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Zela (47 BC)Scenario#: 316 Date: 47-BC Location: Zile, TurkeyFollowing 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 |
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Zama (202 BC)Scenario#: 504 Date: 202-BC Location: Siliana, TunisiaCarthage is on the verge of defeat. Spain has been lost, Scipio has landed in Africa and beaten a large, but inexperienced, Carthaginian army at the Battle of the Great Plains. Masinissa has taken his vaunted Numidian light horse over … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #5: Epic Ancients II |
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Zama (202 BC)Scenario#: 15 Date: 202-BC Location: Siliana, TunisiaCarthage is on the verge of defeat. Spain has been lost. Scipio has landed in Africa and beaten a large, but inexperienced, Carthaginian army at the Battle of the Great Plains, and Masinissa with his vaunted Numidian light horse has … Commands & Colors: Ancients — C&C Ancients |
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Vercellae (101 BC)Scenario#: 207 Date: 101-BC Location: Vercellae, ItalyFollowing his victory over the Teutons and Ambrones at the Battle of Aquae Sextiae, Gaius Marius moved east to join Quintus Lutatius Catulus against the Cimbri in the Po valley of northern Italy. Beorix, the Cimbri king, had been waiting … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #2: Rome and the Barbarians |
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Valentia (75 BC)Scenario#: 304 Date: 75-BC Location: Valentia, SpainIn 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 |
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Utica P2 The Valley (49 BC)Scenario#: 311 Date: 49-BC Location: Utica, TunisiaCaesar 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 |
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Utica P1 Delaying Action (49 BC)Scenario#: 310 Date: 49-BC Location: Utica, TunisiaThe 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 |
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Umbria (217 BC)Scenario#: C3i10 Date: 217-BC Location: Lake Trasimene, ItalyEven as one Roman army under Flaminius was being butchered by Hannibal’s troops at Lake Trasimenus in 217 BC, his colleague Gnaeus Servilius Geminus was racing to reinforce his fellow consul. Servilius Geminus hoped to trap Hannibal between the two … Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #21 |
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Trebbia (218 BC)Scenario#: 5 Date: 212-BC Location: Trebbia, ItalyAfter the battle at the Ticinus River, Hannibal soon faced an entire Roman army under the Consul Sempronius. As vain as he was inept, Sempronius wanted a victory to finish our his year as Consul. He took no cautionary advise … Commands & Colors: Ancients — C&C Ancients |
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Tigranocerta (69 BC)Scenario#: 401 Date: 69-BC Location: Diyarbakır, TurkeyMithridates 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 |
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Ticinus River (218 BC)Scenario#: 4 Date: 218-BC Location: Ticinus River, ItalyHannibal has completed his epic march across the Alps, but has lost fully half of his soldiers in doing so. The Consul in Southern Gaul, Publius Scipio, has shadowed Hannibal’s advance following the coastal route. He intercepts Hannibal in Northern … Commands & Colors: Ancients — C&C Ancients |
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Thyreatis (545 BC)Scenario#: 602 Date: 545-BC Location: Thyrea, GreeceSparta 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 |
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Thermopylae - Middle Gate (480 BC)Scenario#: 604 Date: 480-BC Location: Thermopylae, GreeceKing 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 |
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Thermopylae - Grand Overview (480 BC)Scenario#: 605 Date: 480-BC Location: Thermopylae, GreeceKing 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 |
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Thapsus (46 BC)Scenario#: 318 Date: 46-BC Location: Thapsus, TunisiaFollowing 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 |
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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 |
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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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Telamon (225 BC)Scenario#: 202 Date: 225-BC Location: Talamone, ItalyAenorestes and Concolitanus retreated northwards, pursued by Aemilius Papus with about 30,000 troops. It looked like the Gauls would escape with their booty. Then fortune smiled on Rome. The consul Atilius Regulus was returning from suppressing a… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #2: Rome and the Barbarians |
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Tegyra (375 BC)Scenario#: 622 Date: 375-BC Location: Orchomenus, GreeceIn 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 |
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Tanagra (457 BC)Scenario#: 608 Date: 457-BC Location: Tanagra, GreeceThe 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 |
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Sucro (75 BC)Scenario#: 305 Date: 75-BC Location: Valentia, SpainGnaeus 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 |
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Sphacteria (425 BC)Scenario#: 610 Date: 425-BC Location: Spacteria, GreeceAfter 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 |
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Sotium (56 BC)Scenario#: 216 Date: 56-BC Location: Gulf of Morbihan, FranceFollowing 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 |
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Silarus (71 BC)Scenario#: 214 Date: 71-BC Location: Silarus, ItalySpartacus 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 |
