Three Ages of Rome - week 4

 An interesting week in the campaign with the first example of civil war in game 1.

Game 1 - Insurgent Rome vs Imperial Rome. Insurgent Win

 

This week a force was dispatched by the Emperor to crush my army as it marched back victorious from Dacia. I left some Roman units behind and so was able to expand the size of my force with some cheaper Dacian units.    

Praetorians holding a hill 

The Romans went for a defensive position centered around a hill with a reserve of Auxilia in the centre. I looked to flank them with cavalry while putting pressure on the centre with veteran legionnaires.  

My cavalry were badly mauled by some archers and the opposing Auxilia, meaning I had to do it the hard way and attack up the hill against the emperors legions. Having veteran units proved decisive and so the enemy was pushed back and retreated from the field.   

The net closes on the emperors troops

Game 2 - Rome vs Sassanids. Roman win

I did nt see much of this game but it was over fairly quickly. The Romans adopted a chequerboard looking to get multiple units against each attacker. They began fairly defensive using terrain to anchor the flanks against a Sassanid attack. 

They then advanced steadily to push the Persians back. The Cataphracts were unkillable, but the single elephant was disappointing, perhaps we need to double up on those. In the end Sassanid morale broke.   

Game 3- Rome vs Gauls. Game continues

This was a messy affair with both sides having commands approaching from different directions and no clear battles lines. In this first part the Gauls began by overrunning a village before being pushed back.

Two fairly separate combats then emerged in the east and west of the field. The fight continues next week.