Browse Items (15 total)
Angrivarii Rampart (16 AD)Scenario#: 222 Date: 16-AD Location: Porta Westfalica, GermanyFollowing 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 |
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Issus (194 AD)Scenario#: 411 Date: 194-AD Location: Issus, TurkeyThe 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 |
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Lugdunum (197 AD)Scenario#: 412 Date: 197-AD Location: Lyon, FranceThe 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 |
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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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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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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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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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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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Mona Insulis (60 AD)Scenario#: C3i17 Date: 60-AD Location: Monastir, WalesThe 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 |
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Camulodunum (60 AD)Scenario#: C3i18 Date: 60-AD Location: Camulodunum, EnglandQueen 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 |
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Boudica's Revolt (61 AD)Scenario#: 408 Date: 61-AD Location: Wroxeter, EnglandWhile 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 |
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First Bedriacum (69 AD)Scenario#: 409 Date: 69-AD Location: Calvatone, ItalyThe “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 |
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Mons Graupius (84 AD)Scenario#: 410 Date: 84-AD Location: Mons Graupius, ScotlandAfter 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 |
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Teutoburger Wald P1 (9 AD)Scenario#: 220 Date: 9-AD Location: Osnabrück, GermanyJulius 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 |
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Teutoburger Wald P2 (9 AD)Scenario#: 221 Date: 9-AD Location: Osnabrück, GermanyThroughout 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 |