Republic of Rome #3

Consuls
3)Nay Gnaeus Pompeius & Marcus Aurelius

Censor
1)

Praetor
1)Flaminius (Optimatium)

Aedile
1) Oppius Manlius (Populares)

Pontifex Maximus
1) Marcus Licinius Crassus (Commercium)

Governor of Asia
1)Publius Sulpicius Rufus (Libertatem)

Governor of Nearer Spain - if Celtiberians defeat Carbo this governorship is cancelled
1) Lucius Tullius (Conncinatores)

Governor of Further Spain
1)Maximus Terentius

Governor of Illyricum
1)Gaius Servilius Glaucia (Commercium)

CONCESSIONS
2)Nay will just make commercium/auctoritas richer

DECREES
1)Aye

Vote 1) for everything

1 on everything

Battle of Asculum

Dictator Herius Quinticius & Gnaeus Pompeius (Direct Charge)Tactical Counter!
(5 legion +2 veterans+ 7 command )=16 strength
Quintus Poppaedius Silo (Flanking)
(12 Armies)=12 strength
Battle Roll: 11+4+3=18
Result: Decisive Victory

The social war began slowly with a few manuever and sieges. Months into the campaign Pompey offered Quinticius a plan to move into Picenum where his family had great support and seize Asculum, one of the most important cities of the Socii.
This drew out the main socii force under Silo who, confident in his numerical superiority, offered battle before the city but was routed.
After this battle the war began to turn with the socii no longer offering battles but sieges. Nonetheless, the war looks to continue for many years so Quinticius offers them citizenship in return for surrendering the ringleaders who he promptly executes and ends the war.

Roman Casualties
Few

Socii Casualties
Heavy


Herius Quinticius gains 5 influence and 5 popularity
Herius Quinticius gains 1 veteran legions, Legio Libertas +1 more legions if given land
Romans love victory -1 unrest
Rome gains 15 Talents in war spoils




Siege of Numantia
Flavius Porcius Carbo Macedonicus (Surprise Attack)Tactical Counter!
(1 legion+ 4 veterans+ 2 command +1 reform)=12 strength
Avarus (Balanced)
8 armies =8 strength
Battle Roll: 11
Result: Lesser Disaster

The rorman senate responded very swiftly to this new threat in Hispania eager to not lose it again. Carbo advanced quickly into their heartland and put Numantia to siege.
Numantia is regarded as the greatest fortress in the penninsula, situated on a mountain, with high stone walls, trenches, traps, supplies for years and a natural spring.
Carbo constructed a wall around the city and waited for an opportunity. This arised 5 months into the sige when a traitor of one of the gates offered to open it to the romans for some money an that the romans would (when they captured the city) seize a certain married woman he was in love with and give her to him.
The Consul, not beneath such distasteful schemes, agreed, and launched a night surprise attack on that gate. It was foiled by a stray dog who barked loudly when the cohorts approached, notifying the celtiberians who rallied and rained a hail of missiles inflicting heavy casualties and retreated.
The siege continuse to be maintained despite this failure though things are looking increasingly dire for the romans....


Roman Casualties
Legio XII Libyca
1 legion

Celtiberian Casualties
Few

Flavius Porcius Carbo Macedonicus loses -1 popularity for loss of 2 legions




Battle of Neviodunum

Gaius Marius (Balanced)
(5 Veterans+ 3 Legions +5 command+ 1 reform)=19 strength
Asger (Balanced)
15 armies =15 strength
Battle Roll: 10+4=14
Result: Close Victory

Advancing beyond the borders of Rome to crush the barbarians before they caused irreprebale harm. Marius' scouts found the germans easily as the advanced without caution confident in their size and might.
Positioning himself at a crossing on the Savus river, he waited. The germans arrived and although they realized Marius had the better ground they launched their assault.
The melee was truly brutal, the like which would have routed any other army in the world. Entire legions buckled and broke and if not for Marius' brilliance and personal involvement reinforcing fronts and encouraging his men to not lose hope it is certain Rome would have lost this day.
After 6 hours of bloodshed the Germans were slaughtered, practically to a man since few fled. The women, killed their children and themselves rather than be slaves which shocked the romans but was in a way, very noble.
Marius advanced further into Noricum and plundered the rest of the tribes and left it a wasteland.

Roman Casualties
Legio I Primeginia
Legio IV Populare
Legio XIII Fortuna
1 legion

Germanic Casualties
Heavy


Gaius Marius gains 8 influence and 6 popularity
Gaius Marius gains 1 veteran legions, Legio , +1 more legions if given land
Romans love victory -1 unrest
Rome gains 15 Talents in war spoils

3 on Equite for Marius, persuade Paullus Aemilius Lepidus with Marius. Raise auxilia in Cisalpine and Nearer Spain.

