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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
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
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
Marathon (490 BC) Scenario#: 101 Date: 490-BC Location: Marathon, Greece King Darius I of Persia sent an expedition against Athens in reprisal for the burning of Sardes in 498 BC during the failed Ionian Revolt. The Persian fleet under the joint command of Datis and Artaphernes landed near Marathon bay, … 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
Plataea (479 BC) Scenario#: 103 Date: 479-BC Location: Plataea, Greece The Persian emperor Xerses I led a massive invasion of Greece to avenge the defeat of his father’s forces at Marathon. After annihilating the 300 Spartans at Thermopylae, Xerxes captured and burned Athens. Macedon, Thessaly and Boeotia submitted to… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #1: Greeks and Eastern Kingdoms
Leuctra (371 BC) Scenario#: 104 Date: 371-BC Location: Leuctra, Greece Sparta’s victory over Athens in the Peloponnesian War (431- 404) 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 — Expansion #1: Greeks and Eastern Kingdoms
Mantinea (362 BC) Scenario#: 105 Date: 362-BC Location: Mantinea, Greece Thebes’ shocking victory at Leuctra in (371) had ended the Spartan hegemony over Greece. Epaminondas then organized the Arcadian League of cities in the Peloponnesus, in order to counter-balance Sparta and ensure Theban supremacy. A division in the… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #1: Greeks and Eastern Kingdoms
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
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
Issus (333 BC) Scenario#: 108 Date: 333-BC Location: Issus, Turkey After the battle of Granicus River, Darius assembled a new army near Babylon while Alexander overran Asia Minor. Darius advanced into Syria to await the Macedonian invader. However, when Alexander’s advance was delayed due to his illness, Darius… 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
Jaxartes River (328 BC) Scenario#: 110 Date: 329-BC Location: Khujand, Tajikistan By 329 BC Alexander had completed the subjugation of the eastern Persian satraps, and his army was building a new city, Alexandria Eschate, on the banks of the Jaxartes, to guard his northeastern frontier. A Scythian force under their chief, … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #1: Greeks and Eastern Kingdoms
Hydaspes (326 BC) Scenario#: 111 Date: 326-BC Location: Punjab Province, Pakistan 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 #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
Paraitacene (317 BC) Scenario#: 113 Date: 317-BC Location: Isfahan, Iran By 318 BC the Successors had formed two competing alliances: the ‘Royalists’ who claimed to fight to maintain the empire for Alexander’s infant sons, and a rival coalition that sought to claim their own independent kingdoms. The opposing Successor… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #1: Greeks and Eastern Kingdoms
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
Ipsus (301 BC) Scenario#: 115 Date: 301-BC Location: Bayat, Turkey By 309 BC, all of Alexander’s heirs had been executed. The Successors ended the pretense of fighting for the restoration of the empire, and proclaimed themselves kings. With the most powerful army of all the contenders, Antigonus made a bid … 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
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
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
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
Indus (306 BC) Scenario#: 123 Date: 306-BC Location: Ganges Valley, India Seleucus of Syria crossed the Indus in 306 to recapture the Ganges Valley that had been overrun by the Mauryan king, Chandragupta. Using a cavalry feint, Seleucus had crossed the Indus and drew up in a strong defensive position. Deployed … 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
Paraitacene (317 BC) Scenario#: 511 Date: 317-BC Location: Isfahan, Iran 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
Hydaspes (326 BC) Scenario#: 512 Date: 326-BC Location: Punjab Province, Pakistan By 318 BC the Successors had formed two competing alliances: the “Royalists” who claimed to fight to maintain the empire for Alexander’s infant sons, and a rival coalition that sought to claim their own independent kingdoms. The opposing Successor… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #5: Epic Ancients II
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
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
Plataea (479 BC) Scenario#: 515 Date: 479-BC Location: Plataea, Greece 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 2500 excellently trained Carthaginians, as good or better than anything the … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #5: Epic Ancients II
Marathon (490 BC) Scenario#: 516 Date: 490-BC Location: Marathon, Greece The Persian emperor Xerxes I led a massive invasion of Greece to avenge the defeat of his father’s forces at Marathon. After annihilating the 300 Spartans at Thermopylae, Xerxes burned Athens, then Macedon, Thessaly, and Boeotia submitted. However,… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #5: Epic Ancients II
Sepeia (494 BC) Scenario#: 603 Date: 494-BC Location: Argolis, Greece Cleomenes I of Sparta, inspired by the words of the oracle at Delphi that he would take Argos, marched into Argive territory. It was here that the Argive army took up a defensive position. The Argive generals wanted to be … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #6: The Spartans
