Originally Posted by
TheJim
In terms of my long term plans, I don't plan to hold Capua. It will be very costly for me to do so, so I'll relieve the seige with the relief force, destroy the remaining Legions in the area and then march Hannibal and his fresh army south, burning Capua and sacking all of the southern Roman cities on the way, before heading to Sicily and hopefully wresting control of it from the Romans. With Carthage itself so close and Hannibal commanding a large, fresh army against the almost non existent Roman presence on the island, it shouldn't be hard. The Romans, although having been able to force me out of Italy, have been left reeling by the expenditure of creating so many armies and having them destroyed more quickly than they can be raised. This has allowed me to secure my position in Iberia, and will soon take Emporae. The other advantage is that their war with me has made them unable to expand to the North and unable to hold their settlement on Macedonian lands. When I also control Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica, and have all of their ports blockaded, they will be surrounded by enemies and landlocked, whilst being severely weakened. At this point, my plan will be to seal off Northern Italy with two full stacks, whilst invading from southern Italy and making my way up. The two Northern stacks will then take Arretium and Arminium and all that will be left to fall is Rome itself! I don't know what my plans are for after I've defeated the Romans just yet.