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Session 1 of the Pax Romana Campaign completed

I would like to thank everyone who participated in tonight's opening salvo of the Pax Romana Campaign. Both pax25 and Osratman were absent, though Oasfratman showed up for the last 10 minutes, other than that our start went smoothly. Everyone seems to be progressing fine, Macedonia is in the middle of a civil war but that is only a temporary setback. The Seleucid Alliance has been formed. This alliance consists of the Seleucid Empire, Carthage, Macedonia and the Aetolian League. Although the Aetolian League will need to hand over Bithynia if it wants to remain in the Seleucid Empire's good graces. I have updated the campaign map and I encourage everyone to post a mini-AAR about tonight's session. Thanks again to everyone who participated and Strength and Honor to you all!
 
Hey fellas, I wouldn't mind joining in if the Egypt space is still open. Never played an EU game multiplayer before so this should be interesting.

I am living in the GMT+10 time zone (plus daylight savings), for what it's worth.
 
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Cheexsta said:
Hey fellas, I wouldn't mind joining in if the Egypt space is still open. Never played an EU game multiplayer before so this should be interesting.

I am living in the GMT+10 time zone (plus daylight savings), for what it's worth.
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It will depend if Pax25 will be able to make it this next Wednesday. If he does join us next Wed you can always pick any other country that hasn't been claimed yet.
 
23rd

crap Im a day late, dont think Id have done to well anyway.
 
Pax Romana Campaign Recruiting

If anyone would like to join the Pax Romana Campaign then you can email me or post here with your country request. You can see which countries have already been taken on my first post, any country not listed there is available.
 
Macedonia 474-487: The Lost Decade

Ptolemy Keraunus, just yet deceitful, deceitful yet just, was as conflicted as the Greek nation he wished to lead. Like most Macedonians, he believed that he was really Greek, and that the Greeks were really Macedonians who had gone just slightly astray when they moved south out of their mountain homes. His top priority then was to erase all the boundaries separating Greeks from Macedonians, political as well as cultural.

He had hoped to do this through a system of mutually beneficial treaties among the four main Greek states: Macedonia, first among equals, Achaea, Sparta, and Aetolia. Then Epirus, like a wayward planet, would be pulled into the orbit of the expanding Greek sun, soon to be followed by their distant cousins in Bithynia and Pontus. But before he could even begin
to turn this dream into reality, his advisors woke him from his reveries with the startling news that King Timolid had stolen his march and had begun his own campaign to unite Greece under the drab green banner of the Aetolian League.

Although his first instinct was to cooperate with his fellow Greek, he could not stand idly by while Aetolia conquered one Greek state after another. Obtaining Sparta's concurrence, he launched what he hoped would be a short war of re-balancing against Aetolia. And initially it appeared to be just that: Sparta liberated Achea and made peace with Aetolia. Satisfied with
this outcome, Keraunus offered a white peace, only to have it viciously rejected by the shrewdly intelligent Aetolan King Timolid, who was now hell bent on destroying Macedonia. Fortunately, the Macedonians had had the foresight to enter an alliance with the mighty Seleucid Empire, which graciously consented to restore order in the troubled lands of the peloponnese.

And when the dust had settled, and all the armies returned home, both Keraunus and Timolid had to wonder whether it had all been worth it? So much thunder, so little rain. At least on the Macedonian side of the border. His lands impoverished by war, his subjects disaffected and plotting rebellion, Keraunus saw only that Macedonia, as well as the wider Greek world, had
missed out on the decade of expansion. Rome, Carthage, Egypt and Seleucia had all grown larger and more powerful. Rome and Carthage had both doubled the size of their armies while annexing rich provinces. Egypt had fielded a staggering 100,000 man army and a 30+ ship navy with which
it had begun its conquest of the Balkans. Seleucia had kept pace with the Egyptian arms race and was well on its way to uniting all the countries of near Asia into one.
 
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Macedonia 474-487: The Lost Decade, Continued

What would the next decade hold? First, if his health would allow, King Keraunus would need to end the rebellion. Then he could focus on maintaining good relations with the Aetolians while settling the disputes over Achea and Sparta. Once Achea was annexed into Aetolia and Sparta into Macedonia, perhaps the Greek states could stop warring among themselves and join the more advanced nations in spreading the benefits of civilization to the corners of the world.
 
Pax Romana: Session 2

Tomorrow at 5:30pm GMT-5 we begin our second session of the Pax Romana Campaign. We still do not have confirmation if Egypt's original player will be available. So if you are on the sidelines and looking to get the last major power send me an email, post here, or be in the metaserver at the time mentioned above and check this thread regularly. Also any country not listed on my country list , on my first post, is available.
 
I'm a bit early (I think - I assume I can count), but I'm just trying out the metaserver and such to make sure everything is working. I'm getting the MS_BAD_VERSION Rome 1.3 error, is anyone else having the same problem?
 
Yes guys you are correct. I have another condo association meeting tonight at 7pm, so I won't be able to join the game. Feel free to give away Egypt, I will have to join as a minor next week, or sub for someone who can't make it.
 
