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[Warhell]

Sorry if there might be another threads on the same theme .. but I can not find'em .. so I started that one.
I'm new here .. but I'm playing Rome for some years ... so I finnaly decided to start a new campaign with Terrae Expugnandae Gold at Very Hard campaign and Hard battles as Roman Republic.
First enemy was Epirus and Phyruss with his god damn elephants who destroyed a whole roman army ... it was the first time on hard battles .. so it took me sometime to crush the Epirots from Italy ... but I did not went with them in their motherland .. so I made peace and they started to expand north while I attacked Carthage and took Sicily, and those 2 islands ..
Immediately after I attacked Gaul as they unified whole France ...
It was easy at the beginning ... unnifyng the Italy was easy, but fighting in the woods of Gaul was horrible. Here came the second defeat when my army ambushed a gallic army with succes at starting, but with a disastrous ending as my army got really ****ed up. That battle took place in south, while in north I was doing very well until the germans decided to attack me.
I lost 2 gallic settlements in their favour ... but I was more concentrated on the gallic front who fell hardly...but at least, it fell in my favour ... so after some defeats against Germania I was able to send some armies to their front ... I fought a lot of battles .. Germans made me best problems ... Going from west woods wasn't allowed as they ambushed me everywhere....so I decided to attack Epirus, now a large kingdoom large from Albania to Austria.
I was able to defeat them after some fierce battles .. with some help from Dacians ... dacians who attacked me after the defeat of Epirot army ... but I was able to take Sarmisagetuza and Buridava and made them my protectorate after ceding them their cities and a lot of money.
So they helped me against germans, and I was able to attack from south and west (even east with dacians).
Germania fell easly after that .. pushing them to Denmark, where I made them my protectorate only ceding them some money.
Flavius Octavianus, my faction leader died and Lucius Octavianus, now Lucius the Victor or Lucius Germanicus took the throne and made himself emperor .... the first emperor as now I'm no more a Republic .. I'm an Empire....just in time for Marius reforms ! I really love these armies from Terrae Expugnandae after Marius Reforms.
Making an alliance with Macedon, made me to join the fight against Greece and their onagers .. but after a lot of fierce battles I was able to take Athens and defend it. Pelleponesia is to fall soon as my reinforcments are coming.
Meanwhile Hispania is done ... and soon after that Carthage is pulled off from Spania, Algeria and Lybia .. but they are still fighting me.
Lucius died and Sextus Florianus is proclaimed emperor. His first decision is to invade Britannia as he goes himself with 4 more legions (one of them to Ireland).
First 2 cities in Britain fell easy, but in Ireland where britonns were sieging a rebel city (in south while in north britonns were in control of an another city) ..... made me problems .. destroying the legion.
But my general and remaining troops were able to get to Britains and get reinforcement .. now I'm getting again to Ireland ...
This is my story for now ... I hope I did not made you bored.
Here are some great victories of mine .. just 3 as I did not expected to make a thread here...and the map.
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[belBOSS]

Good job

[Asgaroth]

Yep, nice work there.

[Legio X Gemina]

That looks very impressive. Maybe you can organize it better to make it more entertaining?

[Warhell]

Neah, that campaign it's over for me.
I want to see your campaigns too ....

[pacifism]

Gather around to hear the tale of Eporedorix, Lord of All Gauls. Note this story has soldier units with normal unit size.

In the days where northern Italy wasn’t Roman there was a warrior-prince, named Eporedorix. Eporedorix wasn’t the best administrator, had O.K. influence, but started with promising command (3 or 4 stars). He was stationed between Patavium and Medolanium. Before the Julii could take Segesta (a small coastal village that tips the balance between the control of Northern Italy), Eporedorix took it, then marched forth to find an army to destroy. After finding a small force and destroying it, he got more than what he bargained for a retreated to the Po River valley. Segesta’s small garrison was no match for the 600-man Roman army, led by the Julii leader himself. Eporedorix saw the siege, and in his impotent rage, swore revenge upon all Rome.

