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Teutoburger Wald P2 (9 AD) Scenario#: 221 Date: 9-AD Location: Osnabrück, Germany Throughout the first day of battle, German attacks had harassed the disjointed Roman column as they struggled along. That night Varus’ men constructed a fortified camp knowing that Arminius would not dare assault a well-manned prepared position. The… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #2: Rome and the Barbarians
Teutoburger Wald P1 (9 AD) Scenario#: 220 Date: 9-AD Location: Osnabrück, Germany Julius Caesar had established Rome’s northeast boundary as the Rhine River a half century earlier. But the Emperor Caesar Augustus decided to extend imperial control all the way to the Elbe. A task that seemed easy on a map in … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #2: Rome and the Barbarians
Mons Graupius (84 AD) Scenario#: 410 Date: 84-AD Location: Mons Graupius, Scotland After years of campaigns in northern Britain, Gnaeus Julius Agricola subdued all the tribes except the fierce Caledonians. Agricola maneuvered to bring the Caledonians to open battle. Determined to restore the security of his Highland home, the… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #4: Imperial Rome
First Bedriacum (69 AD) Scenario#: 409 Date: 69-AD Location: Calvatone, Italy The “year of four emperors” (68-69 AD) began when Nero, the last member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, committed suicide to avoid execution. Servius Sulpicius Galba, governor of Hispania, was proclaimed emperor, but did last long, for Marcus Salvius… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #4: Imperial Rome
Boudica's Revolt (61 AD) Scenario#: 408 Date: 61-AD Location: Wroxeter, England While many of the tribes of Britain resisted Rome until they were conquered and crushed, a few tribes, like the Iceni, formed pacts with the Romans to remain semi-independent. The Iceni client-king Prasutagus died while the Roman governor, Gaius… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #4: Imperial Rome
Camulodunum (60 AD) Scenario#: C3i18 Date: 60-AD Location: Camulodunum, England Queen Boudica led her army of rebels, predominantly Iceni and Trinovantes, to Camulodunum, once the Trinovante capital and now the Roman capital after the Roman invasion of Britain. The city had been designated a colony for unruly veterans of the … Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #24
Mona Insulis (60 AD) Scenario#: C3i17 Date: 60-AD Location: Monastir, Wales The island of Anglesey (Ynys Mon to the Welsh and Mona Insulis to the Romans), rich in grain and copper mines, became a refuge for several tribes opposed to the Roman occupation of Britain. The druids there gave moral and … Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #24
Cefn Carnedd (51 AD) Scenario#: 223 Date: 51-AD Location: Powys, Wales The Roman conquest of Britain had been underway for four years when a new Roman commander, Publius Ostorius Scapula, was assigned to the province in 47 AD. He faced an on-going insurgency, led by Caratacus, chieftain of the Cautuvellauni tribe. … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #2: Rome and the Barbarians
Medway (43 AD) Scenario#: 407 Date: 43-AD Location: Kent, England In 43 AD, Aulus Plautius led an expedition of four legions to Britain. His army advanced with only minor skirmishing as far as Rutupiae on the coast of Kent. Late in the season, Roman scouts finally found the enemy camped … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #4: Imperial Rome
Adrianople (378 AD) Scenario#: C3i20 Date: 378-AD Location: Adrianople, Turkey A collection of mostly Goth tribes with some allies petitioned Valens to be allowed land and foederati status to escape the Huns. Valens badly needed allies and agreed, aided in the decision because the Goth leader, Fritigern, had accepted… Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #25
Adrianople (378 AD) Scenario#: C3i19 Date: 378-AD Location: Adrianople, Turkey A collection of mostly Goth tribes with some allies petitioned Valens to be allowed land and foederati status to escape the Huns. Valens badly needed allies and agreed, aided in the decision because the Goth leader, Fritigern, had accepted… Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #25
Argentoratum (357 AD) Scenario#: C3i21 Date: 357-AD Location: Alsace, France Julian, the young cousin of the Emperor Constantius, has been named to recover the situation in the West after a short civil war opened the frontier to raids and invasion by Franks and Alamanni tribes. Scarcely 23, with no military … Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #26
