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Carrhae (53 BC) Scenario#: 402 Date: 53-BC Location: Carrhae, Turkey Along with Pompey and Julius Caesar, Marcus Licinius Crassus formed the secret “Triumvirate” which all but controlled Rome. Reputedly the richest man in Rome, Crassus lacked any great military achievement to compare with Caesar’s conquest of Gaul and… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #4: Imperial Rome
Gergovia (52 BC) Scenario#: 308 Date: 52-BC Location: Gergovia, France Julius Caesar had conquered Gaul in just six years of campaigning (58-53 BC). However, in 52 BC most of the tribes of Gaul rose in a general revolt. Vercingetorix, a chieftain of the Averni, became overall commander of the rebel … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #3: The Roman Civil Wars
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
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
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
Bagradas River (49 BC) Scenario#: 312 Date: 49-BC Location: Bagradas River, Tunisia King Juba of Numidia continued to support the Pompeians, even after Varus’ defeat at Utica. Curio led his Caesarian army after Varus, catching up with him at the Bagradas River. Curio attacked and routed the demoralized Pompeian army, and Varus … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #3: The Roman Civil Wars
Utica P2 The Valley (49 BC) Scenario#: 311 Date: 49-BC Location: Utica, Tunisia Caesar had sent his general, Gaius Curio, to attack Pompey’s lieutenant, Attius Varus, in Africa. Varus was in camp below the walls of Utica. When a relief army sent by King Juba of Numidia arrived to reinforce Varus, Curio had … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #3: The Roman Civil Wars
Utica P1 Delaying Action (49 BC) Scenario#: 310 Date: 49-BC Location: Utica, Tunisia The First Triumverate of Crassus, Pompey and Julius Caesar collapsed soon after Crassus was defeated and killed by the Parthians at Carrhae in 53 BC. With Crassus gone, the rivalry between Pompey and Caesar steadily grew until civil war erupted … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #3: The Roman Civil Wars
Ilerda (49 BC) Scenario#: 309 Date: 49-BC Location: Lleida, Spain After driving Gnaeus Pompey from Italy, Julius Caesar moved against Pompey’s forces in Spain. Caesar had sent Gaius Fabius ahead to secure the passes over the Pyrenees and at the Sicoris River. Fabius succeeded, and his opponent, Pompey’s lieutenant… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #3: The Roman Civil Wars
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
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
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
Pharsalus (48 BC) Scenario#: 315 Date: 48-BC Location: Farsala, Greece After Dyrrhachium, Julius Caesar pulled back to regroup his army. Gnaeus Pompey failed to follow up his victory and pursued slowly. After a winter of maneuvering through Thessaly, Pompey encamped at the foot of the mountains near Pharsalus and was … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #3: The Roman Civil Wars
Dyrrhachium (48 BC) Scenario#: 314 Date: 48-BC Location: Durres, Albania Julius Caesar crossed the Adriatic with seven depleted legions in order to confront Gnaeus Pompey’s main army and bring the civil war to an end. Antony, with the remaining five legions, was delayed (see Brindisi Raid). Caesar followed Pompey to … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #3: The Roman Civil Wars
Brindisi Raid (48 BC) Scenario#: 313 Date: 48-BC Location: Brindisi, Italy While Julius Caesar was campaigning in Spain, Gnaeus Pompey was building a new army in Greece. After returning to Italy, Caesar made a risky January crossing of the Adriatic with a portion of his army, resolving to defeat his rival … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #3: The Roman Civil Wars
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
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
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
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
Zela (47 BC) Scenario#: 316 Date: 47-BC Location: Zile, Turkey Following his decisive victory at Pharsalus, Julius Caesar pursued Gnaeus Pompey to Egypt. Pompey was assassinated, effectively ending the civil war in the Eastern Mediterranean, but Caesar became involved in factional fighting in Alexandria in… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #3: The Roman Civil Wars
Thapsus (46 BC) Scenario#: 318 Date: 46-BC Location: Thapsus, Tunisia Following his set-back at Ruspina, Julius Caesar spent some time regrouping before making a surprise night march of 16 miles and camping near the Pompeian-held coastal town of Thapsus. Caesar immediately placed Thapsus under siege. Though numerically… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #3: The Roman Civil Wars
Ruspina (46 BC) Scenario#: 317 Date: 46-BC Location: Monastir, Tunisia Following his victory over Pharnaces at Zela, Julius Caesar returned to Rome where a crisis was brewing – the surviving veterans had grown very war-weary and were refusing orders to deploy overseas yet again. Caesar’s personal appeal sparked a… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #3: The Roman Civil Wars
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
Munda (45 BC) Scenario#: 319 Date: 45-BC Location: Andalusia, Spain Following Julius Caesar’s victory at Thapsus, the remnants of the Pompeian army under Titus Labienus fled to Spain. Here, the garrison legions had revolted in favor of Gnaeus Pompey, the eldest son of Pompey the Great. Pompey gathered a large … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #3: The Roman Civil Wars
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
Philippi II (42 BC) Scenario#: 404 Date: 42-BC Location: Filippoi, Greece After the first battle of Philippi, a fleet bringing supplies to Anthony and Octavian’s army was destroyed and supplies for the Triumvirate legions began running out. Brutus was content to watch the army of Antony and Octavian starve. However, the … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #4: Imperial Rome
Philippi I (42 BC) Scenario#: 403 Date: 42-BC Location: Filippoi, Greece Caesar’s assassination plunged the Roman world into chaos and civil war. On one side was the Second Triumvirate of Mark Anthony, Aemilius Lepidus, and Octavian, Caesar’s nephew, which aimed to avenge Caesar’s murder. Opposing them were the assassins… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #4: Imperial Rome
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Cilician Gates (39 BC) Scenario#: 405 Date: 39-BC Location: Anatolian Plateau, Turkey After his victory at Philippi, Mark Antony was intent on waging war against the Parthians and avenging the defeat at Carrhae. Anthony sent Pubulius Ventidius Baussus ahead to pave the way. Ventidius was one of the most successful Roman generals … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #4: Imperial Rome
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
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
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
Leuctra (371 BC) Scenario#: 623 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 #6: The Spartans
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#: 624 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 #6: The Spartans
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
Anthony's Siege Train (36 BC) Scenario#: 406 Date: 36-BC Location: Phraaspa, Armenia Fresh from his dalliance with Cleopatra, Antony set out to conquer the Parthian empire, following a battle plan he discussed years before with Caesar. Avoiding Crassus’ mistake of striking directly through Mesopotamia, Antony took his massive army… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #4: Imperial Rome
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