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Battle of Brundisium

Lucius Aemilius Paullus
(8 legion +8 veterans+ 5 command +1 reform)=30 strength
Philip V
26 armies =26 strength
Battle Roll: 13+4=17
Result: Victory

Force marching his army to Brundisium under the cover of night with local guides, the romans were nearly upon the Macedonians before they gave the order to form up for battle.
Here, the advantage of the legion became clear, they attacked before the phalanx could form properly and very quickly the romans begin to rout their foes.
Philip, bitterly regretting his decision not to kill Paullus when he had the chance and seeing his chance at glory fading led his companions in a final charge to stem the loss of the battle and disappeared.


Roman Casualties
Legio V Paterna

Macedonian Casualties
Heavy

Lucius Aemilius Paullus gains 5 influence and 5 popularity for victory
Lucius Aemilius Paullus gains a veteran legion, Legio V Paterna
Romans love victory -1 unrest

Spanish Revolt

Herius Quinticius
(4 prov legion +3 aux +2 Legions + 3 command +1 reform)=13 strength
Philip V
6 armies+5 leader =11 strength
Battle Roll: 6
Result: DISASTER

Herius Quinticius prepares to fight Viriathus but finds there is mass support for him and all his tribal allies have deserted. Seeing no hope, and hearing of a civil war brewing, he flees the province with his remaining legions.

Roman Casualties
-3 Spanish Aux

Macedonian Casualties
Heavy

Further spain is conquered and ransacked to undeveloped, Viriathus gains 2 allied armies

As the regent of Populare faction if Optimate doesn't post this is the way they vote

Consul for life Vote
Abstain...

ELECTIONS

Consul Vote
3.Nay
Censor Vote
1. Argentus Cassius Africanus (Libertatem)
Pontifex Maximus
1. Tiberius Servilius (Commercium)
Praetor Vote
1. Tertius Fabius (Populares)
Aedile Vote
1. Gaius Julius (Auctoritas)
Governor of Further Spain
1. Herius Quinctius (Libertatem)

1 on all concessions

PROSECUTIONS

Trial of Titus Acilius
1)Guilty for killing my father

otherwise, copy Optimates/Pavle

Battle of Tauromenium

Dictator Scipio + Moh Gaius Julius
(1 legion +4 veterans+ 8 command +1 reform)=19 strength
Tryphon
10 armies =10 strength
Battle Roll: 7
Result: Disaster

Seeing the slave army on the beach dunes Scipio ordered a bombardment and for the army to land under its covering fire. All seemed well until when half of the soldiers had landed and upon a signal from Tryphon the rowing slaves within the roman fleets rose up their chains already unlocked by traitors within.
At this point the slave army attacked down the slopes. Scipio and Julius try to regain control of the situation and decide to withdraw soldiers to retake the ships rather than continue fighting on land, which they barely manage to do. Thousands of legionnaires, some the old veterans of Nola against carthage desperately try to flee to the retreating ships but are cut down in the waves
It was an unmitigated disaster. Scipio resigns command and goes to Narbonese Gaul in shame.

Roman Casualties
Legio X Triumphalis
Legio XII Africanus
1 legion


Slave Casualties
Few

Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus -2 popularity for losing 3 legions
Romans hate military disasters, +1 unrest
-1 unrest for naval victory


Tarentine Campaign
Lucius Aemilius Paullus (Flanking)
(8 Legions +8 veterans+ 5 command+1 reforms)=30 strength
Philip V (Flanking)
20 armies +6 command =26 strength
Battle Roll: 9+4=13
Result: Stalemate

Philip, growing increasingly paranoid and supersitious in his old age does not fight and instead opts to fortify himself in Tarentum. He knows time is on his side upon hearing news that Pergamon's defeat, his son-in-law would soon arrive. From this great fortress in the south he has begun sending out his cavalry on daily raids against italian and greek villages and farms who still continue to support the Roman occupiers.
Paullus can do little except build a wall around the city and try to contain him.

