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281B.C. The Mediterranean powers struggle for supremacy.
Will the Hellenic successor states reassert their power, 
will Carthage or Rome take over as the superpower in the
known world or will the Barbarians of the north sweep 
down and destroy the classical world?
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The game begins at the time of the Pyrrhic Invasion, you 
decide the fate of nations!
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Please check house rules and concepts outlined below: 
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THE NATIONS:
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THE ROMANS
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Between the 5th and 1st centuries BCE, the Roman republic 
grew from a small city-state into an imperial power 
dominating the Mediterranean region. It did this almost 
exclusively by force of arms. Constantly at war, the 
Romans defeated the other peoples of Italy, then fought a 
life-or-death strugle with the rival power of Carthage, 
and finally established Rome's dominance of the Hellenistic 
kingdoms of the eastern Mediterranean. 
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Wonder = Roman Senate in Rome. City walls in every Roman 
settlement and defence doubled against Barbarians.
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THE CARTHAGINIANS
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Founded on a natural harbour on the coast of North Africa 
by Phonecians adventurers, the city of Carthage grew in 
wealth and influence over the centuries. By 281 BC Carthage 
was one of the Mediterraneans great powers, vying with Rome 
for control of Sicily and the valuable trade routes in the 
area. The Carthaginians produced some outstanding explorers 
such as Hanno and generals such as Hannibal, but they were 
unable to strike the killer blow against their rivals and 
by the end of the Punic wars they had been so severely 
beaten by Rome that Carthage itself was captured and razed 
to the ground, never to rise again.
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Wonder = Warfleet Arsenal in Carthage. All ships have plus 
one movement. All ships produced are veteran.
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THE MACEDONIAN GREEKS
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Despite the empire's division into feuding kingdoms ruled 
by Alexander's generals, Macedonia itself remained a key 
and fiercely contested territory. Antipater and his son 
Cassander gained control of Macedonia but it slid into a 
long period of civil strife following Cassander's death 
in 297 BC. 
Demetrius' son Antigonus II (277239 BC) successfully 
restored order and prosperity and repelled a Galatian 
invasion, though he lost control of many of the formerly 
controlled Greek city-states. He established a stable 
monarchy and gave rise to the Antigonid dynasty. 
His successor Antigonus II (239221 BC) built on these 
gains by re-establishing Macedonian power across the region.
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Under Philip V of Macedon (221179 BC) and his son Perseus 
of Macedon (179168 BC), the kingdom clashed with the rising 
power of the Roman Republic. During the 2nd and 1st 
centuries BC, Macedon fought a series of wars with Rome.  
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The overall losses resulted in the defeat of Macedon, the 
deposition of the Antigonid dynasty and the dismantling of 
the Macedonian kingdom. 
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Wonder = Aristotles Lyceum in Athens. Pays maintenance for 
all city improvements that cost one gold per turn.
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THE SELEUCID GREEKS
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By 285 BC Seleucus held the whole of Alexander's conquests 
excepting Egypt in his hands, and moved to take possession of 
Macedonia and Thrace. He intended to leave Asia to Antiochus and 
content himself for the remainder of his days with the Macedonian 
kingdom in its old limits. He had, however, hardly crossed into 
the Chersonese when he was assassinated by Ptolemy Keraunos near 
Lysimachia (281 BC).
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Nevertheless, even before Seleucus' death, the vast eastern domains 
of the Seleucids were proving difficult to assert control over. 
Seleucus invaded India (modern Punjab Pakistan) in 304 BC, 
confronting Chandragupta Maurya (Sandrokottos), founder of the 
Maurya empire. The two monarchs ultimately sealed a treaty, by 
which Seleucus ceded territories from the Indus to present-day 
Afghanistan. 
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Greco-Bactrian secession (C. 245 BC)
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In Bactria, the satrap Diodotus asserted independence to form the 
Greco-Bactrian kingdom c. 245 BC.
This kingdom was characterized by a rich Hellenistic culture, and was 
to continue its domination of Bactria until around 125 BC, when it was 
overrun by the invasion of northern nomads. One of the Greco-Bactrian 
kings, Demetrius I of Bactria, invaded India around 180 BC to form the 
Greco-Indian kingdom, lasting until around AD 20.
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Parthian secession (C. 245 BC)
The Seleucid satrap of Parthia, named Andragoras, first claimed 
independence, in a parallel to the secession of his Bactrian neighbour. 
Soon after however, a Parthian tribal chief called Arsaces took over 
the Parthian territory around 238 BC to form the Arsacid Dynasty  the 
starting point of the powerful Parthian Empire.
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Wonder = Silk Road in Seleucia. Counts as a granary in every city.
