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[Garnier]

Post any information you want about your SPQR empire. You can edit your post when things change or make a new one. My current empire:
191 BC
The Gaulic Front: 3 Auxiliary legions
Spain: 4 Legions, 1 Auxiliary legion
The German Front: 1 Auxiliary legion (I dont really fight germans, cause the roman rebels are there.
Italy: 3 Mercenary armies (gathered for the invasion of sicily)

Soon I will raise 4 Imperial legions and take sicily, then invade either Africa or Greece.



Here are my mercenary armies, as you can see collected from all over the place. I am trying to get a general past the pirates up to britain.. to see if theres anything there I can bring home.



As I posted somewhere else, I halved the upkeep of mercenaries so they are a more viable option. But yeah, its still the equivalent of 2 full mercenary armies. A big chunk of my money still.

[lesterthenerd]

just take a look at my save file =D
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=L1H1Q5BO

[Konig]

4 mercenary armies... some pocket change you must have...

[Sator Mortis]

Looks like we expanded in opposite directions Here's my empire.

208 BC (pre-marius)



As you can see on the map, my fist campaign was against Spain and the Carthaginians too, but the campaign was an utter disaster. I lost well over 30.000 men (probably about half my population...) Of the 6 (plus 3 for Sicily) Legions originally founded for the campaign, 1 was lost at sea (damn pirates), one was annihilated by mere rebels and a third turned traitor, taking a whole city with them. The remaining Legions managed to capture a number of cities, but not enough by far to count the campaign a succes...
At this point my most trusted allies, the Macedonians decided to stab me in the back and attack me. Needless to say I was furious. I abandoned the campaign against Carthage, raised new legions in Italy and went to war with the Macedonians. This campaign turned out the be the complete opposite of the aborted war in Spain. The Macedonian armies were no match even for my weakest legions, my hastati, principes and barbarian cavalry cutting the Phalanx down with childlike ease. Currently the Macedonians are at the brink of destruction, their last cities besieged, their people enslaved or dead, their greatest generals been put to the sword. Within just a few years, Romans will rule what was once Macedon.
So now I turn my attention to my greatest nemesis, the Germans. With only 16 more turns to go before my first Imperial Palace is finished, the count-down for payback has begun


My armies:

1 legion at Arretium (still my capital); acts as a sort of Praetorian Guard. It became apparent that I needed one when in 212 BC the Germans broke through the legion stationed at the border (pretty much the only defense I had against the Germans at the time), which put them in a position from where they could threaten every Roman city in Italy. It was later defeated by a motly assortment of troops, but it had shown the weak link in my defence system. The legion basically fulfills a similar role as the comitatenses in the later Roman Empire.

2 Legions guard the Gaullic border, one stationed at Darantasia and one at Massilia.

3 Legions guard the German border, one stationed at Patavium, one at Tergeste, the third - a brand new legion, though with silver chevrons thanks to the new Republican Barracks and Scriptoria - is currently stationed at Arminium, but will be moved to the Alps in the coming years.

3 Legions are campaigning in Macedonia, one at Ambrakia, one at Naupactus and one at Larissa (which will move to assist in the siege of Naupactus once revolts in Larissa have been put down)

No legions are currently stationed in Spain or at the Dacian border, though the cities on those borders have somewhat larger garrisons than the other cities of the Empire.


(First post here, just started playing SPQR. Really awesome mod!)

[Brucha]

I don't have any screenshots to post (though I have them, just not on-line yet). I have been using fraps for screenshots, and I am thinking of setting up a website detailing my entire campaign, from start to finish - whether I win or lose. Basically track my battle wins and losses (with all info on the battle) and the progress of the campaign with a map. At the very least, I can look back and study flaws in my strategy and where I went wrong. I am playing the campaign with no re-starts or going back to a saved spot. Basically, I am taking wins and losses together. Whatever happens....happens, good or bad.

[el_dude]

@sator mortis: are you blitzing? because usually macedon turns out stack after stack of royal phalanx and other high quality troops with 2 or 3 gold chevrons that give even republican legionaries a run for their money

[Sator Mortis]

@sator mortis: are you blitzing? because usually macedon turns out stack after stack of royal phalanx and other high quality troops with 2 or 3 gold chevrons that give even republican legionaries a run for their money

Nope. Macedon has thrown dozens of full stacks at me (almost 60.000 men just for the first 5 cities according to my kill sheets), it's just that those armies have at most a few units of Royal pikemen (exept in some cities) and contain mostly Phalanx pikemen, Sword hoplites and either light lancers or Macedonian cavalry, and none of their units has more experience than one or two silver chevrons. It's probably still too early in the game for them to have access to full stacks of elite Royal pikemen. It's also too early for me to have Legionairs, though, so it's probably fair game. And, well, the campaign's been going for 15 years now, so it's not like I haven't given them a chance to come up with something better.
I am having trouble conquering their last cities, though. Previous cities all had wooden walls, all those did was trap their forces inside. Stone walls with a full stack defending them is a whole different story...