In several years’ time, Eporedorix gathered an army of swords and spears and horses (in order of numbers). He had fought large groups of bandits with small forces for practice. And then, he marched against the three-city Julii (the Scipii took Caralis). Segesta, was the first to return to Celtic hands, along with the Julii leader. Pre-occupied with a new, larger army marching to Segesta, Eporedorix sent his finest captain to capture Arretium and the rest of his army to fight the new army and faction leader. Eporedorix, now a five or six star commander, defeated the army, but not destroyed it or the faction leader. The Romans had a few reinforcements at Arretium and sallied forth. The Siege of Arretium became one of Rome’s biggest failures, resulting in a famous battle marked in the 250’s B.C., even though Eporedorix wasn’t a part of it.

Elsewhere in Gaul, the Britons and Germans were enemies with Gaul, but Britannia did not fight and the Germans fought sporadically. The Spanish constantly attacked Numanthia, but Gaul somehow managed to win.

Now Eporedorix was King of All Gauls, and had plenty of money to spend for an even larger army, courtesy to his fine two Roman cities. In a few years, his four cities in Italy pumped out nearly 1,000 individual swordsmen (not quite a stack). When the Julii requested peace, Eporedorix sent the diplomat home and searched of ways to hire assassins. Finally, he was ready. Eporedorix marched to Ariminum with over 1,000 men and seven stars of command. The Siege was long and bloody, but Eporedorix came out on top. The Julii were vanquished. Only a single army of bandits could claim to be the Romans Who Wore Red, and they were quickly decimated for trying to make something of it.

Eporedorix Rome’s-Bane (my nickname for him) ordered his cities to make swordsmen and sent hundreds of War Dogs repeatedly to soften up the Army of the Senate. In three-and-a-half years, Eporedorix Rome’s Bane, King of All Gauls, marched to Rome with 1200 swordsmen, 480 chosen swordsmen, 108 cavalry, and 120 spearmen. But will it stand against the seasoned Principes and Triarii and Generals of Rome itself?

The Senate Army and The Gaulish Army met at the northern Tiber River Ford. Eporedorix led the infantry to cross one ford, and the cavalry to cross the other ford (two on the same battle map) to flank the Romans. No sooner had the Gaul infantry cross the Tiber the Romans Hashasti charged. The Gauls countered charged to prevent a pile of body-bags from pila. The armies met right in front of the Tiber. Thus the Battle of the Tiber begun.

The Romans’ Hashasti and a few Principes surrounded the entrance/exit to their side of the Tiber, and the Gauls had more men but less experience. Most of the swordsmen fought, 3-4 started a warcry, and the chosen swordsmen were immediate (and only) reserves. The battle was a dead stalemate.

Then Eporedorix himself charged.

With not even 45 men, the King of All the Gauls waded through the most dangerous army, in all Italy. He passed the Hashasti/Principes engaging the swordsmen, smashing a few. Eporedorix then charged into a Hashasti unit unwilling to engage. Getting a tougher fight than he bargained for (he was used to a rout in a few seconds when he charged Hashasti), he wheeled back, dodging the generals, and charged back into the infantry battle.

The infantry battle had no clear victor at that point. The Gauls had more men, but even now a few over-exerted men already fled the field, with less than 20 men in the group. The Romans were pushed back but showed no sign of fleeing. When Eporedorix Rome’s-Bane charged, the result was nearly instantaneous. The center of the Roman line, was failing. So the Romans immediately sent their reserves to reinforce the lines, leaving only a few Principes and the six generals waiting. Now every man that couldn’t fight was doing a warcry, the only thing keeping them from a rout. The Gaulish cavalry now charged a general and the infantry, causing massive casualties on mostly the Gaulish side.

The Gauls crawled on. The men were weakened, the Romans courageous and with reserves. But not all was lost. The chosen swordsmen were ready to engage.