4 on equite for Crassus. For the consulship and censorship vote, I will vote exactly like the person who persuades a senator from Zephyrus' Faction - This is a honor deal that comes into effect the moment the senator is effectively persuaded. This will last for two turns. If two of zephy's senators are taken then the 2nd person to persuade gets 5 shekels.

Raise max Aux in Illyria

Piso counter persuades. All money to crassus.

Give 6 talents to empi as part of honor deal
propose a legionary land bill with sulla as co sponser
make cassius leader again
sell all equites, try to persuade Acilius with cassius (use bribes if needed)
bank all

Furthermore, I consider that NWE must be destroyed

2 on equite for Oppius Manlius
Counter bribe any persuasion attempt to max and persuade Caius Aelius /w Fabius IF he does not accept my land bill into the rome consul proposals, else just persuade first faction which tries to persuade any of mine
Propose Legionary Land Bill with Cato for the legions that fought for his father in Macedon
Trade 1 card with zeph for 1 card, play Cato
raise max auxila in Macedonia
move all money to Cato

raise max auxilia in Africa (no numidians)
4 on equite for sulla
new leader of gens julia is Tiberius Julius Cocles
Sulla proposes a Sullan-Marian legionary landbill to honour one of the Marian legions that fought the "Combri".
bank rest.

Play card I traded with Aetius

Persuade Sulla with Fabius match any counter bribe from bank up to 51 talents

Sulla becomes faction leader of Auctoritas

If the populare persuasion happens:
Papirius rolls assassination on Fabius.
Sulla persuades Aurelius with max bribes (which is 11)
Auctoritas gifts blackmail to Concinnatores which is to be played on Cato.
My remaining money is gifted to Concinnatores to persuade Cato

(since the attack is called off, all my measures listed besides changing faction leader do not go trough)

Since can't persuade Sulla, and if marius tries to persuade still, fabius will persuade cicero with max bribes

Consul: 1, and Cicero veto the third option, bribing
Censor: 2
Praetor: 3, Sempronius
Pontifex: 1
Aedile: 1
Provinces: Vote as Empi
Grain: Vote as Empi
Commissioner: 1
Libertatem bill: 2
Concinnatore bill: 1
Populare bill: 2
Recruitment and deploys: Vote as Empi

Graft the cicero tribune

Furthermore, I consider that NWE must be destroyed

Consuls
3)Gaius Acilius & Marcus Porcius Cato Minor (Libertatem + Populare) [proposal via Populare Tribune] BRIBING

Censor
1) Faustus Cassius (Libertatem)

Praetor
1)Marcus Aurelius (populare)

Aedile
1)Prator Loser


Strip Marcus Licinius Crassus of Pontifex Maximus?
2)Nay

Governor of Sicily
2)Lucius Sempronius (Auctoritas)

Governor of Africa
2) Paullus Aemilius Lepidus (Concinnatores)

Replace Gaius Plautius Caepio as Governor of Corsica-Sardinia with? [proposal via Cato Tribune]
1) Gaius Marius(Concinnatores) BRIBING

CONCESSIONS
Sicilian grain: +5 talents
3)Nay

Land Commissioner: +3 talents
3)Nay

LAWS
Quinctian Legionary Land Bill
1)Aye

Catonian Legionary Land Bill
1)Aye

Sullan-Marian Legionary Land Bill
1)Aye

MILITARY AFFAIRS

Recruitments
2) 2 Fleets, 1 Legion

Deployments
1) Consul Pick

Vote as aetius, any bribres aetius makes i match any bribres aetius makes on consul and anything else.

Sicily: 3, Lucius Papirius
Africa: 3, Tiberius Julius Cocles

Furthermore, I consider that NWE must be destroyed

Vote like Aetius + bribe like him

Consul: Sulla & Marius + bribing
Censor: vote like zeph
Praetor: nay, sempronius
Aedile: vote like zeph
Strip Pontifex: Aye replace
Sicily: 3, Lucius Papirius
Africa: 3, Tiberius Julius Cocles
Sardinia: Nay
Grain: Lucius Cornelius Sulla
Commissioner: vote as zeph
Libertatem bill: aye with all
Concinnatore bill: aye with all
Populare bill: Vote like zeph
Recruitment and deploys: Recruitment & Deploy 1

Veto Grain so no one else gets it this turn.

If aetius rolls for assassination on empi or zeph, one of my faction's senators with at least 2 votes will vote for aetius for the rest of the game. this doesn't apply to crassus. +1 talent a turn for rest of late republic

Scritto da Tundy, 09.08.2019 at 17:51

If aetius rolls for assassination on empi or zeph, one of my faction's senators with at least 2 votes will vote for aetius for the rest of the game. this doesn't apply to crassus. +1 talent a turn for rest of late republic

agree, nothing personell

Battle of Tyana

Lucius Cornelius Sulla (Envelopment)
(1 legion +7 veterans+ 4 command+1 reforms )=20 strength
Neoptolemus (Flanking)Tactical Counter!
(12 Armies)=14 strength
Battle Roll: 11+6-3=14
Result: Costly Victory

