@SCENARIO @width=500 @title=AETERNA CIVITAS ^^AETERNA CIVITAS Version 2 MULTIPLAYER ^ 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? ^ The game begins at the time of the Pyrrhic Invasion, you decide the fate of nations! ^ Please check house rules and concepts outlined below: @listbox12 @options THE NATIONS: _________________________________________ % THE ROMANS % 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. % Wonder = Roman Senate in Rome. City walls in every Roman settlement and defence doubled against Barbarians. _________________________________________ % THE CARTHAGINIANS % 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. % Wonder = Warfleet Arsenal in Carthage. All ships have plus one movement. All ships produced are veteran. _________________________________________ % THE MACEDONIAN GREEKS % 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 (277–239 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 (239–221 BC) built on these gains by re-establishing Macedonian power across the region. % Under Philip V of Macedon (221–179 BC) and his son Perseus of Macedon (179–168 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. % The overall losses resulted in the defeat of Macedon, the deposition of the Antigonid dynasty and the dismantling of the Macedonian kingdom. % Wonder = Aristotles Lyceum in Athens. Pays maintenance for all city improvements that cost one gold per turn. _________________________________________ % THE SELEUCID GREEKS % 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). % 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. % Greco-Bactrian secession (C. 245 BC) % 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. % 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. % Wonder = Silk Road in Seleucia. Counts as a granary in every city. _________________________________________ % THE PTOLEMID GREEKS % 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. % 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. % Wonder = Lighthouse of Alexandria. Movement rate of all ships increased by two. _________________________________________ % THE CELTS % 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. % 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. % Wonder = Stonehenge belonging to the Belgae. Doubles the effect of temples. _________________________________________ % THE GERMANICS % 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. % Wonder = Fortress of Sarmizegetusa. All new units are verteran. Any unit that wins in combat automatically becomes veteran. _________________________________________ % CONCEPTS: % *Latin Names *Slaves *Fortresses *Mercenaries *Unit Types *House Rules *Game Length % Contact info: drew.shortis@ntlworld.com % @end -- this line must be here!