Session 2 Completed

I would like to thank everyone who joined us tonight for the second session of the Pax Romana Campaign. We had a few disconnections here and there but the majority of the session went by smoothly. Opposing alliances have been formed and the campaign is shaping up to be another epic clash of skill and cunning. Should be very interesting, who knows what nation will be the last one standing. Join us and find out. I encourage everyone to post about their experiences tonight, and feel free to put your own countries spin on it. The King of the Seleucid Empire, and leader of the invinceable Seleucid Alliance, will address this thread soon about the campaigns current events. Until then, Strength and Honor to you all!
 
In the last episode of PAX ROMANA...

King Ptolemy II 'Philadelphos' engaged in wars with Illyria, Dacia, Armenia and Iberia. Illyria, Dacia and Armenia were forced to pay tribute and the Dalmatian coast was brought under more direct Ptolemaic control. However, in his haste to end the war with Iberia Ptolemy signed a peace deal without reading the fine print (oops) and was locked in a tributary relationship for five years (big oops).

Which leads us on to today's story.

After his disasterous peace settlements, Ptolemy sought to regain the confidence of his subjects and advisors and began a restructuring of his empire's military and economy. Many of his underequipped soldiers were disbanded in favour of a stronger military, setting up a system of colonisation of Greek and Macedonian soldiers along the Nile in return for military service (this bit is fluff, no real gameplay change aside from swapping militia with pezhetairoi...yeah, I'll do that a lot. -ed).

In the summer of the first year of the 128th Olympiad (490AUC/263BCE), King Ptolemy died. On his deathbed, he bequeathed his kingdom to his sister and wife (you think I'm kidding? -ed), Arsinoe II, rather than his son, also named Ptolemy. Her rule was largely uninteresting: she attempted to expand her naval strength and established more proper relations with Iberia. Tensions have arisen between the aging queen and Ptolemy III, the young man only grudgingly accepting her rule.

Internationally, the Antigonids in Macedonia engaged in a massive civil war that lasted almost 15 years. Almost as if inspired by this, Proctus, one of King Antiochus' generals, sent an embassy to Queen Arsinoe, offering an alliace if she was to support his claim to the Seleucid kingdom. He controlled the majority of the Seleucid armies along the Egyptian border and his co-operation would ensure Ptolemaic sovereignty in the future.

Of course, Arsinoe displayed her usual lack of finesse in such matters and made her intentions somewhat public (oops again) by a donation of money and the attempted bribery of loyal Seleucid generals. When faced with criticism, she tried to make an excuse about his lack of fashion sense and was merely funding an 18-talent haircut.

And that's all we have for this week (and the crowd goes wild! -ed). Join us next week for more...

PAX ROMANA.

[Insert cheesy soap opera music here.]
 
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Seleucid Empire 48?-499

At the beginning of our second session of the campaign, King Antiochus sent his most skilled diplomat to meet with the new regime in Egypt. The Seleucid King hoped good relations could be attained with the new monarchy, perhaps even an alliance. But the Egyptian leader quickly denied this most generous proposal. When the good King received Egypt's decision he was puzzled...how could they refuse such a generous offer from the largest nation in antiquity? Antiochus could only conclude that the Egyptians had plans of their own, and these plans would most likely involve aquireing Seleucid provinces. It was at this point that the great Seleucid King decided that he must look to his borders for defense, he grew increasingly wary of the Egyptian leader. And future events would only confirm his fears, war was on the horizon. In order to begin strengthening his borders with Egypt he had to pull his troops from allied Macedonian territory. He was reluctant to do this but it had to be done. Towards the end of his life he continued to make preparations for his country's defense, he would sacrifice sleep....restlessly and obsessively going over strategies to ensure his Kingdom's survival. So much so that his health had suffered over the years and eventually claimed his life. But fortunately he passed on his plans to his son, Antiochus II. While his father was loved throughout the Empire, Antiochus II was not. He came to the throne an untested, unproven and unsure leader. His generals perceived this as weakness. Knowing full well the situation that was brewing across the border the rebellious generals took matters into their own hands. It was at this point that Antiochus I warning about Egypt's motives were confirmed. Antiochus II was shocked to learn that the Egyptian Queen had not only helped start the rebellion, but was financing their campaign to remove Antiochus II from power. It was time for Antiochus II to show the world that he was indeed ready to lead his nation and he would prove it by putting down this massive insurrection. Half of the Seleucid Empire's Armies had joined the rebellion but with the help of willing volunteers and the Martial Prowess of the new King, the rebellion was quickly put down. So many proud greeks had come forward to support King Antiochus II that by the civil war's end the Seleucid Army had regained all of its former strength. Clearly losing half of one's total armed forces would cripple most nations, but not the mighty Seleucid Empire. And Antiochus II recent success in the face of overwhelming odds has only increased his resolve. It is now time to get to the root of the problem. The nation who meddled in the Seleucid's affairs, the nation who supported Antiochus's enemies. The time has come for retribution, and the Seleucid Empire will have vengeance.
 
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Can I take the Bosporun Kingdom?
 
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