You think you are ready for ROME II ?
One month before the release, but hey, here is the way to try out your tactical skills : The ultimate test, CATW's 140 historical battles.
See first-hand and re-lived ancient history through a broad list of historical battles from the entire world, some dating back as soon as 450bc, to 45bc and the Roman civil wars.
Be the commander, follow the steps of Cyrus and Philip II, Alexander the Great, Hannibal, Scipio, Hamilcar, Jugurtha, Mithridate, Marius, Pompey the great, Caesar, and many, many more...
Only on CATW !
Here is the following list of battles :
#_498bc_siege_of_sardis_ionian_revolt_greekcoalition_vs_persians
#_490bc_battle_of_marathon_50000persians_vs_10000greeks-athenians&allies
#_479bc_battle_of_platea_8000spartans&greeks_vs_12000persians&greekallies
#_477bc_battle_of_cremera_romans_vs_etruscans_romandefeat
#_473bc_battle_of_Taras_Taras_vs_Lapygians
#_454bc_siege_of_prosoptis_persians_vs_athenians_+egyptians_persianswins
#_447bc_battle_of_coronea_athenians_vs_boeotians_athloose
#_435BC_Bithynians_vs_Odrysae+Greek,Bithynian-victory
#_429BC_imperial-Odrysian-army_vs_macedon+invasion
#_424BC_Autariatae-against-Triballi_Triballi_wins
#_405bc_sack_of_camarinas_40000carthaginians_vs_30000inf+3000horse_siciliangreeks_loose
#_401BC_Clearchus_against_Thracians_thracian-loose
#_397bc_siege_battle-of-syracuse_30000syrac_greeks_vs_50000carthaginians_greekwins
#_394BC_Agesilaus-against-Tralles_Trallesloose
#_393bc_Illyrians-Dardanians_vs_Macedon_BARDYLLIS
#_390bc_battle_of_the_allia_30000aedui-boii-allies_vs_15000romans
#_385bc_illyrian_dardanians_defeats_epirus_molossians_BARDYLIS
#_385bc_spartan-revenge_vs_bardillys+dardanians
#_376BC_Chabrias_vs_Thracians-Thracian_defeat
#_359BC_PhillipIIMacedon_defeats_athenians_invading_east_killing3000hoplites_no-phalanx
#_358BC_bat_Erigon_Valley_PhillipIIMacedon_defeats_death_Bardyllis_PHILLIPII
#_355b_siege_of_Methone_vs_atheniangreeks_philipII_lost-an-eye_PHILLIPII
#_353bc_Battle_of_Crocus_Field_macedon+thessalians_vs_athens+allies_thessaly_macedonwins_PHILII
#_349bc_siege_of_Olynthus_PhilipII_vs_Athenians+greeks_allies_PHILLIPII
#_345bc_Battle_vs_Ardiaei_PhilipII-wounded_leg_but-wins_PHILLIPII
#_343bc_Battle_of_Pelusium_persians_vs_egyptians_persianswins
#_342BC_PhillipII_of_Macedon_vs_Thracians+scythians-victory_capture_Eumolpia_PHILLIPII
#_342bc_Battle_of_Mount_Gaurus_romans_vs_samnites
#_340bc_battle-of-crimissus_12000syrac_greeks_vs_70000carthaginians_loose
#_338bc_Battle_of_Chaeronea_macedon_vs_greeksathen+theb_macedonwins_PHILLIPII
#_335BC_Alexander-the_Great_vs_Thracians-Illyrians_Hemus-pass_Thracian-defeat_ALEX
#_335BC_Alexander-the-Great_vs_Triballi-Lyginus-river-battle_of_Rositsa-&Peucetians_danube_Thraciandefea_ALEX
#_334bc_Battle-of-the-Granicus_47000macedon_vs_20000persians_ALEX
#_333bc_Battle-of-Issus_40000macedon_vs_85000persians_ALEX
#_332bc_siege-for-gaza_45000macedon_vs_15000egypt+30000persians_ALEX
#_331bc_gaugamela_800000persians_vs_20000macedonians_ALEX
