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Adys (256 BC) Scenario#: C3i02     Date: 256-BC     Location: Uthiona, Tunisia Following the Battle of Agrigentum, the Carthaginian leaders decided to avoid pitched battles and instead fall back on fortified posts, while harassing the Romans with their fleet and guerrilla raids. The focus of the war shifted to Rome’s successful… Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #18
Agrigentum (262 BC) Scenario#: C3i01     Date: 262-BC     Location: Agrigento, Sicily The First Punic War began when Rome decided to invade Sicily in 264. Chartage, unprepared, scrambled to raise an army under Hannibal Gisgo. By 262 Hannibal arrived with an advance force at Agrigentum, but the Roman consuls Lucius Postumius Megellus … Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #18
Akragas (406 BC) Scenario#: 1     Date: 406-BC     Location: Akragas, Sicily The Carthaginians on their third invasion of Sicily laid siege to the city of Acragas. The Syracusans under the command of general Daphnaeus marched to Acragas aid. A long battle outside the walls followed with the Syracusans winning the day, … Commands & Colors: Ancients — C&C Ancients
Amphipolis (422 BC) Scenario#: 612     Date: 422-BC     Location: Amphipolis, Greece In 424 BC, the Spartan general Brasidas led an army toward Thrace to threaten the only accessible part of the Athenian Empire. He reached Thrace and offered generous terms to the people of Amphipolis, who surrendered without a fight. In … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #6: The Spartans
Anapus River (415 BC) Scenario#: 614     Date: 415-BC     Location: Syracuse, Sicily In 415 BC Athens and Sparta were still under the Peace of Nicias, when the Sicilian city of Segesta requested help from Athens in their war against Selinus. Some Athenians saw this as an opportunity to take over all of … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #6: The Spartans
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
Bagradas (253 BC) Scenario#: 3     Date: 253-BC     Location: Bagradas, Tunisia The Romans are on the verge of defeating Carthage and ending the First Punic War. Regulus and a veteran Roman army have landed in Africa, and though woefully short of cavalry, have defeated several Carthaginian forces. Desperate, the Carthaginians… Commands & Colors: Ancients — C&C Ancients
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
Beneventum (275 BC) Scenario#: 510     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 #5: Epic Ancients II
Chaeronea (338 BC) Scenario#: 625     Date: 338-BC     Location: Chaeronea, Greece Philip II gained the throne of Macedon in 359 BC and re-organized his army into a combined arms force. He then set on a long diplomatic and military campaign to dominate the Greek city-states. In 338, Athens and Thebes allied … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #6: The Spartans
Coronea (394 BC) Scenario#: 620     Date: 394-BC     Location: Coronea, Greece After the battle of Nemea, Agesilaus was moving south into Boeotia with an army of helots and veterans of the Ten Thousand, reinforced by some Spartan regiments and other allies. The coalition forces lined up to oppose him at Coronea. … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #6: The Spartans
Crimissos River (341 BC) Scenario#: 2     Date: 341-BC     Location: Fiumefreddo, Sicily The Carthaginians learned from earlier defeats in Sicily that they had to field reliable, trained heavy infantry of their own. They formed the Sacred Band, a force of about 2,500 excellently trained Carthaginians, as good or better than the best … Commands & Colors: Ancients — C&C Ancients
Crimissos River (341 BC) Scenario#: 514     Date: 341-BC     Location: Fiumefreddo, Sicily 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 #5: Epic Ancients II
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
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
Delium (424 BC) Scenario#: 611     Date: 424-BC     Location: Delium, Greece The first great Hoplite battle of the Peloponnesian War was fought between Athens and Boeotia. The Athenians formed a plot with some Boeotian democrats to overthrow the Theban autocracy. Demosthenes led an expedition in the west, while Hippocrates… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #6: The Spartans
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
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
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
Gaugamela (331 BC) Scenario#: 513     Date: 331-BC     Location: Erbil, Iraq 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 #5: Epic Ancients II
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
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
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
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