Armies and Battles

Players can use, for any battle, any of the armies appropriate to their team. In other words, Joe the Goth can play Vandals in one game and then Ostrogoths in another. Losses do not carry over from battle to battle. List options can be selected for one battle and then different options for that list selected for the next battle. Any number of battles can be ongoing at once--no army is limited to only fighting one battle at a time. In other words, Fred and Alan, both Eastern Romans, my both be fighting battles at the same time, one against a Persian and one against a Visisgoth (or even both against Visigothic armies.) Two players from opposing teams just pick armies, play a battle, and report the results.

All armies are Book II. The use of 2.2+ mods. is not mandatory, but it is highly encouraged.

Army Lists to Use

Western Roman Empire (can engage in battle with western natives, Sarmatians, Goths, or other Romans): Later Imperial Roman--West (78a)

Eastern Roman Empire (can engage in battle with eastern natives, Sarmatians, Goths,

Western natives (can only engage in battle with the Western Roman Empire):Scots Irish (54a), Later Moorish (57), Pictish (68a), Early Franks (72abcd), Old Saxon (73)

Eastern natives (can only engage in battle with the Eastern Roman Empire): Armenian (28c), Dacian (52), Nobade/Blemye/Beja (55b), Sassanid Persian (69)

Sarmatians (can engage in battle with either Western or Eastern Roman Empire): Sarmatians (26), Alans (58), Limigantes (70b)

Goths (can engage in battle with either Western or Eastern Roman Empire): Early Visigoths (65b), Early Vandals (66), Early Ostrogoths (67b), Burgundi (70a)

Use the standard Aggression rules to determine who is attacker and defender and thus to decide terrain.

Infighting and Civil War

While there was doubtless infighting among the enemies of Rome, for the purposes of this campaign, non-Romans may only attack Romans.

Romans, however, can attack other Romans, West attacking East or East attacking West or armies within a region attacking other armies of the same region. If at the end of the campaign, there is only one emperor, victories against other Romans will determine which Roman player has clawed his way to the top of the heap (this is the only single-player point of victory; all other victory results are by team). HOWEVER, each Roman-on-Roman battle will count as a loss for the defeated Roman force but not as a victory for the other; thus each such battle will make the chances of overall non-Roman victory that much more likely.