#_331bc_battle-of-megalopolis_macedon_40000antipater_vs_20000inf2000cavspartans
#_331BC_Antipater_vs_Memnon&SeuthesIII-Thraciandefeat
#_326bc_battle-of-hydapses_30000inf8000cavmacedon_vs_50000porus_ALEX
#_323BC_Lysimachus_vs_SeuthesIII_Thraciandefeat
#_321bc_Battle-of-the-Caudine-Forks_romans_vs_samnites
#_316bc_battle-of-gabiene_macedon-antigonos_vs_eumene
#_311bc_battle-of-himera_carthage_vs_syracuse
#_310bc_battle-of-lake-vadimo_romans_vs_etruscans
#_305bc_Battle-of-Bovianum_romans_vs_samnites
#_305bc_indus_campaign_seleucosI_nicanor_vs_chandragupta
#_284bc_bat_Arretium_gauls_senons+boii_vs_Romans_loose
#_280bc_pyrrhicwars_battle-of-heraclea
#_279BC_Gauls_vs_Seuthopolis-Thraciandefeat
#_279bc_pyrrhicwars_battle-of-Asculum
#_278bc_pyrrhicwars_siege_of_syracuse
#_275bc_pyrrhicwars_battle_of_beneventum
#_262bc_bat_Agrigentum_First_punic_war_cart_defeated
#_255bc_bat_of_Tunis_First_punic_war_rom_defeated
#_241bc_Battle_Pergame_vs_Antiochus+Galatians_ATTALUS
#_238bc_carthage_Mercenary_War
#_230bc_illyrian_war_prelude_Agron_Ardiaei_vs_Dardanians
#_229bc_Battle_of_Aphrodisium_vs_Galatians_ATTALUS
#_229bc_Battle_of_the_Arphasus_Meander_Caria_Antiochos_ATTALUS
#_228bc_First-Illyrian_War_Albinus_vs_Queen_Teuta
#_228bc_Hamilcar_last_battle_vs_Iberians
#_225bc_Roman_conquest_Po_Valley_vs_Gauls_bat_Telamon
#_225bc_Roman_conquest_Po_Valley_vs_Gauls_bat_Faesulae
#_222bc_battle-of-Clastidium_Gauls_vs_Romans
#_219bc_Second-Illyrian_War_bat_Pylos_Demetrius-of_Pharos_vs_Paulus
#_219bc_Sack_of_Saguntum_HANNIBAL
#_218bc_Hannibal_cross_the_Alps_HANNIBAL
#_217bc_Battle_of_Selge_Pergame+Galatians_vs_Sel-Achaeus_ATTALUS
#_216bc_cannae_86000romans_vs_55000carthaginians&mercenaries
#_216bc_bat_Hibera_ILergetes-cart_PUNICWARS_SCIPIO
#_214BC_Thracians_vs_Tylis-Thracianvictory
#_212bc_bat_Castilo_ilergetes-cart-numid_PUNICWARS_SCIPIO
#_212bc_bat_Baecula_cart+auxiliber_PUNICWARS_SCIPIO
#_212bc_battle-of-Ilorci_Cart+Iber_vs_SCIPIO
#_209bc_Battle-of-Lamia_PhilipV+Attalus_vs_Galba
#_207bc_battle-of-Ilipa_cart+Iber_vs_SCIPIO
#_202bc_battle-of-Zama_SCIPIO
#_202bc_battle-of-Zama_HANNIBAL
#_200bc_Battle-of-Cremona_40000-gauls_vs_25000_romanwin
#_197bc_Battle-of-Cynoscephalae-33400Romans+Aetolia_vs_25500_Macedon_PhilipV
#_191bc_bat_Thermopylae_Seleucids_vs_rom_romwin
#_189bc_siege_of_amphissa_romans_vs_etolians_SCIPIO
#_180bc_Bastarnae_vs_Dardanians
#_169bc_Third-Illyrian_War_Gentius_siege_of_Appolonia
#_168bc_Third-Illyrian_War_Gentius_battle-of-Scodra
#_168bc_battle-of-Pydna_1_44000Perseus_Macedon_vs_29000Romans_Paulus
#_149bc_Third_punic_War_Carthage_vs_Numidia
#_148bc_battle-of-Pydna_2_?Andriscus_Macedon_vs_?Romans_Metellus_Fourth_Mac_war
#_146bc_Third_punic_War_Siege_of_Carthage
#_145bc_guerilla_Lusitanians_vs_Romans_VIRIATHUS
#_141bc_siege_of_Amphissa_lusitanians_vs_Romans_VIRIATHUS
#_119bc_Battle_of_Siscia_Romans_vs_Pannonians
#_113bc_Jugurthinewars_Siege_of_Cirta_Jugurtha_besiege_Adherbal+romans
#_112bc_bat_Noreia_CIMBRICwars_romloose
#_110bc_Jugurthinewars_Battle_Bestia_Jugurtha_defeats_romanarmy-AulusPostumus