[Garnier]

Update: 186 BC

I have taken the following cities:

Palma (Roman Rebels)
Lilybeon (Carthage)
Messana (Carthage)
Carunium (Iberians)

My four remaining republican legions from spain are all on the way back to Rome, to be reformed with new equipment and auxiliaries, and then Caesar plans an invasion of Greece with six imperial legions and two mercenary armies. The conquest of spain has taken some 20 years (80 turns!) but finally it is finished. Roman highways now cover the land, transporting the war machine home.



Marcus Aurelius was one of the greatest generals Rome has seen. He was given his commission in 216 BC and led a pre-marian legion on the border of Germania, winning two crucial victories there. He then commanded a small cavalry and mercenary army patrolling the river Po. After this, when Gaius marius reformed the roman army, he was given command of the 8th Legion. When the nine republican legions invaded spain, the 8th distinguished itself in six great victories. However, after this many battles there were only three hundred legionaries left. These began the return to Rome in 198 BC, when Iberia was only half conquered. When they reached their home city, the legion was kept as a garrison for seven years. In 189, the invasion of Sicily was begun. The 8th Legion led the assaults on both Messana and Lilybeon. Then Aurelius retired from his position in the 8th, giving it over to Decius Hostilitus. Marcus Aurelius was given the position of governor of Lilybeon, with the 24th legion as his garrison until the island was subdued. His career was an honourable one.

[Brucha]

Slightly off the subject, but how can you find the names of waterways and rivers? (Garnier mentioned a River Po?) On the campaign map, it does not show the names of geographical locations, such as rivers and mountains.

[Garnier]

I just happened to know the name of that river. I guess looking at a map would be the best way.

[-|I_L|-Empire]

So far I have defeated two Armies of Gallis troops on my Northern Boarders! Managed to gain military dominance there and my Pre-Marius Legio I entered in a Battle against 3 Gallic Warlords and killed them, then I sieged and Took a settlement along the South Coast of Gaul killing the Gallic King. They requested a Ceasefire and I accepted.

I moved my Legions South, leaving a group of Mercenaries and Hastati in the North. I destroyed the Gladiator Rebellion.

Hannibal led and army and attack my Sicilian settlement and lost, a second Carthaginian General attacked and won, how ever he died in the battle. I lead my First Legion and attacked, retaking the town and using a second force took the Carthage City, Hannibal was killed and I brought my Third Legion into Sicily. My Second Legion took the Island just to the west of the Italian mainland.

Now, my plan is to take 3 Legions and start a war with Carthage, how ever the 2 Greek armies and their city in Sicily can flank me, so I bribed the town (so i didn't cause a war) and now I wait the 2 Greek armies to be pulled off by ships, that is if the SPQR fleet lets them through.

Current Military Status:
Pre-Marius
Legio I = Sicily
Legio II = Sicily
Legio III = Sicily
Legio IV = Northern Italy (occupied Territory)
Legio V = Northern Italy (occupied Territory)

Current Date:
219 BC

[Atticus]

i don't know how to upload pics, so i'll have to describe my empire

m/m
no four turns/year script
year = 125 bc
enemies killed = 520.000 (only battle results)
romans lost = 150.000 (only battle results)

i control italy (incl rome), north of spain, gaul + dalmatia +greece (rhine-donube frontier) and a piece of north africa (carthage, hadrementum and lepcis magna)

to protect my rhine-danube frontier, i have 4 imperial legions + 5 auxilia legions (but there not fully complete: 10 legionnaires/sword auxilia + 2 roman cavalry to lower upkeep costs) totalling +- 18.000 soldiers

one imperial and one auxilia legion of my northern army are campaigning in germania to stop the attacks on my border cities.

i have another imperial legion that's currently attacking carthagenian armies in iberia

i have three imperial legions active in north africa + one black shield legion (totaling +-12.000 men) conquering new territories or keeping piece in my already conquered towns

i have two more mobile armies (only cavalry, +- 500 men each) travelling through my empire, looking for rebels and destroying them.

i'll raise two more black shield legions to conquer the rest of north africa.

i have two big navies 15 units of quinqerieme fighting cartaghenian ships (they're really tuff) and two smaller fleets (6 units of quinqerieme) garding my waters around greece and western gaul.

i have 56 cities, 48 of them are imperial cities or building an imperial palace. in each city i have 2-4 town guards to keep the peace. my economy florishes with over 4 million denarii and i have only a few towns with a negative income. i wish i had allies so i could give them money...

my intention of my campaign isn't to conquer the whole map, but the original territory of the empire and keeping it under control.

