Regal Purple - A Successor for Caesar

[Iron Aquilifer]

Year of the Four Emperors



Having lost the support of the people and senate of Rome, Emperor Nero committed suicide. He was succeeded by his rival Servius Sulpicius Galba. Earning the enmity of many for his cruelty, Galba's support is very rapidly diminishing as the people start to draw parallels between the rule of Galba and his predecessor.

Even as plots fester in the capital between the Praetorian Guard and disgruntled noblemen, the legions of Germania have refused to swear loyalty to the new Emperor. The veterans of the Germannic Wars have raised their own Emperor, Aulus Vitellius. With Britannia and Gaul, and the legions stationed there, swearing loyalty to this challenger, Galba's hold on the throne is weak.

Furthermore, Hispannia is controlled by one of Galba's oldest supporters. While this should have been a cause for hope, Marcus Salvius Otho has set his eyes on the title of Caesar and would see Galba dead to gain it.

The Danube legions have sworn their loyalty, however to what extent is in question. They do not move from their forts upon the frontier, with whispers coming that they intent to see their own candidate wear the Imperial purple.

Yet what is more worrying is from the East, where Titus Flāvius Vespasiānus and his legions battle the Jewish rebels. Those legions have no reason to support Galba when their loyalty is firmly stuck with their own general.

Year of the Four Emperors, where four men would be named Emperor, one following the other as being proclaimed Caesar. One following the other in to death. At the end, the Flavian dynasty would arise to lead Rome, carrying on from where the Julio-Claudian ended. However, that was what happened in history. History is supposed to repeat itself, yet that does not mean that here it will be the case.

Admin: Iron Aquilifer
Co-Admin: TBC

Servius Galba and Marcus Otho: TBC
Aulus Vitellius: TBC
Marcus Primus: Ventos Mustel
Titus Vespasian: Gaius Julius Caesar II

Mod: Imperium Romanum
Unofficial Patch: Here

[Iron Aquilifer]

1. The use of bugs and exploits is not allowed. This includes the merchant fort and surrounding agents to kill them. The movement bug is allowed if posted at start or upon agreement by players. The penalty is an in-game fine of 10,000.

2. Armies defeated by a player (b) that comes after the original player (a)'s turn cannot move next turn, so if Vespasian defeats a Galban army that army cannot move next turn. - Exception: Reinforcing armies in fortification, even if defeated, don't lose movement points. So player 'a' should be allowed to move the army that reinforced another while in a fort and was defeated by 'b'. The penalty is replay of turn and 10,000 gold.

3. All battles must be auto-resolved. Screenshots must be posted as evidence of auto-resolve. The Odds & Results screens must not be edited in any way. Editing out Map info, Cash, Unit cards, and any Agents/Units/Regions not involved in the attack is allowed. Siege weapon unit cards must be shown, if used. The penalty is 10,000 gold.

4. No surrounding enemy army/agents/navies with one-unit stack armies/navies. This prevents retreat of enemy army and it is automatically killed after battle. The penalty is replay and 10,000 gold.

6. If you receive a territory as a gift, the troops spawned must be disbanded immediately if it is on the border with an enemy. If not you may keep 2 troops to maintain public order.

7. Sallying out when outnumbered to prevent the attacking player's army from sacking is an exploit and is banned.

8. Ships may not leave a blockaded port without fighting through the blockade fleet.

9. Anything determined to be an exploit is banned.

10. Buildings may not be destroyed. Penalty is 10,000 gold and admin will restore buildings next turn.

11. Maximum of two forts a region. Fine is 10,000 gold.

12. Each fort must be garrisoned by at least four units or left empty. Anything less than four, excluding zero, results in a 10,000 gold fine.

[Iron Aquilifer]

Notes:
Each legion is represented by four "Roman Legion" units.
The typical makeup of a "full-stack" would be two Roman legions with general, supported by auxiliaries who provide spearmen, swordsmen, archers and cavalry.
Historically the legions on the borders would have access to a greater number of supporting auxiliaries than those in territories which were more pacified. Example: the Danube legions and those of Hispania.

Galba & Otho:
- The current "reigning" Emperor in Rome and his successor
- Has the "loyalty" of six legions at the beginning of the game: two stationed in North Africa, two in Italy and the Hispanic legions.
- The morale of this faction is weak, so too many early defeats will result in his faction being absorbed by another.
- Weakest faction in terms of morale and overall strength at the beginning of the game, however has the greatest financial power

Vitellius:
- Has the largest number of legions at his command: three stationed in Britannia; one in southern Gaul; eight on the Germania frontier. In addition, he also commands a strong contingent of Germanic allies.
- One of, if not the strongest faction at game's start in terms of faction morale and overall strength.
- Finances is not the most powerful so requires rapid expansion in order to allow for reinforcements to be recruited.

Primus:
- Historically did not become Emperor, the legions instead deciding to follow Vespasian.
- The Danube legions have given oaths of loyalty to him: five legions with supporting auxiliaries
- Holds Greece and the Balkans at game's beginning

Vespasian:
- Historically became the Emperor at the end of the conflict.
- Has the loyalty of eight veteran legions at the beginning of the game.
- Needs to deal with the Jewish Rebellion before turning the faction's attention on Rome.

[Macrath]

Vespasian for me

[Iron Aquilifer]

That would be Imperium Romanum, linked in the OP

[Mithridate]

I'd like to join, sign me up as... Vitellius

Never played the mod so it shall be fun

[Mithridate]

I'd like if we could fight against AI, manual battles that is

2. The defeated army and turn of respect rule. All defeated armies/navies are not allowed to be moved or attacked again on the turn after they are defeated. This is to make it fair for people who are defeated by players that come before them in the turn, and lose all their movement points because of the game mechanics. If the army retreated into a city/castle/fort this rule does not apply The penalty is replay of turn and 10,000 gold.

This rule is unfair towards those coming later in turn order, the one before in turn order will always be able to attack the defeated army on the second turn after they defeated an enemy whilst the one later in turn would always have their enemy able to escape them as the enemy is immune as per rules first, then moves first thus able to escape. ( assuming no outside intervention ).

use this rule instead:

10. Armies defeated by a player (b) that comes after the original player (a)'s turn cannot move next turn, so if Tyrell defeats a Lannister army that army cannot move next turn. - Exception: Reinforcing armies in fortification, even if defeated, don't lose movement points. So player 'a' should be allowed to move the army that reinforced another while in a fort and was defeated by 'b'.

If you want to prevent stunlocking in a chain of defeat, then simply add that an army must be frozen for an entire turn and then frozen on the following turn as per above, as well as armies that retreat into forts/settlements can still be attacked.

[Iron Aquilifer]

I just copy/pasted from the rules thread, thinking that it was the same. Edited

[Gaius Julius Caesar II]

I'd like to play. I'll take anyone since I know nothing of the mod. Glad to see a Roman era HS.

[Macrath]

On second thought I will not be participating in this one

[Gaius Julius Caesar II]

On second thought I will not be participating in this one

In that case, I'd like to take Vespasian.

[Iron Aquilifer]

Updated, thanks for the interest.

[Jadli]

I choose Servius Galba, The One True Emperor

[Iron Aquilifer]

Here is the edited files: https://www.mediafire.com/?qs2k0wdymdy3d8w

Note: remember to create backup files.

Place the units file in the main "data folder. Place the imperial_campaign folder in its usual place, overwriting what is already there. And then stick the save in the saves folder.

[Ventos Mustel]

I'll join as Primus