Reacting to Pontic aggression quickly, rome dispatched 8 legions to confront them.
Immediatly seeing asia in chaos, Pergamon and Ephesus in revolt, Sulla was at once put under pressure. An army then invaded from Bithynia and put Cyzicus under siege, with Sulla reinforced by sea.
Hoping it would hold he personally led an invasion into Cappadocia to restore the king to his throne. Near Tyana Neoptolemus arrayed for battle to block his path. Gravely outnumbered, the romanans were however far more trained and disciplined, breaking the hordes of tribal levies and wedged into the conscript phalanx. The only danger was the pontic cavalry which was both high quality in great in number. Legio X Pisenta
and IX Gallica bore the brunt of holding the flanks and rear against their ceaseless assaults. Ultimately triumphant, other pontic forces began to withdraw to defend the mountain passes of the heartland while the rebellious asian greeks were defeated. Sulla attempts to assault the path to Amasia but fails to make much progress. Mithridates sues for peace with a generous payment, which Sulla accepts, eager to return to Rome to keep Fabius and Crassus from seizing power in the Senate.

Roman Casualties
Legio IX Gallica
Legio X Pisenta
Legio VI Martia
1 Legion


Pontic Casualties
Heavy


Lucius Cornelius Sulla gains 5 influence and 3 popularity
Romans love victory -1 unrest
Rome gains 30 Talents in war spoils




Siege of Numantia
Gaius Marius (Balanced)
(1 legion+ 4 veterans+ 5 command +1 reform)=15 strength
Avarus (Balanced)
8 armies =8 strength
Battle Roll: 11
Result: Lesser Disaster

Marius arrives to take command of the Numantine War. With him comes a fearsome winter. The siege of Numantia begins to grind to a static halt with the romans shivering in their tents and dying in the trenches. Marius himself becomes ill with consumption.
His doctors tried to drain his blood, give him a healthy diet of barley and fish and even offered Opium to which Marius refused.
Without the leadership of their Consul, the legions fall under attack and merely hold the line against the sallying forces but do not achieve anything else.
In the depths of winter, Marius passes away...

Roman Casualties
Legio XIV Macedonica
libertatem vet

Celtiberian Casualties
Few

Gaius Marius is killed!
Gaius Marius gains 1 veteran legions, Legio ?

Propose a tier 3 Sullan-Catinian landbill
Raise max Auxilia in all provinces (no Numidians in Africa)
Persuade Pompey if taken or not taken. Prioritise persuading Flaminius if Pompey is taken and Flaminius is not. Using my remaining 3 shekels to bribe.
(bribes/updated to be announced later after I see others persuading)
5 on equite for Sulla
Pay the 3 shekel corruption fine.

My ludus will claim the (historical) name House Batiatius, starting humbly but rapidly employing many men: it consists of the 5 following amateur gladiators i spend 5 on this turn.

Virginius ''the repulsive Hispanic'' Piso
Piso was born in a shack in one of the poorer areas of Iberia, but managed to jump across an old Roman palisade constructed by the Scipio Aemilianus in search for a better life. After many oral services he managed to ''bribe'' his way into being accepted into House Batiatus now serving as one of the lower gladiators.

Domius ''The savage Combrian'' Geltsringer
Descended from one of the fierce Cimbrians that once raided the lands of Rome, he has since been whipped to fight for House Batiatus. Most notable are his pre-battle warcries that turn him into a sort of beast. He proclaims himself to be an unbeatable shaman warrior.

Hasdrubal ''The Salty'' Barca
Named, perhaps mockingly, after the greatest general Carthage has known, his original name is not known but he is now one of the older gladiators of the house. Taken as a kid by one of Pisentius' soldiers in the 3d Punic war, he chose to become a gladiator after being released as a free citizen but being too poor to fend for himself. His father was a warrior of the legendary Sacred Band, perhaps.. it is in his genes to be as great as him. The gladiators amongst themselves joke about him that he is forever salty about his name and fate of his once great nation.

Pausanias & Memnon ''Dioscuri''
Recently brought slaves from the Mithridatic wars by Sulla, likely twins or lovers as they only fight together, their fighting skill was remarked upon the battlefield as they slew many Romans. Sulla himself went to inspect who these men were, they fastly took his knee and swore their allegiance. Having no use for them in his finished campaign, Sulla took these men home to Rome, so they can serve in the arena.

Tetraites
Merely a free man fighting in the business for extra income and a newfound purpose in life. He is a smooth talker and despite his lack of skill often manages to survive due to the goodwill he has made in the arena. Tetraites is a native of Capua, where most people know the business is the most lucrative of all by far.

Fabius persuades Gnaeus Pompeius
if anyone tries to persuade Cato, max counter bribe
3 on equite for cato
buy 2 amateur gladiators Romulus & Brennus
Cato proposes a Tier II landbill with Crassus co sponsor

Raise Aux