The Gauls crawled on. The men were weakened, the Romans hesitant and tired, but had reserves. Soon, a Hashasti fled. Then, another cohort. And a third.

The Senate Generals charged. They pushed the Gauls back, back to the ford entrance. The hundreds of bodyguards and remaining Triarii and Principes found new morale. They pushed the Gauls back, back to the Tiber itself. Defeat was in the air, but Eporedorix saw Segesta, his very first victory as a boy, nearly 15 years ago, in Roman hands, in his eyes, and remembered his vow. His forced rallied, every Gaul pushed his way to fight the Romans.

A Roman General fell. Then another. Then two more. The Senate leader, the Pontifex Maximus, fell on the Tiber. The remaining general and what men were left (now just a few hundred) took their leave, and left the field. With exhausted infantry and only 40 remaining cavalry, Eporedorix was unable to chase them down to stab their backs. Even so, the Battle of the Tiber, ended, with nearly 2,000 men dead on both sides.

Eporedorix Rome’s-Bane, King of All the Gauls, had a large army too weakened to continue. He sent his men to be retrained. It took three turns for everyone to be ready again. Meanwhile in previous years, orders in four of five Italian cities to make more swordsmen created a new army. With over 3,000 men, Eporedorix Rome’s-Bane was ready to conquer the Eternal City.

From the time he spent to recover his forces, the Senate recovered and enlargened their army as well. Eporedorix sent a few groups of swordsmen as a lure (which over half the Senate army promptly fell for and followed south, away from Rome.). Eporedorix Rome’s-Bane, King of All the Gauls, now an 9-star general sent three or spies in Rome (he was determine to capture the city before the Senate realized their mistake) and sieged the city. When the spies controlled the gates that turn, both of Eporedorix’s armies (being too vast to be put in one) attacked.

Eporedorix’s army had himself, half a dozen chosen swordsmen groups, a dozen swordsmen groups, and an extremely small barbarian cavalry group, totaling 1,300 men. The second army had a dozen swordsmen, totaling 960 men. Each army attacked a different gate. Eporedorix’s forces easily broke through, having fewer defenders to face, while the second army had more difficulty. Eporedorix and his men became a horde/wave of men and steel. Eporedorix, so excited of reaching Rome and having half his vow fulfilled, often charged alone, with none but his bodyguards. When Eporedorix nearly reached the city square, he received news that the second army had completely routed. Disheartened but angry, he sent all his men into the square, over-powered its occupants, and then marched outside the square to catch any Romans routing or marching to the square. After the three minutes were up, the entire Eternal City was at the mercy of the Gauls. But Eporedorix did what he did to most of the cities he conquered; he allowed anyone who disagreed with his right to rule to leave the city unharmed.

Now only the Scipii city and Brutii cities remain in Italy, the only things stopping Eporedorix from claiming both victory and his vow fulfilled. He sent all his spies into the cities, and saw they both had a thousand men for both factions. The Gaulish treasury was nearly bankrupt, and Eporedorix’s hair is now gray. The Scipii once sieged Rome, but the defenders outnumbered the besiegers. There were two swordsmen for every Principes/Hashasti, not counting the chosen swordsmen. The Equites were no match for Eporedorix’s bodyguards and his legendary 9-stars (not to mention he got +1 attacking. And he got +1 defending. And he got +1 against Romans.). One swordsmen charged then warcried when he got close to his human target, and another actually combated the infantry. The two mutually supported each other to cause a mass rout.

There are still a thousand men for each faction in Italy. The Brutii are marching to Rome, but the Scipii are playing defensive.

I cannot tell you how the story ends, because there is no end just yet. This is as far as I have gotten in this campaign. It is one of the best so far.

Hoped you didn’t get bored reading this like you might have on the original post.

Eporedorix Rome’s-Bane, King of All the Gauls!

[Warhell]

Good job dude! Maybe some photos too? I really wanna see that barbaric Alexander general !
What difficulty are you playing?