Roman Casualties
Minimal

Maecdonian Casualties
Minimal


Lucius Aemilius Paullus reforms veteran legion Legio X Triumphalis

Battle of Massilia


Publius Acilius (Direct Charge)
(6 massilians +3 Legions+ 4 veterans+6 command)=23 strength
Teutobod (Balanced)
18 armies =18 strength
Battle Roll: 14+5=19
Result: Decisive Victory

Acilius, seemingly unfazed by the enemy exhorted his men to form up and engage them and to not retreat, to smash their center.
Falling upon them without mercy, they cast their pila (the Roman throwing spears) to good effect at the charging the germanics were caught unready still performing their heathen rituals. The legionaries then drew their swords and advanced downhill in formation. Nearly all of the attacking Ambrones were killed. Losses on the Roman side were very low.
Many of the barbarians were more eager to safeguard their significant plunder many instead quit the field. Their invasion failed, but not completely beaten, for the Germanics are a numerous and warlike race and tales of the wealth to the south will attract more in time perhaps...

Roman Casualties
Few

Germanic Casualties
Heavy


Publius Acilius 8 influence and 8 popularity for his victory
Lucius Aemilius Paullus gains a Veteran Legion, Legio VII Germanica
Germanic War becomes an inactive war


Battle of Morgantia

Servius Quinctius Trogus
(2 provincial legions + 4 auxila + 1 legion +3 command)=10 strength
Tryphon
7 armies =7 strength
Battle Roll: 12+3=15
Result: Disaster

Having defeated the landholders in one victory, Salvius (Tryphon) turned to besiege the city of Morgantia, which drew Trogus towards his position with a large force through the forested central mountains. The slaves ingenuously drove a herd of cattle down the path into the roman army and after being disorganized attacked with fury born from a lifetime of terrible oppression.

The slave army had also grown far...far larger than estimates tens of thousands slammed against their lines and cut down the entire roman army leaving none alive. After this disaster roman authority collapses and the slaves now rampage across the land killing masters and becoming an army of utter anarchy. They also seize the sicilian fleet which will soon become a base of more piracy...


Roman Casualties
Total

Slave Casualties
Few

Servius Quinctius Trogus is killed
Sicily is lost and looted to being undeveloped
Slaves gain 2 armies + the 2 remaining aux who add 1 more army + the 5 auxilliary fleets
+1 unrest


Battle of Contosolia

The roman army confronts the invading Lusitani on the border near Contosolia. There a ferocious melee begins, between largely roman allied tribes and the lusitanians. Popillus shouts orders but does not contribute much. The strength of roman forces in open field battles leads them eventually to victory by discipline, if anything else. The cheiftan of the foe, Punicius is slain causing the rest to rout.
A brave warrior leads a fighting retreat preventing more losses, he is named Viriathus and he will probably not amount to much...

Marcus Popillius (Flanking)
(2 provincial legions + 1 auxila + 1 legion + 2 veterans + 1 command)=9 strength
Punicius (Flanking)
6 armies =6 strength
Battle Roll: 12+3=15
Result: Victory


Roman Casualties
1 auxilia,1 legion,Legio VIII Augusta

Lusitani Casualties
Equivalent

Marcus Popillius gains 3 influence and 2 popularity
Lusitani War becomes inactive

Troad Campaign
The campaign against Pergamon ends up being little more than raids across the hellespont. It seems the Macedonian-thracian forces are content enough with keeping the romans occupied in Asia.

Sextus Sulpicius (Direct Charge)
(11 Pergamene Armies + 2 Legions +5 veterans+ 3 command)=26 strength
Seuthes (Balanced)
16 Armies +6 command =22 strength
Battle Roll: 9+4=13
Result: Stalemate

Roman Casualties
Few

Thracian Casualties
Few

Sextus Sulpicius gains a veteran Legion, Legio XIII Vulpus

Surrender of the Pirates
Upon learning that Rome had sent not only a great host but also under the command of the legendary Africanus, the Pirate lords, rather than trying to make a futile resistance, approach his vessel under a white flag and surrender to Cassius.

It was a poorly kept secret that the senators and equites of Rome actually benefited from these pirates, who purchased many of their slaves from them to work on their plantations. Many of them accompanying Africanus advise him to make a symbolic example of some the most dreadful pirates and have the rest quietly return to business as usual, in return they and the pirates will donate to Rome 25 talents. Others, mainly the lower and middle class soldiers clamor for the pirates to be ruined and their lands seized for the glory of Rome. Cilicia and the islands is however a rather poor and unmanageable land and some senators question if we need yet another province.

