The traitor legions march on a recaptured Noreia (I took Noreia from the amazing campaign AI without much of a fight because the Senate's legions were playing in a mountain pass):
True romans, not willing to sit idly behind walls, sally forth to meet the Senate. The shiny new lorica segmentata armor compliments the fiery red of their shields as they clash with the mail-clad Senate troops:
The traitors pile on the pressure, bringing up more troops to storm the gate:
The senate brings along barbarians to aid their fight, showing how far the mighty have fallen. The loyalists try to ignore the gallic javelineers lining the walls over their head, throwing whatever they can at anyone wearing blue:
A true fight rages at the main gate:
Several loyalist cohorts fight almost until the last man before falling back through the gate. The commander, surrounded by his mounted guard, parts to let them pass. Almost nobody is uninjured, and everyone is exhausted:
Outside, the traitors make one last push with their cavalry aiding:
But it is all for naught. Roma Invicta!
Seventeen hundred brave soldiers lay dead or wounded outside the gates, with more than double their senatorial counterparts amongst them.
This is the battle that restored my love of Rome
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Originally Posted by snuggans