Paraitacene (317 BC) Scenario#: C3i22 Date: 317-BC Location: Eisfahan, Persia 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 — C3i Magazine #26
Cibalae (314 AD) Scenario#: 424 Date: 314-AD Location: Vinkovci, Croatia In the years after Milvian Bridge, Constantine gradually consolidated his military superiority. Licinius emerged as Constantine’s chief rival. After defeating Daia, Licinius gained control over the entire eastern half of the Roman Empire. Relations… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #4: Imperial Rome
Milvian Bridge (312 AD) Scenario#: 423 Date: 312-AD Location: Rome, Italy While emperor Diocletian’s “Tetrarchy” system of shared power maintained calm for 20 years, eventually rivalries took over again. In 306 Maxentius proclaimed himself emperor, setting off another confused civil war. He gained great power when F.V… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #4: Imperial Rome
Immae (272 AD) Scenario#: 422 Date: 272-AD Location: Antioch, Turkey The Palmyrene Empire (260–273) consisted of the (former) eastern Roman provinces of Syria, Palestine, and large parts of Asia Minor. This breakaway kingdom was ruled by the famous Queen Zenobia and had won many victories over the Sassanids, while… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #4: Imperial Rome
Pavia (271 AD) Scenario#: 421 Date: 271-AD Location: Pavia, Italy After the victory at Fano, Emperor Aurelian sent his troops in pursuit of the defeated Alemanni horde, which was racing back to its homeland. Aurelian had the mountain passes blocked and then proceeded to destroy almost the entire Alemanni army. … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #4: Imperial Rome
Fano (271 AD) Scenario#: 420 Date: 271-AD Location: Fano, Italy After his serious defeat at the Battle of Placentia at the hands of the Alemanni, Emperor Aurelian rallied and re-grouped his troops and started in pursuit. The Alemanni were moving towards Rome, producing great fear in the city. Rome had … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #4: Imperial Rome
Placentia (271 AD) Scenario#: 419 Date: 271-AD Location: Piacenza, Italy Aurelian became emperor in 270, and is remembered as one of the “soldier-emperors” who restored the empire after its near collapse. During his five-year reign, Aurelian re-united the empire after two-thirds of the provinces had broken away from… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #4: Imperial Rome
Naissus (268 AD) Scenario#: 418 Date: 268-AD Location: Naissus, Serbia The Goths, a Germanic people, were migrating southward and crossed the Roman frontier in the province of Pannonia. The emperor Gallienus, fresh from his victory over another Germanic tribe, the Alemani, managed to check the Goth’s advance early in… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #4: Imperial Rome
Edessa (259 AD) Scenario#: 417 Date: 259-AD Location: Edessa, Turkey The Battle of Edessa was another round in the on-going Roman- Persian Wars. In 258, Shapur I, King of Sassanid Persia invaded Roman territory, overrunning Armenia and continuing into Syria. In order to stop his repeated plundering, In 259, Emperor … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #4: Imperial Rome
Abritus (251 AD) Scenario#: 416 Date: 251-AD Location: Abrittus, Bulgaria After repeated incursions into Moesia and Dacia by the Goths under Cniva, the Roman Emperor Gaius Messius Quintus Decius (often called “Trajan Decius”) moved to confront the barbarian invaders. Accompanied by his son Herennius Etruscus and his… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #4: Imperial Rome
Carthage (238 AD) Scenario#: 415 Date: 238-AD Location: Carthage, Tunisia In 235 AD, the Roman army in Germany mutinied and murdered the last Severan emperor, Alexander Severus, after a reign of fourteen years. This led to another succession crisis and civil war. The legions in Germany acclaimed a professional soldier, … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #4: Imperial Rome
Hormuz (226 AD) Scenario#: 414 Date: 226-AD Location: Ahwaz, Iran Around 220 AD Ardashir I, a Persian vassal, considered the state of the Parthian Empire. Ardashir knew about dissensions in the Parthian royal house and reasoned that the losses which Artabanus had sustained in his battles with the Romans and … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #4: Imperial Rome