Effect:
Africanus chooses to take the 25 talents in war spoils or 10 and CILICIA

Argentus Cassius Africanus (Balanced)
(5 Legions +4 veterans+ 3 command)=21 strength
Pirates (Direct Charge)
3 armies =3 strength
Battle Roll: 16+18=34
Result: Crushing Victory


Roman Casualties
None

Pirate Casualties
Total
Argentus Cassius Africanus gains 1 influence and 1 popularity
Argentus Cassius Africanus gains a Veteran Legion, Legio XII
Romans love victory, -1 Unrest
(see choice for war spoils/land gain)


Sicyon Campaign

Philip had been frustrating the romans with his extremely active feints, fortifications of passes, delaying sieges and general trickery. Into this comes the Archon Phylax of Aetolia, who suggests rather than trying to make war upon macedon, instead attack the peloponesse. This is a rather dubious endeavor, and it becomes evident that it is motivated more by aetolian rivalry with the Achaeans than anything else but Paullus eventually agrees out of exasperation and appeasement of his allies. The plan to take Sicyon by amphibious landing was daring and required secrecy and luck, both of which were lost.

First a squall hit the fleet crossing the Gulf of Corinth scattering the roman-aetolian forces across the north coast of Achaea. Then, rather than assembling in a central location to continue the attack the aetolians began looting villages in the vicinity like the pirates they were regarded to be by their fellow Hellenes. The smoke from these "activities" drew the attention of the Achaeans who rapidly mobilized a force of Cretan archers and heavy cavalry and made a devastating attack upon the aetolian vanguard who fled to their ships. Legio Classicus moved to reinforce but were outnumbered and in the sand on the beach getting shot by deadly volleys fell in mass. The allied fleet set sail back to Corcyra, a complete failure.


Lucius Aemilius Paullus (Flanking)
(1 Legions +7 Veterans+2 Aetolians+5 command)=22 strength
Philip V (Balanced)
10 Armies + 6 command =16 strength
Battle Roll: 14
Result: Lesser Disaster

Roman Casualties
Legio IX Classicus
2 Aetolian Armies

Macedonian Casualties
Few

Lucius Aemilius Paullus loses 2 popularity for losing 3 armies
Legio IX Classicus is reformed

Yes tribune is used dictator vote will occur

Murder of tribune succeeds, the vote for dictator flaminius will continue
Marcus Junius loses -6 popularity however for this atrocious action

Siege of Delos
Publius Acilius bent upon vengeance and without the proper forces to conduct proper sieges of the pirate holdouts orders them to be assault en masse.
When a Tribune tells him that hundreds will die, he coldly replies, "Thousands".


Publius Acilius (Direct Charge)
(3 Legions +1 veterans+ 2 command)=7 strength
Pirates (Balanced)
3 armies =3 strength
Battle Roll: 6+4=10
Result: Stalemate


Roman Casualties
-3 legions

Maecdonian Casualties
Heavy

Publius Acilius loses -2 popularity for losing 3 legions



Macedonian Campaign
Fearing Demetrius' prophecy about Paullus, Philip refused to give battle and has instead been succesfully avoiding the roman forces and raiding their supply lines while cultivating new allies....


Lucius Aemilius Paullus (Envelopment)
(3 Legions +5 Veterans+2 Aetolions+5 command)=20 strength
Philip V (Flanking) Tactical Counter!
10 Armies + 6 command =16 strength
Battle Roll: 12+4-3=13
Result: Stalemate


Roman Casualties
Few

Macedonian Casualties
Few

Lucius Aemilius Paullus gains a Veteran Legion, Legio VI


Battle of Baecula
Septimus Fabius + Tiberius Servilius (Envelopment)
(4 Legions +1 veterans+ 6 command)=12 strength
Spanish Rebel Commander (Envelopment)
4 armies =4 strength
Battle Roll: 11+8=10
Result: Crushing Victory

Roman Casualties
Few

Rebel Casualties
Total

Septimus Fabius gains a veteran legion, Legio IV
Romans love victory, -1 unrest

Battle of Bonnonia
Argentus Cassius Africanus (Direct Charge)
(2 Legions +2 veterans+ 3 command)=9 strength
Gallic Commander (Direct Charge)
2 armies =2 strength
Battle Roll: 10+7=17
Result: Victory