Thermopylae - Middle Gate (480 BC) Scenario#: 604 Date: 480-BC Location: Thermopylae, Greece King Xerxes desired to punish the Athenians for his father’s defeat at Marathon and their support for Ionian revolts. He planned a second invasion of Greece in 480 BC and amassed a huge army to extend the Persian Empire into … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #6: The Spartans
Thermopylae - Grand Overview (480 BC) Scenario#: 605 Date: 480-BC Location: Thermopylae, Greece King Xerxes desired to punish the Athenians for his father’s defeat at Marathon and their support for Ionian revolts. He planned a second invasion of Greece in 480 BC and amassed a huge to extend the Persian Empire … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #6: The Spartans
Plataea (479 BC) Scenario#: 606 Date: 479-BC Location: Plataea, Greece The Persian emperor Xerxes I led a massive invasion of Greece to avenge the defeat of his father’s forces at Marathon. After annihilating the 300 Spartans at Thermopylae, Xerxes captured and burned Athens. Macedon, Thessaly and Boeotia submitted to… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #6: The Spartans
Mycale (479 BC) Scenario#: 607 Date: 479-BC Location: ionia, Greece In the spring of 479 BC, various Ionian cities began a revolt against their Persian rulers, and soon were forced to turn to the Greek mainland for help. A meeting was called in Athens, and a Greek fleet of 110 … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #6: The Spartans
Tanagra (457 BC) Scenario#: 608 Date: 457-BC Location: Tanagra, Greece The First Peloponnesian War (460-445 BC) broke out due to Megara’s defection from the Spartan alliance, and Spartan envy and fear over the growth of the Athenian Empire. Nicomedes marched an army into Boeotia in 457 BC to intervene in … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #6: The Spartans
Olpae (426 BC) Scenario#: 609 Date: 426-BC Location: Argos, Greece During the Second, or Great, Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC) the Athenians recognized their inferiority to Sparta in land warfare, and chose to fight with proxy forces and at sea. Nevertheless, there were many small battles, and the clash at Olpae … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #6: The Spartans
Sphacteria (425 BC) Scenario#: 610 Date: 425-BC Location: Spacteria, Greece After the Battle of Pylos, a force of Spartan soldiers was isolated on the island of Sphacteria. Demosthenes, commanding the force at Pylos, initially planned to starve the Spartans out, but it became clear over time that the Spartans would … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #6: The Spartans
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
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
Mantinea (418 BC) Scenario#: 613 Date: 418-BC Location: Mantinea, Greece Ironically, the greatest Hoplite battle of the Peloponnesian War was fought during the Peace of Nicias (421-415). Athens was able to forge an anti-Spartan coalition. King Agis II of Sparta marched out to seek a decisive battle. The Spartan army … 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
Phyle (404 BC) Scenario#: 615 Date: 404-BC Location: Phyle, Greece Following Athens’ defeat in the Peloponnesian War, the victorious Spartans imposed an oligarchic government on the city which became known as the Thirty Tyrants. Late in 404, Thrasybulus, leading a force of Anthenian exiles, gathered at Phyle near… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #6: The Spartans
Munychia (404 BC) Scenario#: 616 Date: 404-BC Location: Piraeus, Greece Thrasybulus and the Athenian exiles marched from Phyle to the port city of Piraeus. The next day, oligarchic forces under the command of Critias, one of the Thirty Tyrants, marched out to meet them. Thrasybulus had taken a defensive position … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #6: The Spartans
Piraeus (403 BC) Scenario#: 617 Date: 403-BC Location: Piraeus, Greece After the Thirty were deposed, the new government, although more moderate, was not ready to compromise with the Athenian exiles, who now held the Athenian port of Piraeus. The new government sent emissaries to Sparta, and Sparta sent Pausanias at … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #6: The Spartans
River Centrites (401 BC) Scenario#: 618 Date: 401-BC Location: Baghdad, Iraq After the battle of Cunaxa, the Ten Thousand chose Cheirisophus and Xenophon as leaders. Xenophon led an organized retreat through Carducia and Armenia toward the Black Sea, constantly harassed first by Persian armies and then by local tribes. Using… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #6: The Spartans
Nemea (394 BC) Scenario#: 619 Date: 394-BC Location: Nemea, Greece After the Theban victory at the battle of Haliartus, Athens, Thebes, Corinth and Argos joined together in an anti-Spartan alliance. Aristodemus was sent north to challenge the alliance and the two armies met near the dry riverbed of Nemea. The … 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
Lechaeum (391 BC) Scenario#: 621 Date: 391-BC Location: Lechaaeum, Greece The Spartan commander at Lechaeum, honoring the tradition of the Amyclaeans in his army to return to their city of Amyclae to celebrate a religious festival, marched an escort force of Hoplites and cavalry past Corinth. After successfully leading his… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #6: The Spartans
Tegyra (375 BC) Scenario#: 622 Date: 375-BC Location: Orchomenus, Greece In 379 BC, an insurrection ejected the Spartan garrison at Thebes, and the city set about reestablishing its control over the Boeotian League. After several years, the Thebans succeeded in driving Spartan garrisons out of every city in Boeotia,… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #6: The Spartans