#_110BC_Minucius_Rufus_vs_Bessi&Scordisci_Thraciandefeat
#_109bc_Jugurthinewars_Metellus_vs_Jugurtha_guerillatactics
#_107bc_Jugurthinewars_Marius_vs_Jugurtha_+Bocchus_Mauretanians_2victories_captureJugurtha
#_105bc_bat_Arausio_CIMBRICwars_romloose
#_102bc_bat_Aquae_Sextiae_CIMBRICwars_romwin
#_104bc_Spanish_invasion_CIMBRICwars_cimbloose
#_101bc_bat_Vercellae_CIMBRICwars_romwin_Marius
#_100bc_Boii-in-Bohemia_vs_Dacian-tribesfrom-the-lower-Danube_Dacianvictory
#_86bc_Battle-of-Charonea_120000Archeladus_Pontics_vs_40000Romans_Sulla
#_86bc_Battle-of-Orchomenus_Boeotia_greece_15000romans-Sulla_vs_80000pontics-Archelaus
#_81bc_secondmithr_war_Murena_vs_Pontus-MithVI-pontuswins
#_74bc_third-Mith-war_RomansCotta-lost_then_wins_at_Heraclea
#_71bc_bat_Mtrhobazanes_vs_Lucullus_-TIGRANES_romwin
#_69bc_Battle-of-Tigranocerte_Lucullus_wins_vs_TigranesII_Armenia2x+numerous
#_69bc_bat_Tigranocerta_TigranesII_vs_Lucullus
#_68bc_bat_Artaxarta_TigranesII+Mith_vs_Lucullus_draw_romtactical_defeat
#_67bc_Siege_of_Nisibis_Lucullus_vs_TigranesII_romloose
#_37bc_bat_Gordeyne_Parthia_vs_Armenia_loose
#_66bc_Pompey_vs_MithVI+TigranesII_Colchis
#_65bc_Caucasus_mountains_MithVI_vs_Pompey
#_62bc_Bosporos_Mithridate_vs_sonPharnacesII-Pontus_deathMithridate_later
#_58bc_Battle-of-the-Arar_Helvetii_CAESAR
#_58bc_Battle-of-the-Vosges_Suevi_Arioviste_CAESAR
#_58bc_Battle-of-Bibracte_Helvetii_CAESAR
#_57bc_bat_of_Ujjain_Vikramaditya_vs_Indoscythians
#_57bc_Battle-of-the-Axona_Belgae_CAESAR
#_57bc_Battle-of-Sabis_Nervii_CAESAR
#_55bc_invasion_of_Britain_CAESAR
#_52bc_Battle-of-Gergovia_Arverni_CAESAR
#_52bc_Battle-of-Alesia_Arverni_Aedui_Gauls_CAESAR
#_52bc_Battle-of-Lutetia_Aedui_Labienus
#_51bc_Dalmatian_uprizing_Romansdefeated
#_52bc_battle-of-Alesia_CAESAR
**********Warning********************************
By default, your own preferences files will be called, however if you are on max prefs, whith UNIT_SIZE:Huge, some battles see 16-18 000 units on the battlefield, pretty close to the real ones. Expect some lagging at the beginning.
*********Notes :*********************************
This pack will be added to the next release of CATW
This pack includes :
- 140 historical custom battles
- 200+ custom battle locations
- two new units: Aristoi & Ekdromoi Hoplitai (Eleutheroi)
- fixed issue with missing pic Epirus Pezhetairoi
- Various corrections in DMB, EDU, textures, sprites...
- Modified campaign file (munus magnus) with the new units
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Download Links :
http://ancient-battles.com/catw/down...atch_1.1.6.rar
http://dfiles.eu/files/0v4v1jkby
(for the moment)
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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
1-You need catw 1.0 or patched to 1.2
2-Unzip and open the file, check for "data" and "custom"
3-copy the entire content inside "data"
4-paste this content over your catw/data/ file
5-Agree to overwrite.
6-Do the same for "custom"
That's it.
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Your servant, cocobongoclub-dj