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Decimum (Phase 1)Scenario#: 10 Date: 533 Location: Carthage, TunisiaIn 530 AD, Gelimer dethroned the Vandal king Hilderic, a vassal of Justinian the Byzantine emperor. Hilderic appealed for help, also citing Gelimer’s persecution of eastern Christians. After making a favorable peace with the Sassanids in 532 AD,… Commands & Colors: Medieval — C&C Medieval |
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Callinicum (Phase 2)Scenario#: 9 Date: 531-04-19 Location: Callinicum, SyriaAzarethes had proven himself to be the better tactician in this battle. He had moved most of his heavy cavalry unnoticed to his left and they charged with stunning effect. The Byzantine right wing, composed of 5,000 lightly armed Ghassinid … Commands & Colors: Medieval — C&C Medieval |
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SatalaScenario#: 7 Date: 530 Location: Satala, TurkeyAfter the Sassanid loss at Dara, under the guidance of Mihr-Mihroe another Sassanid army was assembled and marched to the city of Satala in Byzantine Armenia. Mihr-Mihroe, planned to lay siege to Satala and set up camp a short distance … Commands & Colors: Medieval — C&C Medieval |
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DaraScenario#: 6 Date: 530 Location: Dara, MesopotamiaWhen negotiation for peace between Justinian and Kavadh failed in 529 AD, the Sassanid king sent an army towards Dara, while Justinian ordered Belisarius back to the region. Despite being outnumbered 2 to 1, Belisarius deployed outside the city walls… Commands & Colors: Medieval — C&C Medieval |
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MelebasaScenario#: 5 Date: 528 Location: Thannuris, SyriaAfter the battle at Thannuris, Belisarius brought his defeated army back to Dara. Awaiting him were orders from Justinian, the Byzantine emperor, to immediately set out on a mission to construct a fort at Melabasa. Kavadh, king of the Sassanid … Commands & Colors: Medieval — C&C Medieval |
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ThannurisScenario#: 4 Date: 528 Location: Thannuris, SyriaDuring the Iberian War against the Sassanid Empire in the year 528 AD, Emperor Justinian dispatched Belisarius and a small force of infantry from Dara to guard a workforce constructing a fort at Thannuris. The Sassanids heard of the movement … Commands & Colors: Medieval — C&C Medieval |
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Cefn Carnedd (51 AD)Scenario#: 223 Date: 51-AD Location: Powys, WalesThe 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 |
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Catalaunian Fields (Roman Right)Scenario#: 3 Date: 451-06-20 Location: Champagne-Ardenne, FranceAttila’s army advanced into Gaul, leaving behind a trail of destroyed, plundered cities. His army was delayed at Orleans when the Alan inhabitants resisted effectively. The Alans were one of several Germanic tribes pushed west earlier by the Huns.… Commands & Colors: Medieval — C&C Medieval |
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Utus RiverScenario#: 1 Date: 447 Location: Vit River, BulgariaAfter the Eastern Roman Empire stopped its tribute to the Huns around the year 444 AD, Attila’s army again invaded the Balkan regions of the Eastern Empire. Unfortunately, many veteran Byzantine formations had been withdrawn to counter the Vandal… Commands & Colors: Medieval — C&C Medieval |
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Medway (43 AD)Scenario#: 407 Date: 43-AD Location: Kent, EnglandIn 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 |
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Adrianople (378 AD)Scenario#: C3i20 Date: 378-AD Location: Adrianople, TurkeyA 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 |
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Adrianople (378 AD)Scenario#: C3i19 Date: 378-AD Location: Adrianople, TurkeyA 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 |
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Argentoratum (357 AD)Scenario#: C3i21 Date: 357-AD Location: Alsace, FranceJulian, 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 |
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Paraitacene (317 BC)Scenario#: C3i22 Date: 317-BC Location: Eisfahan, PersiaBy 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 |
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Cibalae (314 AD)Scenario#: 424 Date: 314-AD Location: Vinkovci, CroatiaIn 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 |
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Milvian Bridge (312 AD)Scenario#: 423 Date: 312-AD Location: Rome, ItalyWhile 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 |
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Immae (272 AD)Scenario#: 422 Date: 272-AD Location: Antioch, TurkeyThe 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 |
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Pavia (271 AD)Scenario#: 421 Date: 271-AD Location: Pavia, ItalyAfter 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 |
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Fano (271 AD)Scenario#: 420 Date: 271-AD Location: Fano, ItalyAfter 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 |
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Placentia (271 AD)Scenario#: 419 Date: 271-AD Location: Piacenza, ItalyAurelian 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 |
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Naissus (268 AD)Scenario#: 418 Date: 268-AD Location: Naissus, SerbiaThe 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 |
