Rome 474-485 AVC
"The Beginning"
The romans began our first session at war with Magna Greece and Epirus. Magna Greece was quickly defeated and rome gained Ager Brutus in the peace process. Syracuse was taken from Epirus which they eventually ceded to Rome. After these conflicts were resolved Rome quickly went to work building ships and troops in preparation for the war with Carthage. In 476 Rome declared war on Numidia and the Carthaginians soon answered their ally's call to arms. The plan was once a good enough warscore was achieved the romans could negotiate a peace deal with the numidians in order to gain carthaginan provincses, since Numidia was the alliance leader.
"1st Punic War 476-484 AVC"
The war began with Rome landing troops in the capital of Carthage. By this time Rome had 20 ships, and it took two trips from Rome to land all the troops for initial invasion. After Rome had dropped 26 units in Carthage they then sent their fleet to pick up their island assault forces. Three groups of militia recruited for the sole purpose of taking Carthage's island provinces of Corsica, Sardina and Malta. Rome had sent the small militia force in Syracuse into Panormus as well. The Roman fleet had encountered a Carthaginian fleet of 6 ships and quickly defeated them. To Rome's surprise Carthage had chosen to divide their fleet before the war which made the few ships Rome encountered easy pickings. Carthage had spread out their armies as well. Rome had landed an additional 20 army units into Carthaginian territory. Carthage put up little resistence initially. Rome was able to take provinces at will. It wasn't until the Numidian army showed up with a general who had 10 martial skill. The romans had plenty of generals but none with a martial value over 7. This would be their aquiles heel throughout the first session. Carthage very wisely sent their forces to shadow the Numidian army and follow their lead. These two armies combined defeated the Romans with superior generalship. They inflicted massive losses to the roman army. The Romans eventually had to use their navy to pull their two army groups out of africa. The depleted armies were placed in Ager brutus and Syracuse to replenish their strength. Meanwhile the forces of Carthage and Numidia wasted no time in liberating North Africa. Once Rome's armies had regained their former strength they were sent back into Carthaginain lands. The Roman 1st army group of 26 units went back to the capital of Carthage and took it again. Rome's second army group of 20 units was broke down into two groups of 10 each, one group was dropped in carthage's border province of Corniclalum and the other was dropped into Oea. It did not take long for these two groups to take all of carthage's eastern provinces and meet up with Rome's 1st army near Numidia's capital which had fallen. By this time Rome had also taken all the carthaginan islands. Carthage's army had been crushed and Numidias was in retreat. The Romans were about to make their final push for total victory, then disaster struck.
"The Macedonian Incursion"
At the exact point when Rome was about to achieve total victory over Carthage, Macedonia invaded Italy. It began with a small invasion force in Tarentum. The romans combined their 2nd and 3rd army groups back into the 2nd army which was 20 units strong. They sent them to the african coast to head back to Italy. They landed in panormus and marched to Tarentum to dispose of the Macedonians, which they did. Only to discover two additional Macedonian army groups of 18 and 19 units each attacking from the north. The macedonians took Eutruria and eventually Rome itself. The foolish general of the 2nd army ordered his troops to attack the macedonians in Rome. Outnumbered and, as he later found out, outclassed the 2nd army was defeated. They tried to escape the macedonian counterattack but were eventually hunted down and destroyed. The macedonian armies were led by a general with a Martial Value of 10. And just like the initial losses against the Numidians, the Roman generals had no answer to these superior tacticians. After the disaster in Rome, the 1st army was given orders to return to Rome immediately. Peace was made with carthaginians, they ceded Corsica, Sardina and Malta to Rome in exchange for peace. Thus ending the long punic war. Shortly after the 1st army arrived in Italy disaster struck yet again. the populists had a slight majority in the senate due to Romes years of warfare and inflated military budget. They seized their opportunity for power and began the first Roman Civil War. This turned out to be a blessing in disguise, as it would provide thousands of fresh troops. The 1st army engaged the Macedonians, and much like their predecessors met defeat against the superior macedonian generalship. But unlike their predecessors they were able to retreat and continue fighting while fresh troops and volunteers were assembled for the war. Even with Macedonia's many victories they had depleted all their manpower and their combined force of 37 units only had 5,000 actual troops. The roman rebels only had one army and the latest intel reports shows them to be comprised mostly of militia. The people of Rome now stand united against both rebels and Macedonians alike. In the capital of Rome 36,000 Roman troops stand ready to turn the tide and destroy the 5,000 Macedonians. And after the Macedonian army is destroyed the rebels will be brought to justice. Romes greatest generals have tested their strategies for both objectives and met with great success.
"Roman Glory"
Rome's consul Publius Sempronius Sophus addressed the senate in 485 saying, "Do not judge the status of our republic by the map, appearances can be deceiving."