Roman Casualties
Legio III Libertas

Rebel Casualties
Total

Argentus Cassius Africanus restores Legio III Libertas
Romans love victory, -1 unrest

Popualres vote the way Optimates vote except on concessions vote aye on themselves

Populares withdraw 10 from their bank (paying 2 talents) to donate to rome

Populares spend 4 on equite for Septimus Fabius and bank rest

Battle of Albanopolis
Publius Cornelius Scipio Minor (Flanking) Tactical Counter!
(2 Prov Legions+4 Legions +4 veterans+ 4 command)=18 strength
Philip V (Envelopment)
10 armies +6 command =16 strength
Battle Roll: 10+2+3=15
Result: Victory

Philip, believing the last campaign failure was just bad luck, returns to Lissus, the stubborn fortress blocking the only reliable route to Illyria. Putting it under siege while scouting the hills to the east this time he felt victory was certain.
Scipio had however kept much of his army in reserve and sent them by sea around his rear to Epidamnos. Shocked that Rome had deployed such a force under a famous commander liked Scipio caused him to immediatly withdraw from Lissus and retreat to Macedon but he was caught in a pincer and forced to battle on two sides in unfavorable terms.
Hoping to defeat Scipio before the Lissus garrison arrived, his phalanx skirmishers and troops charged fowards but could not break them despite infliting heavy casualties. Eventually the romans appeared in his flank and he abandons the field.

Demetrius, is captured in the ensuing rout Scipio orders him to be put in chains for the Roman people to see. Philip and the remnant of his army limps home, he will not be able to resume his war any time soon. Scipio is limited by his imperium and unable to pursue him beyond the borders of his province.


Roman Casualties
-3 legions

Maecdonian Casualties
Heavy


Publius Cornelius Scipio Minor gains 5 influence and 4 popularity
Publius Cornelius Scipio Minor gains a veteran Legion, Legio X Triumphalis


note: evidently defensive battles do NOT defeat wars, it only makes it an inactive war.... For now.


Siege of Enna
Lucius Julius (Balanced)
(3 Legions +4 veterans+ 4 command)=15 strength
Eunus (Envelopment)
4 armies =4 strength
Battle Roll: 9+11=18
Result: Overwhelming Victory

The overwhelming force Rome brough to Sicily forced the slaves to the city of Tauromenium which was put to siege, and then captured by treachery from within. All the prisoners were first tortured, and then thrown from a cliff. Next Lucius Julius invested Enna, the center of the revolt, where Eunus had taken refuge. Eunus soon died of wounds sustained during a desperate sally from the gates on the Roman siege lines, and this city likewise soon fell due to traitors inside the walls. The rebellion in the rest of the island was quickly stamped out, 20,000 prisoners being crucified by Lucius Julius in retribution.

Roman Casualties
Few

Slave Casualties
Massive

Lucius Julius gains 2 influence and 2 popularity
Lucius Julius gains a veteran Legion, Legio Sicilianus
Romans love victory, -1 unrest




Battle of Lykion Pelagos
Publius Acilius (Envelopment)
(12 Fleets+ 1 allied fleet + 2 command)=15 strength
Euros (Envelopment)
10 Fleets =10 strength
Battle Roll: 11+5=16
Result: Victory

Publius Acilius was eager to take the command from Cato and was confident in victory. All across the eastern mediterranean roman ships found and brought justice to pirates while also showing to the local greeks that only Rome could protect them, that the west was eclipsing the east.
Both fleets slowly gathered for a final engagement off the rugged Lykian coasts. The larger roman ships were able to scatter the pirates with ease but Euros sent part of his fleet far around the sides and swiftly descended upon Acillus ship, boarding it at great casualties but ultimately capturing the Consul as a bargaining chip threatening to crucify him if rome attacks again or pays an exorbitant sum of money.


Roman Casualties
-2 fleets

Pirate Casualties
Heavy

Publius Acilius gains 5 influence and 5 popularity
Publius Acilius is captured, the ransom is set at 26 talents, if not paid before the war ends, he is killed

2nd voting round is up