[Garnier]

Update 179 BC

Settlements taken:
Sparta
Corinth

Settlements Lost:
Taraco
Darantasia


Settlements soon to be taken:
Taraco
Darantasia
Naupticus
Ambrakia

After that, I will take Athens and Larisa.



In the years of 185 BC to 180 BC, roman forces on the Gaulic and Germanic borders were steadily overwhelmed, while eight legions were preparing to invade Macedon.

by 179 BC however, four newly trained legions marched to the northern borders to secure them.

Sparta and Corinth fell to the Roman sieges in early 179 BC.
I used four spies and three assassins to overthrow Athens, Larissa and Ambrakia. It seems macedon did not have enough money to repair the damaged buildings, so they revolted. I also used an assassin on the Gaulic border to clean out ten or so Gaul assassins that were continually sabotaging me cities.

Here is the front with Macedon:

[-|I_L|-Empire]

Empire Update

I have plans to attack Carthage as stated before, how ever those Greek armies are still in Sicily and the Gauls had another go at me, but are not getting anywhere at all, they were defeated attacking my capital city.
Also one of my Settlements rebelled and became Roman Rebels, but I managed to destroy them with my IVth Legion, Legion V has now joined Legion IV in Northern Italy to defend the borders while I consider kicking the Greeks out of Sicily by force.

Current Military Status:
Pre-Marius
Legio I = Sicily
Legio II = Sicily
Legio III = Sicily
Legio IV = Northern Italy (occupied Territory)
Legio V = Northern Italy (occupied Territory)

Current Date:
219 BC

[BNS]

hey, how come you guys dont go for Carthage and northen africa ?
currenetly in my campaign is still pretty young. i play medium battles and hard campiagn also this is my first spqr campiagn ( not counting the one i started before, in 6.2 which was still young and had to stop for 6.3 ) i have conquerd northern italy and sicily, currently im preparing a legion to capture sardinia then i will capture ( and sack ) the mighty Carthage and noth africa

then what should i do ?
- go historical and take spain, or
- take greece

i have 4 legions pre marius legions
- northern italy
- southern italy
- 2 in sicily

i will post the date and campiagn map once i take northern africa

[Garnier]

Well if I were you I would turtle and get the marius reforms and then start invading. Before marius reforms I try to only take northern italy. Until the reforms I mainly build up my cities.

[lt1956]

Sicily can be taken before marius and some of the islands. It helps economically for the invasions later. Carthage should be the MAIN target Before Marius.

[-|I_L|-Empire]

Yea, those side downs I took to support funding for these Legions, them and my capital are my biggest sources of income, as some others are in the like -1000+ or - lol!

Legio I = Carthage
Legio II = sieging Carthage
Legio III = Carthage
Legio IV = Northern Italy (Replacements needed)
Legio V = Northern Italy (Holding the small mountain pass)

The Germans decided they would send a stack of men down, destroyed half a Legion in that battle and I managed to destroy the two Greek armies in Sicily and then they asked for a ceasefire so that worked out fine, just Gaul and Germania are becoming a pain on the Northern Borders, my Town Garrisons are strong enough for even small forces of Germans lol

How ever, I have invaded Carthage, one Legion is sieging the City itself and it only has a Garrison of about 2 units!
The other two stay in forts covering the Siege! Then I will move Two Legions south to take those towns while another Legion stays to Defend the City. Re enforcements must arrive as often as they can to form Garrisons and replacement forces just in case, but to do this I need to end these wars to the North, I cant afford to loose any of those towns or to fight any more massive battles which are a risk to me loosing a whole Legion! BTW I have the Republican Barracks in two towns, except Marius Reforms not happened yet, grr I gotta keep an eye on my money!

[Marcus Tullius Cicero]

How ever, I have invaded Carthage, one Legion is sieging the City itself and it only has a Garrison of about 2 units!

how so? is it because they have sallied out and you defeated them but two units escape? that is the only way the garrison script has not replenished garrisons that i now of... and it only happens a couple of times....


but good luck all i hope garnier especially can finish his 6.2 campaign (altho he still has a way to go ) quickly so that he can enjoy the magnificence that is 6,3

[Garnier]

but good luck all i hope garnier especially can finish his 6.2 campaign (altho he still has a way to go ) quickly so that he can enjoy the magnificence that is 6,3

I'm nearly given up on trying to continue the campaign with the amount of CTDs I get. Its terribly frustrating and I have to autoresolve all the time now...

So I've stopped playing SPQR.

And its not just this campaign, I have CTDs in new campaigns with 6.3 and 6.2 as well. As Lt says it could be my video card dying, but all other games work as normal.