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Egypt: 487-499 AVC The Time of Civil Wars
Keraunos saw a straight line to victory over the Rebels: remain safely in Alexandria. In what historians have unartfully named the First Civil War of the Ptolemic Decline, Keraunos Ptolemy chose to laze about Alexandria, safe with one of his two remaining loyal armies, while the
fires of the rebels burned themselves out somewhere well below the 7th or 8th or 12th cascade (he had never bothered to learn the difference), and left it to the over energetic Pontians to dispatch those in the north.
It fit his temperament and lifestyle: no marching around the hot desert when he could better spend his time in the comfort of Alexandria plotting against his enemies, foreign and domestic. As soon as the First Civil War had ended, he put his plans into effect. He had two great generals, one healthy but disloyal, Philocrates Kenamid , the other, Oxynatus Narvid, the opposite. To remove the threat of the one and to boost the confidence of the other, he merged their armies together. Had he been more diligent in studying the traits of the two, he might not have been shocked by the unexpected outcome: Kenamid became the sole commander of the Egyptian army. Furious, but with no one but himself to blame, Keraunos reviewed his remaining options: assassination or bribery? Although his advisers assured him that they were 70% confident that they could strike Kenamid without consequence,Keraunos decided to attempt bribery first. And if that failed, then the knife.
But once again events moved faster than the lazy and muddy river that was Keraunos's mind. Before he could strike Kenamid launched the Second Civil War of the Ptolemic Decline. And even Keraunos could see that he was doomed. Doomed to fall, and doomed to be removed from history itself. Kenamid's first actupon taking power was to have Keraunos's name erased from the list of Egyptian rulers.
Kenamid's blunt and selfish nature made him unpopular among his people and his peers, if the Pharaoh can be said to have peers. But being intelligent and a shrewd tactician, Kenamid quickly developed a plan of action to put his subjects at ease and his enemies in extremis:
1. Rebuild the navy and lead it to triumph after triumph over the pirates of the Mediterranean.
2. Provide jobs and gold to those who could still be brought into the royal orbit.
3. Send disloyal officers on long marches to visit the barbarians of the north.
4. Send disloyal ministers on hopeless diplomatic missions.
5. Imprison or assassinate the rest.
Kenamid calculated that he would have time to put his house in order before turning his attention to the larger world. Carthage had been destroyed by Rome, so his western border was secure, and the Seleucid Empire was in its death throes, being picked apart first by Pontus and then Armenia.
Some advisers warned him about the pace and extent of Armenian expansion, but Kenamid was sure he could come to an understanding with them. One of the interim rulers during the years of Civil War had formed an alliance with the Seleucids, which he could not break while they were at war with Armenia. But surely the wise Armenian king would end the war so as to free Egypt's hand. But if not, and if the SE were send him a call to arms, then Antioch would make a fine consolation prize.
Keraunos saw a straight line to victory over the Rebels: remain safely in Alexandria. In what historians have unartfully named the First Civil War of the Ptolemic Decline, Keraunos Ptolemy chose to laze about Alexandria, safe with one of his two remaining loyal armies, while the
fires of the rebels burned themselves out somewhere well below the 7th or 8th or 12th cascade (he had never bothered to learn the difference), and left it to the over energetic Pontians to dispatch those in the north.
It fit his temperament and lifestyle: no marching around the hot desert when he could better spend his time in the comfort of Alexandria plotting against his enemies, foreign and domestic. As soon as the First Civil War had ended, he put his plans into effect. He had two great generals, one healthy but disloyal, Philocrates Kenamid , the other, Oxynatus Narvid, the opposite. To remove the threat of the one and to boost the confidence of the other, he merged their armies together. Had he been more diligent in studying the traits of the two, he might not have been shocked by the unexpected outcome: Kenamid became the sole commander of the Egyptian army. Furious, but with no one but himself to blame, Keraunos reviewed his remaining options: assassination or bribery? Although his advisers assured him that they were 70% confident that they could strike Kenamid without consequence,Keraunos decided to attempt bribery first. And if that failed, then the knife.
But once again events moved faster than the lazy and muddy river that was Keraunos's mind. Before he could strike Kenamid launched the Second Civil War of the Ptolemic Decline. And even Keraunos could see that he was doomed. Doomed to fall, and doomed to be removed from history itself. Kenamid's first actupon taking power was to have Keraunos's name erased from the list of Egyptian rulers.
Kenamid's blunt and selfish nature made him unpopular among his people and his peers, if the Pharaoh can be said to have peers. But being intelligent and a shrewd tactician, Kenamid quickly developed a plan of action to put his subjects at ease and his enemies in extremis:
1. Rebuild the navy and lead it to triumph after triumph over the pirates of the Mediterranean.
2. Provide jobs and gold to those who could still be brought into the royal orbit.
3. Send disloyal officers on long marches to visit the barbarians of the north.
4. Send disloyal ministers on hopeless diplomatic missions.
5. Imprison or assassinate the rest.
Kenamid calculated that he would have time to put his house in order before turning his attention to the larger world. Carthage had been destroyed by Rome, so his western border was secure, and the Seleucid Empire was in its death throes, being picked apart first by Pontus and then Armenia.
