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Hi, I was just wondering if you guys knew if version 1.2.6 saves will work with the latest version? I guess where it says it works with build 20 means it should do? Thanks for your time! I look...

Hello, I was wondering if anyone could help with ideas to solve a desync issue my brother and I are having on the same turn. We finish the turn, the ai has its limited set of moves, then my brother,...

Hello, I was just wondering what sort of leeway I could get on running this on a cheap laptop? I am from the UK, and would like to play online co-op with my brother, but he has only a budget of £400...

I do own it, but starting a campaign in DeI mod didn't give me the option to play as them. I will see if I can find them on the list of playable factions again starting a new campaign.

You can play as Syracuse in DeI? I couldn't find them as an option to play when I started a few days ago... hmmm. Interesting!

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It changed from a monarchy to an oligarchy long before the time of Hannibal.

Sadly, the political structure of the Carthaginian Republic is not very well...

Hannibal was much more than a general, and it is a shame his activities after Zama are not as well documented as his activities during the Second Punic War. He did much for Carthage after the war -...

I believe this was Dionysius I at his siege of Motya, when he added catapults on his ships in 398/397 BC. (On another note, he probably inspired Alexander's mole at Tyre in his siege of Motya too.)

It was actually Abherbal in command at Drepana - he appeared to be a quite capable and decent commander - except that was also his only major victory - he disappears from history shortly afterwards.

It's a lot more complicated than that - these tactical changes took time, a long period of time over centuries.

Hannibal Barca.

The same sort of thing happened to the Carthaginians, too, with surprising ones (look at Gades). Locri was certainly under a lot of pressure at the time this happened, very late into the war.

King of Dragon Pass.

\So immersed in the game it's silly. So addictive. I love how it keeps a record of your clan's history for you, year by year. Quite detailed history too, all the stories etc...

The Italians raised quite a few men, only they often got beaten at the battles of Beneventum... Hannibal made use of a good number in his own field army, particularly Bruttians... but yes, he really...

I can't compare the first to the second, but I really thought they did excellent work on the characters and story for it. The atmosphere was great, too!

Gladius was awesome!

Inever played the first, sadly, started on the second.... two of the best games I've ever played... really should have started with 1, but alas, too late now. Graphics can help, but gameplay and...

Just bought it during a sale on gog over the weekend. It's almost like an adventure book really, no animations or anything, just background pictures and text, but the game is great! It really feels...

How come you prefer to choose the highest figure from Plutarch, rather than Livy much lower one? Cavalry aren't invincible, and would have been useless against formed heavy infantry, infantry broken...

Mago's contingent picked up allies and garrisoned Samnite towns (such as the three thousand men Marcellus eventually captured in the Samnite towns), , and may have even captured some, a task Hannibal...

Of course he did, he'd have needed places defended, or kept under Carthaginian influence, and we hear of Spaniards and even Numidians as garrisons. He had garrisons in Casilinum (700 men attached to...

That's if the figures are correct after Cannae - but one must remember that he also split his forces, giving some of his troops to Mago, some to his lieutenant Hanno to operate in other areas of...

10,000 and 20,000? Hannibal didn't lose that many men at Taras or Capua (he wasn't even present at Taras when it fell to Fabius Maximus in 209 BC.) These places had small Carthaginian garrisons.

The problem with Nola is it also fits in well with Livy's story of Hannibal's army being ruined by the delights of Capua - the victory was no doubt exaggerated, and Livy himself doesn't believe the...

3 minor victories at Nola (if they were even that!) that weren't open battle, and likely a skirmish or a quick probing assault (especially since he discovered the size of force defending Nola, some...

Indeed, Rome was a very tough nut to crack.

Hannibal continued to win decisive victories (in the sense of destroying the enemy field force) on numerous occasions after Cannae. If we look at the...

Of course there may have been things that could have helped - most especially his other generals winning important battles, which they consistently failed to do in all theaters. For me, it really is...

Hmm, I thought I deleted that post - as I came to the same conclusion as you after I did a quick check up! (ah, I see, before being disturbed by baby, I still had up on my laptop, please delete...

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I was just wondering what your opinions were on this option? I've just defeated a British tribe and have the option to restore the previous owners to the city (Caledonians) and was wondering what...

This is quite a good non-fiction read:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Antiochus-The-Great-Michael-Taylor/dp/1848844638/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1399671105&sr=8-1&keywords=antiochus+the+great

As men, both have plenty to admire, but both also have qualities that would disgust us. The important thing to discuss is them as men in their context, rather than try and dish out our own modern...

Indeed. I don't think Caesar would have fallen for the trick Fabius did when Hannibal trapped himself in the mountains. Caesar may have begun prompt engineering work to block him in.

I agree,...

And Caesar wasn't up against a Hannibal there, either!

Hannibal was a far better organizer than Caesar (particularly JC's later campaigns). They were two very different commanders - who could both be bold, but ultimately, had different mindsets (thanks...

I'd rather read about them than witness one...

There's no difference there than other treatments of the battle by other authors and historians. After all, he is following the sources.

John Lazenby's Hannibal's War is the best book on the Second Punic War (especially from a military viewpoint). Add to that his excellent book on the First Punic War (and the only book, I'm aware, in...

A professional force that still got beaten by enemy armies. It could be beaten. Hannibal's was also quite professional, and depending on what he knows of the enemy, he might choose different tactics...