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Edessa (259 AD)Scenario#: 417 Date: 259-AD Location: Edessa, TurkeyThe 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 |
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Abritus (251 AD)Scenario#: 416 Date: 251-AD Location: Abrittus, BulgariaAfter 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 |
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Carthage (238 AD)Scenario#: 415 Date: 238-AD Location: Carthage, TunisiaIn 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 |
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Hormuz (226 AD)Scenario#: 414 Date: 226-AD Location: Ahwaz, IranAround 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 |
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Nisibis (217 AD)Scenario#: 413 Date: 217-AD Location: Nusaybin, TurkeyFor 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 |
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RetributionScenario#: DH01 Date: 11/14/1993 Location: Mogadishu, SomaliaAidid refused to see reason. Despite a warning from special ambassador Robert Oakley, Aidid wouldn't release Mike Durant, the captured pilot of Super Six Four, so the Delta Boys went in and got Durant out, rescuing him from the shanty … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — A Day of Heroes |
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Snatch and GrabScenario#: LOF02 Date: 11/09/1993 Location: Mogadishu, SomalíaStinging from the loss of friends and battle brothers on October 3rd, the Rangers and Team Delta soldiers wanted to finish the job. A little more than a month after the battle in Mogadishu, Task Force Ranger learned the location … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Line of Fire #01 |
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A Day of HeroesScenario#: DH09 Date: 10/03/1993 Location: Mogadishu, Somalia"It was mid-afternoon, October 3, 1993 ... a force of U.S. Army Rangers and Delta Force operators were about to drop in uninvited on a gathering of Habr Gidr clan leaders in the heart of Mogadishu, Somalia. This ragged clan, … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — A Day of Heroes |
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Chalk 2's RunScenario#: DH07 Date: 10/03/1993 Location: Mogadishu, SomaliaSeveral members of Lieutenant DiTomasso's Chalk 2 saw Super 61 go down. Some of them were adamant that the Chalk hurry to the site to secure it and protect any survivors. The Lieutenant radioed Captain Steele for permission. Steele was … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — A Day of Heroes |
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Convey to HellScenario#: DH06 Date: 10/03/1993 Location: Mogadishu, SomaliaThe Americans planned to extract their assault force and the Somali VIPs via a ground convoy consisting of HMMWVs and trucks. The vehicles drove from the base to the Olympic Hotel without issue, but before they could return to the … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — A Day of Heroes |
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A Short HopScenario#: DH05 Date: 10/03/1993 Location: Mogadishu, SomaliaWhile the convoy was making their disastrous way toward the crash site, Captain Steele and Captain Miller lead the remaining Rangers and Delta Force operators to the same location. Both officers knew that more Somalis were joining the fight every … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — A Day of Heroes |
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Stand and DeliverScenario#: DH04 Date: 10/03/1993 Location: Mogadishu, SomaliaLate in the afternoon of October 3rd, Task Force Ranger was in serious trouble. Two Black Hawks were down and several more had been forced back to the airfield with significant damage. The Rangers had no fixed-wing air support, no … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — A Day of Heroes |
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Technical DifficultyScenario#: DH03 Date: 10/03/1993 Location: Mogadishu, SomaliaChalk One also headed toward the Super 61 crash site. Because they were on the southeast corner of the box surrounding the target building, the route they took was more southerly. Unfortunately this route took them into the path of … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — A Day of Heroes |
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The AlamoScenario#: DH02 Date: 10/03/1993 Location: Mogadishu, SomaliaAfter one hell of an afternoon the Rangers and the remaining Delta operators were somewhat consolidated within two blocks of Wolcott's crash site. The sun had set, forcing the Americans to fight the Somalis without Night Observation Devices, or NODs.… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — A Day of Heroes |
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AmbushScenario#: DH08 Date: 06/05/1993 Location: Mogadishu, SomaliaThe seminal event that led to Task Force Ranger's fight for their lives was the ambush of an element of the Pakistani contingent of the UNITAF Peacekeeping Force. The Pakistanis were on what they assumed was a routine mission to … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — A Day of Heroes |
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The ShoufScenario#: L-5 Date: August, 1982 Location: The Shouf, LebanonAugust 1982: The Lebanese Army wrestles with the Druze militia for control of the vital Shouf mountains east of Beirut. Panzer (AH/MMP) — The General #21.6 |