Some advisers warned him about the pace and extent of Armenian expansion, but Kenamid was sure he could come to an understanding with them. One of the interim rulers during the years of Civil War had formed an alliance with the Seleucids, which he could not break while they were at war with Armenia. But surely the wise Armenian king would end the war so as to free Egypt's hand. But if not, and if the SE were send him a call to arms, then Antioch would make a fine consolation prize.
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With regret I have to announce my resignation as the Carthage controller. The game session time schedule really kills me and I am unable reach optimal performance as a player because of it.
I'd like to thank you all and namely Sheltonius for this opportunity to learn the basic ropes of a MPC game.
Carthage is in a wreck state, their remaining provinces ready to be taken, but don't allow Rome expand too much, quys
I'd like to thank you all and namely Sheltonius for this opportunity to learn the basic ropes of a MPC game.
Carthage is in a wreck state, their remaining provinces ready to be taken, but don't allow Rome expand too much, quys
Need More Players
Uh-oh, we've lost two players. Having seven made things more interesting. But now we are down to five. Any other players out there who would like to step into this campaign?
Uh-oh, we've lost two players. Having seven made things more interesting. But now we are down to five. Any other players out there who would like to step into this campaign?
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"The short, undocumented, account of the Punic War #1"
Seeing as our leader forgot to keep records of the Punic War, and all of the generals dead or senile, the tale is not well-known. The generals were not even decent speakers... Here is a recounting of the tale from a historian who had overheard a re-telling of the tale...
"The war was rather short.
The ships were split into two navies, one sent to the far end to distract the single-navy of Carthage.
Carthage fell for it.
One navy was used for transporting units while the ships were distracted.
We won all battles except for the Battle of Sicily. Carthage could've gained the upper-hand at that moment, however, the Carthaginian units were left in Sicily for unknown reasons.
Carthage lost.
The islands were gained, as well as Spain, and Numidia was conquered.
The end."
To this day, this is the only known record of the Punic Wars.
(Didn't have enough time for anything fancy).
Seeing as our leader forgot to keep records of the Punic War, and all of the generals dead or senile, the tale is not well-known. The generals were not even decent speakers... Here is a recounting of the tale from a historian who had overheard a re-telling of the tale...
"The war was rather short.
The ships were split into two navies, one sent to the far end to distract the single-navy of Carthage.
Carthage fell for it.
One navy was used for transporting units while the ships were distracted.
We won all battles except for the Battle of Sicily. Carthage could've gained the upper-hand at that moment, however, the Carthaginian units were left in Sicily for unknown reasons.
Carthage lost.
The islands were gained, as well as Spain, and Numidia was conquered.
The end."
To this day, this is the only known record of the Punic Wars.
(Didn't have enough time for anything fancy
).
I took off from work a bit early so we can start at 5:30 if necessary. Normally, I'll have to keep the official time 6 though. I'm heading to the meta...
Car 54
Shelt: what happened? We missed you on Monday. I hope everything is ok with you, your PC, your ISP, and the growing purple Pontian blob.
Shelt: what happened? We missed you on Monday. I hope everything is ok with you, your PC, your ISP, and the growing purple Pontian blob.
Shelt?
Shelt, where are you? Hope you are okay buddy.
Noone has a save of this game correct?
Shelt, where are you? Hope you are okay buddy.
Noone has a save of this game correct?
I saved before I quit last time... noob thing as I didn't knew if that was essential or not... so will this be useful? 17 November 499 is the date, I saved after we finished last time.
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Saved Games: Only the Host's Save is Valid?
Camara: I don't think a game saved by anyone other than the host of the MP session is usable in a subsequent MP session. I think that is what was going on last week when I tried to host using the game I had saved.
Then again, it may have had something to do with my router and firewall configurations.
If Shelt cannot host on Monday, we can try using your save (or any others that might be out there) to see if they will work.
Camara: I don't think a game saved by anyone other than the host of the MP session is usable in a subsequent MP session. I think that is what was going on last week when I tried to host using the game I had saved.
Then again, it may have had something to do with my router and firewall configurations.
If Shelt cannot host on Monday, we can try using your save (or any others that might be out there) to see if they will work.
If it is a router/firewall thing it's better to try with different persons. If anyone more experienced wants to host the game, here is my save.
Tomorrow's Session
I've downloaded Camara's save. If Shelt doesn't show, let's see if one of us can get a session going with this save.
I've downloaded Camara's save. If Shelt doesn't show, let's see if one of us can get a session going with this save.
I may be some minutes late (we're having problems hosting in the european one, it seems ports 1630-1640 needs to be open for hosting)... if you think it is too much start without me
EDIT: No, I won't be late.
EDIT: No, I won't be late.
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