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THE PTOLEMID GREEKS
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The Ptolemaic dynasty was a Hellenistic royal family which ruled 
the Ptolemaic Empire in Egypt for nearly 300 years, from 305 BC 
to 30 BC. Ptolemy, a Macedonian and one of Alexander the Great's 
generals, was appointed satrap of Egypt after Alexander's death 
in 323 BC. In 305 BC, he declared himself King Ptolemy I, later 
known as "Soter" (saviour). The Egyptians soon accepted the 
Ptolemies as the successors to the pharaohs of independent Egypt. 
Ptolemy's family ruled Egypt until the Roman conquest of 30 BC.
All the male rulers of the dynasty took the name Ptolemy. Ptolemaic 
queens, some of whom were the sisters of their husbands, were 
usually called Cleopatra, Arsinoe or Berenice. The most famous 
member of the line was the last queen, Cleopatra VII, known for 
her role in the Roman political battles between Julius Caesar and 
Pompey, and later between Octavian and Mark Antony. Her suicide 
at the conquest by Rome marked the end of Ptolemaic rule in Egypt.
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In 285, Ptolemy abdicated in favour of one of his younger sons by 
Berenice - Ptolemy II Philadelphus, who had been co-regent for three 
years. Ptolemy I Soter died in 283 at the age of 84. 
Shrewd and cautious, he had a compact and well-ordered realm to show 
at the end of forty years of war. His reputation for bonhomie and 
liberality attached the floating soldier-class of Macedonians and 
Greeks to his service, and was not insignificant; nor did he wholly 
neglect conciliation of the natives. He was a ready patron of letters, 
founding the Great Library of Alexandria. He himself wrote a history 
of Alexander's campaigns that has not survived. This used to be 
considered an objective work, distinguished by its straightforward 
honesty and sobriety. 
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Wonder = Lighthouse of Alexandria. Movement rate of all ships 
increased by two.
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THE CELTS
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At the dawn of history in Europe, the Celts in present-day France 
were known as Gauls. Their descendants were described by Julius 
Caesar in his Gallic Wars. There was also an early Celtic presence 
in northern Italy. Other Celtic tribes invaded Italy, establishing 
there a city they called Mediolanum (modern Milan) and sacking Rome 
itself in 390BC following the Battle of the Allia.
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The Celts settled much further south of the Po River than many maps 
show. Remnants in the town of Doccia, in the province of Emilia-
Romagna, showcase Celtic houses in very good condition dating from 
about the 4th century BC.
A century later the defeat of the combined Samnite, Celtic and 
Etruscan alliance by the Romans in the Third Samnite War sounded 
the end of the Celtic domination in Europe, but it was not until 
192 BC that the Roman armies conquered the last remaining 
independent Celtic kingdoms in Italy.
Under Caesar the Romans conquered Celtic Gaul, and from Claudius 
onward the Roman empire absorbed parts of Britain. Roman local 
government of these regions closely mirrored pre-Roman 'tribal' 
boundaries, and archaeological finds suggest native involvement in 
local government. Latin was the official language of these regions 
after the conquests. The native peoples under Roman rule became 
Romanized and keen to adopt Roman ways. 
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Wonder = Stonehenge belonging to the Belgae. Doubles the effect of 
temples.
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THE GERMANICS
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The classical world knew little about the people who inhabited the 
north of Europe before the 2nd century BC. In the 5th century 
BC the Greeks were aware of a group they called Celts (Keltoi). 
Herodotus also mentioned the Scythians, but no other barbarian 
tribes. At around 320 BC, Pytheas of Massalia sailed around 
Britain and along the northern coast of Europe, and what he found 
on his journeys was so unbelievable that later writers refused to 
believe him. He may have been the first Mediterranean to 
distinguish the Germanic people from the Celts. Caesar described 
the cultural differences between the Germanic tribesmen, the 
Romans and the Gauls. He said that the Gauls, although warlike, 
could be civilized, but the Germanic tribesmen were far more savage, 
and were a threat to Roman Gaul, and so had to be conquered. 
His accounts of barbaric northern tribes could be described as an 
expression of the superiority of Rome, including Roman Gaul. 
Caesar's accounts protray the Roman fear of the Germanic tribes 
and the threat they posed. The perceived menace of the Germanic 
tribesmen proved accurate. The Romans tried crossing the Rhine into 
greater Germania to conquer it only once. This invasion occurred 
in 9 A.D. resulting in the Battle of the Teutoburg forest which led 
to the annihilation of tens of thousands of Roman Legionnaires, 
and one of the Rome's greatest defeats.
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Wonder = Fortress of Sarmizegetusa. All new units are verteran. 
Any unit that wins in combat automatically becomes veteran.
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CONCEPTS:
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*Latin Names
*Slaves
*Fortresses
*Mercenaries
*Unit Types
*House Rules
*Game Length
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Contact info:
drew.shortis@ntlworld.com
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