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Scenario#: C3i02     Date: 256-BC     Location: Uthiona, Tunisia

Following the Battle of Agrigentum, the Carthaginian leaders decided to avoid pitched battles and instead fall back on fortified posts, while harassing the Romans with their fleet and guerrilla raids. The focus of the war shifted to Rome’s successful…

Commands & Colors: AncientsC3i Magazine #18
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Scenario#: C3i01     Date: 262-BC     Location: Agrigento, Sicily

The First Punic War began when Rome decided to invade Sicily in 264. Chartage, unprepared, scrambled to raise an army under Hannibal Gisgo. By 262 Hannibal arrived with an advance force at Agrigentum, but the Roman consuls Lucius Postumius Megellus …

Commands & Colors: AncientsC3i Magazine #18
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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: AncientsC&C Ancients
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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: AncientsExpansion #6: The Spartans
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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: AncientsExpansion #6: The Spartans
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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: AncientsExpansion #1: Greeks and Eastern Kingdoms
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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…

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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: AncientsExpansion #1: Greeks and Eastern Kingdoms
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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: AncientsExpansion #5: Epic Ancients II
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Scenario#: 625     Date: 338-BC     Location: Chaeronea, Greece

Philip II gained the throne of Macedon in 359 BC and re-organized his army into a combined arms force. He then set on a long diplomatic and military campaign to dominate the Greek city-states. In 338, Athens and Thebes allied …

Commands & Colors: AncientsExpansion #6: The Spartans
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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: AncientsExpansion #6: The Spartans
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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 …

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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: AncientsExpansion #5: Epic Ancients II
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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: AncientsExpansion #1: Greeks and Eastern Kingdoms
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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: AncientsExpansion #1: Greeks and Eastern Kingdoms
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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: AncientsExpansion #6: The Spartans
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Scenario#: C3i16     Date: 279-BC     Location: Asculum, Italy

Pyrrhus of Epirus nearly doubled the size of his army after his victory at Heraclea with allied Greeks, Samnites and Lucanians flocking to his standard. After absorbing the new recruits, Pyrrhus set off towards Rome. His advance was stopped at …

Commands & Colors: AncientsC3i Magazine #23
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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: AncientsC3i Magazine #23
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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: AncientsExpansion #1: Greeks and Eastern Kingdoms
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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: AncientsExpansion #1: Greeks and Eastern Kingdoms
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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: AncientsExpansion #5: Epic Ancients II
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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: AncientsExpansion #1: Greeks and Eastern Kingdoms
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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…

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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: AncientsExpansion #1: Greeks and Eastern Kingdoms
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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: AncientsExpansion #1: Greeks and Eastern Kingdoms
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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 …

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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: AncientsExpansion #5: Epic Ancients II
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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: AncientsExpansion #1: Greeks and Eastern Kingdoms
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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 …

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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…

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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: AncientsExpansion #1: Greeks and Eastern Kingdoms
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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: AncientsExpansion #6: The Spartans
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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…

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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: AncientsExpansion #6: The Spartans
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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…

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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: AncientsExpansion #6: The Spartans
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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 …

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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, …

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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: AncientsExpansion #5: Epic Ancients II
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Scenario#: 626     Date: 331-BC     Location: Megalopolis, Greece

Sparta had stood on the sidelines while Athens and Thebes battled Macedon at Chaeronea. As the Macedonian army plunged ever deeper into Asia, King Agis III sensed an opportunity to regain the hegemony of Greece for Sparta. Agis began secret …

Commands & Colors: AncientsExpansion #6: The Spartans
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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: AncientsExpansion #6: The Spartans
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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: AncientsExpansion #6: The Spartans
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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 …

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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 …

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Scenario#: C3i03     Date: 250-BC     Location: Palermo, Sicily

Following the disaster at Bagradas only a few hundred of Regulus’ men ever made it back to Rome. But they were enough to spread the horrible stories of being trampled by elephants, and cut down by cavalry. Despite his defeat …

Commands & Colors: AncientsC3i Magazine #18
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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…

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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: AncientsExpansion #5: Epic Ancients II
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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: AncientsExpansion #6: The Spartans
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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 …

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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: AncientsExpansion #1: Greeks and Eastern Kingdoms
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