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The BurbsScenario#: HotF11 Date: 1982-06-14 Location: Stanley, East FalklandAfter capturing the ring of hills around Stanley, the British waited for the Argentines to capitulate. The British feared that the war would end in a bloody street fight for control of the capital of the islanda In reality, thousands … Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes of the Falklands |
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The BurbsScenario#: ROH11 Date: 06/14/1982 Location: Stanley, East FalklandAfter capturing the ring of hills around Stanley, the British waited for the Argentines to capitulate. The British feared that the war would end in a bloody street fight for control of the capital of the islanda In reality, thousands … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — A Ring of Hills |
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Sabot Up!Scenario#: HotF08 Date: 1982-06-13 Location: Wireless Ridge, East FalklandAnother hill in the ring that surrounded Stanley, Wireless Hidge, waa defended by the Regimiento de Infanteria 7, a mix of 700 reservists, new conscripts, and those at the end of their two years of national service. Not an elite … Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes of the Falklands |
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Bloody RoughScenario#: HotF02 Date: 1982-06-13 Location: Mount Tumbledown & Mount William, East FalklandThe battles for the ring of hiUa surrounding Stanley had begun. The British had already captured Mt. Harriet, Mt. Longdon and Two Sisters. 2 Para was charged with taking Wireless Ridge, to the north, and the 2nd Battalion Scots Guards … Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes of the Falklands |
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Sabot Up!Scenario#: ROH08 Date: 06/13/1982 Location: Wireless Ridge, East FalklandAnother hill in the ring that surrounded Stanley, Wireless Hidge, waa defended by the Regimiento de Infanteria 7, a mix of 700 reservists, new conscripts, and those at the end of their two years of national service. Not an elite … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — A Ring of Hills |
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Bloody RoughScenario#: ROH02 Date: 06/13/1982 Location: Mount Tumbledown & Mount William, East FalklandThe battles for the ring of hiUa surrounding Stanley had begun. The British had already captured Mt. Harriet, Mt. Longdon and Two Sisters. 2 Para was charged with taking Wireless Ridge, to the north, and the 2nd Battalion Scots Guards … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — A Ring of Hills |
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The Last GaspScenario#: HotF06 Date: 1982-06-12 Location: Mt. Longdon, East FalklandOn the night of June 11th the men of 3rd Para advanced on Mt Longdon. The British soldiers hoped to creep through the night and infiltrate the Argentine defensea Unfortunately for the paratroopers, one of them triggered a land mine, … Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes of the Falklands |
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The Last GaspScenario#: LOF05 Date: 06/12/1982 Location: Mt. Langdon, East FalklandOn the night of June 11th the men of 3rd Para advanced on Mt. Langdon. The British soldiers hoped to creep through the night and ínfiltrate the Argentine defensas. Unfortunately for the paratroopers, one of them triggered a land mind, … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Line of Fire #03 |
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The Last GaspScenario#: ROH06 Date: 06/12/1982 Location: Mt. Longdon, East FalklandOn the night of June 11th the men of 3rd Para advanced on Mt Longdon. The British soldiers hoped to creep through the night and infiltrate the Argentine defensea Unfortunately for the paratroopers, one of them triggered a land mine, … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — A Ring of Hills |
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Two SistersScenario#: HotF12 Date: 1982-06-11 Location: Two Sisters, East FalklandThe battle for the outer ring of Stanley's hills began on June 11th. The attackers included 3rd Para, 42nd Commando and the 45th Commando. The 45th Commando was detailed to attack Two Sisters, a twin-hill feature among the outer ring … Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes of the Falklands |
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Fly HalfScenario#: HotF05 Date: 1982-06-11 Location: Mt. Longdon, East FalklandThe Paras of 3rd Battalion were assigned the task of clearing Mt. Longdon, northwest of Stanley. As part of that attack, 4th and 5th Platoons of B Company, 3rd Para, conducted a flanking move to clear the prepared positions along … Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes of the Falklands |
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Two SistersScenario#: ROH12 Date: 06/11/1982 Location: Two Sisters, East FalklandThe battle for the outer ring of Stanley's hills began on June 11th. The attackers included 3rd Para, 42nd Commando and the 45th Commando. The 45th Commando was detailed to attack Two Sisters, a twin-hill feature among the outer ring … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — A Ring of Hills |
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Fly HalfScenario#: ROH05 Date: 06/11/1982 Location: Mt. Longdon, East FalklandThe Paras of 3rd Battalion were assigned the task of clearing Mt. Longdon, northwest of Stanley. As part of that attack, 4th and 5th Platoons of B Company, 3rd Para, conducted a flanking move to clear the prepared positions along … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — A Ring of Hills |