Rome trampled ... and NOT BY ME!

[Delvecchio1975]

I have my weirdest campaign ever going on (RTRPE):

I am playing as the Macedonians, not because I love them so much, but to keep a check on them, and to have all superpowers within reach to regulate the game. I like a fair fight

First thing of course I kick the Greeks out of Greece, securing my back yard. I go on to slap the Seleucids in the face depriving them of western Anatolia, which leaves the rest of the peninsula for the Ptolemies and the Pontians. Now at least it's a fair fight in the Middle East.
I shut the Illyrians up in the Balkans but leave them half their territory, and I leave the Thracians alone (Although I'm faster than them grabbing the three Greek colonies on the Black Sea and the Crimea) - a fair fight in the Balkans.
I now was planning to point my attention to Rome which I was expecting by now to have secured Italy. Not quite so. The Greeks, having lost their own peninsula, not only kicked Carthaginian behind in Sicily, but also conquered Rome itself, and are laying siege to two out of four remaining Roman cities! I never saw that!
About ten turns later The Romans are fighting for their lives in their last stronghold Arretium, and I am fearing for "white suppremacy" once the Greeks break out of Italy into barbarian territories (they already conquered Bononia from the Illyrians)!
I quickly step in and take Bononia, securing access to the European hinterland ... and that's where I am now ...

Anyone ever seen such improbable surges such as the Greek? Like Thracians beating Macedonians, or Egyptians beating Seleucids, or Numidians beathing Carthage? Heavily impressed I was, and it's a great variance of setting to the regular Macedonian suppremacy ....

[_TubbZ_]

hehe you like George Bush, trying to police the world I have heard of numidia taking out carthage and Spain and half of gaul...

[unfortunate crow]

hehe you like Bill Clinton and George Bush, trying to police the world I have heard of numidia taking out carthage and Spain and half of gaul...

Fixed.

[Cybugger]

hehe you like Bill Gates, trying to police the world I have heard of numidia taking out carthage and Spain and half of gaul...

'Nuff said.

As a general rule, in my campaigns, the Romans stand around and do nothing for like 50 years, then blitz absolutely everyone. Except for me and my Britons .

[imgettinganulcer]

I once killed almost all the greeks in RTR except their easternmost most provinces and Crete. They apparently launched a campaign after awhile into Anatolia and were well on their way taking the whole thing when I put and end to them.

I also once saw them defeat the macedonians and take almost all their cities but I doubt that's too uncommon.

[][Xyphos][ - Lee]

Lol, that is soo weird usually the greeks just get battered by everyone, ive never seen them take italy and actaully beat the romans lol do you have any screen shots of this?

[Delvecchio1975]

i'll see if i can take a screenshot tonight - should be possible! funny thing was that they not just beat the romans, but beat them after being kicked out of greece in the first five turns!

[Gleemonex]

hehe you like George Bush and Henry Kissinger, trying to police the world I have heard of numidia taking out carthage and Spain and half of gaul...

Fixed the fix.

In my campaigns, Egypt almost always smokes the Seleucids. But I've never heard of the Greeks going so strong! Funky.

-Glee

[Jake.Q]

germains were once pushing agianst rome but i wouldnt let them have it.

[Roman Clone]

You havent seen anything till you've seen macedonia in africa

[][Xyphos][ - Lee]

You havent seen anything till you've seen macedonia in africa

Macedonia usually take Cyrene (a city in africa) its not really that unusal lol

[Paul d]

in all my campaigns (EB)
seleucids seem to be able to kill everyone that attacks them.

ptolematics are gone from the map, as well as pontus, baktria, and saba. the seleucids have managed to capture roughly 20 settlements as well.

[polarbear297]

im guessing the CA guys decided to give the Seleucid the best units just for this reason.

[imgettinganulcer]

I just watched Macedon buy a province from the Gauls, then had it revolt because they had nothing with which to garrison it. Now they just gave the Gauls a big army for free, and the Gauls never lost anything! I wonder if I could do this too...