiaCarthage 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 |
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Orongis (212 BC)Scenario#: C3i04 Date: 212-BC Location: Orongis, SpainMago 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 |
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Celtiberia (207 BC)Scenario#: C3i05 Date: 207-BC Location: Celtiberia, SpainFollowing 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 |
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Po River (203 BC)Scenario#: C3i06 Date: 203-BC Location: Po Valley, ItalyFollowing 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 |
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Iliturgi (215 BC)Scenario#: C3i07 Date: 215-BC Location: Iliturgi, SpainFollowing 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 |
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Cissa (218 BC)Scenario#: C3i08 Date: 218-BC Location: Tarragona, SpainAs 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 |
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Castrum Album (214 BC)Scenario#: C3i09 Date: 214-BC Location: Lucentum, SpainFollowing 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 |
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Umbria (217 BC)Scenario#: C3i10 Date: 217-BC Location: Lake Trasimene, ItalyEven 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 |
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Agathocles Tower (204 BC)Scenario#: C3i11 Date: 204-BC Location: Salaeca, TunisiaWhen 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 |
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Cirta (203 BC)Scenario#: C3i12 Date: 203-BC Location: Constantine, AlgeriaFollowing 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 |
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Caralis (215 BC)Scenario#: C3i13 Date: 215-BC Location: Decimomannu, SardiniaSardinia 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 |
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Himeras River (211 BC)Scenario#: C3i14 Date: 211-BC Location: Himera, SicilyWestern 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 |
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Raphia (217 BC)Scenario#: 119 Date: 217-BC Location: Raphia, Gaza StripThe 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 |
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Cynoscephalae (197 BC)Scenario#: 120 Date: 197-BC Location: Thessaly, GreeceVictory 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 |
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Magnesia (190 BC)Scenario#: 121 Date: 190-BC Location: Izmir Province, TurkeyFollowing 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 |
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Pydna (168 BC)Scenario#: 124 Date: 168-BC Location: Pydna, GreeceThe 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 |
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Clusium (225 BC)Scenario#: 201 Date: 225-BC Location: Faesulae, ItalyThe 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 |
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Telamon (225 BC)Scenario#: 202 Date: 225-BC Location: Talamone, ItalyAenorestes 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 |
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Clastidium (222 BC)Scenario#: 203 Date: 222-BC Location: Casteggio, ItalyNot 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 |
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Arausio (105 BC)Scenario#: 204 Date: 105-BC Location: Arausio, FranceFollowing 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 |
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Scirthaea (103 BC)Scenario#: 205 Date: 103-BC Location: Caltabellotta, SicilyThe 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 |
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Aquae Sextiae (102 BC)Scenario#: 206 Date: 102-BC Location: Aix-en-Provence, FranceFollowing 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 |
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Vercellae (101 BC)Scenario#: 207 Date: 101-BC Location: Vercellae, ItalyFollowing 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 |
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Mt Vesuvius (73 BC)Scenario#: 208 Date: 73-BC Location: Mt. Vesuvius, ItalyThe 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 |
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Mt Garganus (72 BC)Scenario#: 209 Date: 72-BC Location: Mt. Garganus, ItalySpartacus 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: Ancients — Expansion #2: Rome and the Barbarians |
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Picenum (72 BC)Scenario#: 210 Date: 72-BC Location: Marche, ItalyFollowing the defeat of his lieutenant Crixus, Spartacus continued north for the Alps, passing through Picenum. Two Roman armies moved against him. From the south, the consul Lucius Gellius Publicola pursued with his army, fresh from his victory at… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #2: Rome and the Barbarians |
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Mummius Defeat (72 BC)Scenario#: 211 Date: 72-BC Location: Abruzzo, ItalyIn 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 … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #2: Rome and the Barbarians |
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Bruttium (71 BC)Scenario#: 212 Date: 71-BC Location: Strongoli, ItalySpartacus 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: Ancients — Expansion #2: Rome and the Barbarians |
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Camalatrum (71 BC)Scenario#: 213 Date: 71-BC Location: Basilicata, ItalyAfter 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: Ancients — Expansion #2: Rome and the Barbarians |
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Silarus (71 BC)Scenario#: 214 Date: 71-BC Location: Silarus, ItalySpartacus found his army trapped between the armies of Marcus Licinius Crassus to his front and Gnaeus Pompey, approaching from the rear. Crassus had started construction of his camp when a skirmish between the two armies escalated into a full … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #2: Rome and the Barbarians |
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River Sabis (57 BC)Scenario#: 215 Date: 57-BC Location: Saulzoir, FranceGaius Julius Caesar formed a political alliance with Gnaeus Pompey and Licinius Crassus that became known as the “First Triumvirate.” Caesar obtained the governorship of Gaul as a proconsul, and immediately set about expanding his province from the… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #2: Rome and the Barbarians |
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Sotium (56 BC)Scenario#: 216 Date: 56-BC Location: Gulf of Morbihan, FranceFollowing two years of successful campaigning, Caesar believed he had pacified southern and western Gaul and left for Illyria. Sensing an opportunity, the Veneti and neighboring tribes on the Atlantic coast rebelled. These coastal tribes had their… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #2: Rome and the Barbarians |
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Invasion of Britain (55 BC)Scenario#: 217 Date: 55-BC Location: Pegwell Bay, EnglandWith 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: Ancients — Expansion #2: Rome and the Barbarians |
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River Stour (54 BC)Scenario#: 218 Date: 54-BC Location: Kent, EnglandIn 54 BC, Caesar launched a second invasion of Britain which was better planned and far more formidable than the first one. The invasion force consisted of five legions, auxiliaries, and 2000 cavalry, transported on 800 vessels. The Britons, awed … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #2: Rome and the Barbarians |
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Foraging Party (54 BC)Scenario#: 219 Date: 54-BC Location: Wheathampstead, EnglandWhen 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: Ancients — Expansion #2: Rome and the Barbarians |
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Colline Gate (82 BC)Scenario#: 301 Date: 82-BC Location: Rome, ItalyLucius 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: Ancients — Expansion #3: The Roman Civil Wars |
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Baetis River (80 BC)Scenario#: 302 Date: 80-BC Location: Gibraltar, GibraltarQuintus 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: Ancients — Expansion #3: The Roman Civil Wars |
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Lauron (76 BC)Scenario#: 303 Date: 76-BC Location: Valencia, SpainQuintus 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: Ancients — Expansion #3: The Roman Civil Wars |
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Valentia (75 BC)Scenario#: 304 Date: 75-BC Location: Valentia, SpainIn the campaigns fought in Spain following the battle of Lauron, Quintus Sertorius proved to be a superior general to Gnaeus Pompey. However, Pompey recognized that even if he couldn’t defeat Sertorius, he could defeat his lieutenants. Pompey had… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #3: The Roman Civil Wars |