Got Rome Working(finally)
So I got it working finally, discovered I had to delete the entire folder after uninstalling or else the fresh install wouldn't work. (Odd)
Uploaded 5.0, and I started playing as my favorite faction, Scipii.
I like Scipii because you're immediately at odds with the Greeks and the Carthaginians, unlike Julii where you can fortify passes or Brutii where you'e safe on the mainland.
Starting out was difficult, always is and I almost lost Messana.
Right out of the blue the Greeks attack Messana, where I have a Garrison of my Faction Leader, Aulus Scipio, Three Hastati, Two Triarii, some Archers and some Velites.
A very tough battle, two Spartan units and several hoplite companies later Messana is secure.
Several turns afterwards Aulus leads a patrol near the Greek City and assasinates Dyionnisus of Sparta as he rides in the countryside with his guards.
I form the First Legion, and place it under the command of my Faction Leader at Messana, two years later the Second Legion is Formed of Two Light Battalions, a Skirmisher Battalion, and a Cavalry Squadron.
(I'm used to Napoleonic Warfare and unfamiliar with Roman terms, to me a Legion in R:TW is equatable to a Regiment)
Light Battalion:
4 Hastati - 1 Slinger
Skirmisher Battalion
4 Velites
Cavalry Squadron
4 Equites
My First engagement with the 2nd under Aulus is at Palermo, where Aulus besieges the City and is attacked by a very large Carthaginian force which includes three units of War Elephants, plus the Garrison of the City.
The site of battle was a heavily forested area with a dirt road running through the middle.
I chose to engage the Carthaginians inside the forest, as this would put them at a greater disadvantage since 2nd Legion was entirely made of light infantry.
The Carthaginians attacked, Aulus in a bid to dare the Carthaginian General into a foolish advance, ordered his personal banner to be raised above the heights of the forest for all to see.
It worked, the outraged Carthaginian General advanced his army right towards Aulus.
As they advanced the Elephants began to pull ahead of the infantry line, but the Carthaginian was not about to let his Elephants run into an ambush, so he ordered his light infantry to rush ahead of the massive beasts.
Moments after crossing the road he soon realized his folley, as his light infantry slammed into two hidden battalions of Hastati, who threw their pilums(Correct plural?), and nearly annihilated several companies of Iberans before the Elephants slammed into the line.
Aulus knew timing was critical to this engagement, if he ordered too soon then the Carthaginian Army would be able to react, but his Battalions were being slaughtered.
He waited as long as he could, the bulk of the Carthaginian Army was engaged and unable to redeploy.
The Banner moved swiftly from side to side, and the Skirmish Battalion, combined with the Slingers of the Infantry appeared from their hiding spots and quickly moved behind the Carthaginians Army.
The Javelins quickly brought many of the Elephants down, and the hurled rocks incapacitated scores of Poeni Infantry.
As quickly as they attacked they stopped and hid, the Carthaginians Army was in confusion, the General didn't know what was happening, his force had just been decimated from behind, his Elephants were mostly dead and his army was disappearing before the shield wall of the Hastati.
Things were about to get alot worse for him.
192 Equites roared in from the flanks, running down the now broken Carthaginian Army. Who ran, regrouped and attacked again, killed over half the Cavalry and finding the hiding spots of the Skirmishers.
The Hastati quickly moved in and broke them again, but they regrouped and attacked, were driven back and then annihilated.
The price was dear, of 1,501 Men Deployed, Aulus now had 830 Standing. The Carthaginian Army was destroyed to a man, but half his Legion had been destroyed too.
The care of the wounded would have to be put back too however, as the Garrison from Palermo arrived!
Aulus quickly rounded up his remaining Cavalry and Infantry, formed them on the road and marched swiftly to crush the Palermo Garrison.
All told, 1,887 Carthaginians died that day, with some 200 of the Palermo Garrison escaping.
2nd Legion rested to lick their wounds, the Infantry Battalions were battered, 1st Battalion only had 3 Companies, at ~30% Strength average. 2nd. faired better, with three companies at ~80%. The Skirmisher Battalion had lost close to 80 men, the slingers were relatively untouched, but only two Cavalry troops survived the battle.
Aulus had lost 12 of his personal Guard. And the Balearic Slingers he had hired were now only 30 men strong.
Aulus was prepared to march back to Messana, when a second Carthaginian Army Attacked!
Numbering close to 2,000 Men, these were the last reserves of Carthage on Sicily, they were immediatley joined by the Palermo Garrison, and swiftly advanced towards the battered Roman Legion.
Aulus breathed a sigh of relief when the scouts reported no Elephants.
He Arranged his two Infantry Battalions in an L along the road, with the short end facing the enemy at an odd angle. It would appear as though he had miscalculated their approach and pointed his infantry in the wrong direction, the Carthaginians would sweep to Aulus' left and try to outflank them.
Where they would run into the Skirmisher Battalion supported by the Cavalry and Aulus himself.
The battle was swift, brutal and bloody beyond belief.
Two Hundred Romans died, mostly from the Skirmisher Battalion but not one Carthaginian lived to tell the tale.
Aulus rejoiced as he saw the Palermo Garrison's Commander's Corpse, Palermo would have no defenders!
With his remains 600 men Aulus marched into Palermo, where he rested his legion, and sent for reinforcements.
The Infantry Battalions were brought back to full strength, as was the Skirmisher, but the Cavalry could not be replaced. With his Father's permission Aulus bought two Mercenary Hoplite Companies and settled to defend Palermo from any attacks.
A Year later when no Carthaginian Army arose to force him out, Aulus requested a Battalion be sent to garrison whily he continued on to Lilybaeum.
The City fell in siege, as the Assaulted Infantry slaughtered the defenders effortlessly.
Three hundred Carthaginians and Lilybaeum for the price of two Romans, one killed by a poorly thrown Javelin.
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I love SPQR 5.0, why didn't I upgrade from 3.0 Sooner?
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