Nisibis (217 AD) Scenario#: 413 Date: 217-AD Location: Nusaybin, Turkey For centuries, Rome and Parthia contended for dominance in the Middle East. Nisibis 217 AD was a three-day battle with the Romans led by their new emperor Marcus Opellius Macrinus against the Great King of Parthia, Artabanus IV. On the … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #4: Imperial Rome
Lugdunum (197 AD) Scenario#: 412 Date: 197-AD Location: Lyon, France The civil war that began with the “year of the five emperors” continued. Septimus Severus, after defeating Pescennius Niger at Issus (194), now turned on his other rival, Clodius Albinus, governor of Britain. Albinus took his legions east and added … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #4: Imperial Rome
Issus (194 AD) Scenario#: 411 Date: 194-AD Location: Issus, Turkey The Roman Empire lacked an accepted institutional system of succession whenever an emperor died. This typically led to multiple claimants to the throne and civil war. So, when the erratic and eccentric emperor Commodus was murdered in 193 AD, it … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #4: Imperial Rome
Angrivarii Rampart (16 AD) Scenario#: 222 Date: 16-AD Location: Porta Westfalica, Germany Following the catastrophe at the Teutoburger Wald, Augustus dispatched a series of punitive expeditions into Germany. In 14 AD, Tiberius became emperor and assigned his adopted son Germanicus Julius Caesar to the German province. In AD 16, Arminius… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #2: Rome and the Barbarians
Colline Gate (82 BC) Scenario#: 301 Date: 82-BC Location: Rome, Italy Lucius 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
Baetis River (80 BC) Scenario#: 302 Date: 80-BC Location: Gibraltar, Gibraltar Quintus 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
Lauron (76 BC) Scenario#: 303 Date: 76-BC Location: Valencia, Spain Quintus 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
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
Valentia (75 BC) Scenario#: 304 Date: 75-BC Location: Valentia, Spain In 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
Mt Vesuvius (73 BC) Scenario#: 208 Date: 73-BC Location: Mt. Vesuvius, Italy The 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
Mummius Defeat (72 BC) Scenario#: 211 Date: 72-BC Location: Abruzzo, Italy In 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
Picenum (72 BC) Scenario#: 210 Date: 72-BC Location: Marche, Italy Following 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
Mt Garganus (72 BC) Scenario#: 209 Date: 72-BC Location: Mt. Garganus, Italy Spartacus 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
Silarus (71 BC) Scenario#: 214 Date: 71-BC Location: Silarus, Italy Spartacus 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
Camalatrum (71 BC) Scenario#: 213 Date: 71-BC Location: Basilicata, Italy After 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
Bruttium (71 BC) Scenario#: 212 Date: 71-BC Location: Strongoli, Italy Spartacus 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
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
Hysiae (669 BC) Scenario#: 601 Date: 669-BC Location: Argolis, 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 #6: The Spartans
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
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
River Sabis (57 BC) Scenario#: 215 Date: 57-BC Location: Saulzoir, France Gaius 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
Sotium (56 BC) Scenario#: 216 Date: 56-BC Location: Gulf of Morbihan, France Following 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
Invasion of Britain (55 BC) Scenario#: 217 Date: 55-BC Location: Pegwell Bay, England With 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
Thyreatis (545 BC) Scenario#: 602 Date: 545-BC Location: Thyrea, Greece Sparta and Argos were quarreling over Thyreatis, a territory which was occupied by Sparta, but belonged to Argos. The Argives marched out to recover their land, but instead of engaging in battle, the two armies agreed that rather than commit … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #6: The Spartans
Foraging Party (54 BC) Scenario#: 219 Date: 54-BC Location: Wheathampstead, England When 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
River Stour (54 BC) Scenario#: 218 Date: 54-BC Location: Kent, England In 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