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Sepeia (494 BC)Scenario#: 603 Date: 494-BC Location: Argolis, GreeceCleomenes 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 |
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Scirthaea (103 BC)Scenario#: 205 Date: 103-BC Location: Caltabellotta, SicilyThe fiercest Slave revolt outbreak, before Spartacus, was known as the Second Sicilian Slave War (104-100 BC). Publius Licinius Nerva, governor of Sicily, in accordance with a Senatorial order that no citizen of an allied state could be kept as … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #2: Rome and the Barbarians |
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Ruspina (46 BC)Scenario#: 317 Date: 46-BC Location: Monastir, TunisiaFollowing 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 |
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River Stour (54 BC)Scenario#: 218 Date: 54-BC Location: Kent, EnglandIn 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 |
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River Sabis (57 BC)Scenario#: 215 Date: 57-BC Location: Saulzoir, FranceGaius 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 |
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River Centrites (401 BC)Scenario#: 618 Date: 401-BC Location: Baghdad, IraqAfter 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 |
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Raphia (217 BC)Scenario#: 503 Date: 217-BC Location: Raphia, Gaza StripThe Wars of the Successors led to the establishment of three Hellenistic Kingdoms: the Antigonids (Macedon), the Ptolemies (Egypt), and the Seleucids (from Asia Minor to India). The Seleucid Empire began to fragment, losing Judea and most of its… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #5: Epic Ancients II |
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Raphia (217 BC)Scenario#: 119 Date: 217-BC Location: Raphia, Gaza StripThe Wars of the Successors led to the establishment of three Hellenistic Kingdoms: the Antigonids (Macedon), the Ptolemies (Egypt) and the Seleucids (from Asia Minor to India). The Seleucid Empire began to fragment, losing Judea and most of its… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #1: Greeks and Eastern Kingdoms |
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Pydna (168 BC)Scenario#: 124 Date: 168-BC Location: Pydna, GreeceThe Roman victory at Cynoscephalae (197) had humbled, but not eliminated, the Macedonian army. As the reality of Roman world domination became clear, most of Greece rallied to support Perseus, the son of Philip V. The Third Macedonian War broke … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #1: Greeks and Eastern Kingdoms |
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Po River (203 BC)Scenario#: C3i06 Date: 203-BC Location: Po Valley, ItalyFollowing Scipio’s victory at Ilipa in 206 Mago once again sailed to the Balearic Isles to recruit mercenaries. Then, rather than fall back to Africa, as everyone expected, Mago launched the third Barcid invasion of Italy. With new levies from … Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #19 |
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Plataea (479 BC)Scenario#: 606 Date: 479-BC Location: Plataea, GreeceThe 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 |
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Plataea (479 BC)Scenario#: 515 Date: 479-BC Location: Plataea, GreeceThe 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 |
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Plataea (479 BC)Scenario#: 103 Date: 479-BC Location: Plataea, GreeceThe 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 |
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Plain of Alsace (58 BC)Scenario#: 307 Date: 58-BC Location: Alsace, FranceAriovistus 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 |
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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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Piraeus (403 BC)Scenario#: 617 Date: 403-BC Location: Piraeus, GreeceAfter 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 |
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Picenum (72 BC)Scenario#: 210 Date: 72-BC Location: Marche, ItalyFollowing 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 |
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Phyle (404 BC)Scenario#: 615 Date: 404-BC Location: Phyle, GreeceFollowing 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 |
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Philippi II (42 BC)Scenario#: 404 Date: 42-BC Location: Filippoi, GreeceAfter 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 |
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Philippi I (42 BC)Scenario#: 403 Date: 42-BC Location: Filippoi, GreeceCaesar’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 |
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Pharsalus (48 BC)Scenario#: 315 Date: 48-BC Location: Farsala, GreeceAfter 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 |
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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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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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Paraitacene (317 BC)Scenario#: 511 Date: 317-BC Location: Isfahan, IranAfter 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: Ancients — Expansion #5: Epic Ancients II |
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Paraitacene (317 BC)Scenario#: 113 Date: 317-BC Location: Isfahan, IranBy 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 — Expansion #1: Greeks and Eastern Kingdoms |
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Panormus (250 BC)Scenario#: C3i03 Date: 250-BC Location: Palermo, SicilyFollowing 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: Ancients — C3i Magazine #18 |