Adventures of Moesia Chapter# 1
In the year of 453 AUC, in the divided and rural balkans existed the fields and tribal settalments of Moesia. Greek traders navigated across the lands and gave their money and products in exchange for the great vegetables and wood,and livestock that the agrarian environment made so easy to get. And while such the scene looked modest, peaceful, even uneventful...it was the seeds of what could become a great empire of the balkans.
Further to the west, they were a series of small and disparate groups all seemingly trying to re-locate into the tribal centers, the most big and most organized settalments. They very slightly and slowly were centralizing themselves In fact, they were moving for potential protection...Even more west was a collection of armies with notable tribal leaders at the fronts and the tribal chief and leader of the biggest army, Dablosa Rholicus. These things make it obvious what was happening at the time, but Rholicus received his conformation from his messenger who ran from the west to tell him: "Chief! The Triballians have acknowledged our declaration of war to them, I have also seen their armies raising. Our allies have also been made aware of this and they raise their levies as we speak!".
Of course, Rholicus was fully prepared for this. Since 451 he had claimed control over the neighboring tribe of Triballia, however only a couple of months earlier was when it began to be viewed as a serious and real claim and threat to Triballia. In the years 451, and, 452, Rholicus had gone to great lengths to form military alliances. He frequently sent diplomats across to improve relations with tribes, specifically the ones known as Tilitaeia and Tyrgetae. He even became personal friends with the leader of Tilitaeia named Rholes Durasus. When his claim was actually heard and acknowledged he raised an army of about 5,000 men and declared war.
That was months ago, and now was the actual beginning of the war. Dablosa Rholicus called all of his war leaders and his army and spoke as loud as possible, saying: "Attention!! Triballia has confirmed it. Our war has officially begun with them. Now, we all shall move west and occupy their villages. Do not engage in battle with their enemies until our allies have arrived to assist with us. We will grow one step closer to uniting Zalmoxis' tribes!!!". Following with applose, the armies joined together to follow their respective leaders west into the Triballian land.
And after a month, they reached Storgosia, a village. Without any garrisons and with unprepared villagers,it only was a couple of weeks of destroying houses and blocking food supplies in the village to gain a surrender from them.
Such was the most of the war, as the Moesi army swiftly occupied the east and south of Triballia,not even seeing the main Triballi army at a distance until may of 454
Not even fighting a true battle with them until October of the same year, the battle of Prista. And even that battle was just the Moesi army joining, assisting their allies although it did kill about 2760 of the 3970 Triballi soldiers.
But when they moved, to the Triballi capital in order to capitulate their government, in march of 455 they received news of a war that would require much more attention then this one. The messenger would say to Rholicus: "Thrace and its servant countries are now at war with us! They have attacked our ally Tyrgetae and are besieging our villages...". Though Rholicus desired to fully take over Triballia, Thrace was a very powerful country with many subject and subservant nations that could ruin Moesia. So he went into the capital to the tribal leaders, and he tried to take all occupied land, but the tribal council got their way, with them only giving one county into Moesia's control. Then he put Moesi leaders in charge of the Triballi villages. and took his armies to the east of Moesia.
In the year of 453 AUC, in the divided and rural balkans existed the fields and tribal settalments of Moesia. Greek traders navigated across the lands and gave their money and products in exchange for the great vegetables and wood,and livestock that the agrarian environment made so easy to get. And while such the scene looked modest, peaceful, even uneventful...it was the seeds of what could become a great empire of the balkans.
Further to the west, they were a series of small and disparate groups all seemingly trying to re-locate into the tribal centers, the most big and most organized settalments. They very slightly and slowly were centralizing themselves In fact, they were moving for potential protection...Even more west was a collection of armies with notable tribal leaders at the fronts and the tribal chief and leader of the biggest army, Dablosa Rholicus. These things make it obvious what was happening at the time, but Rholicus received his conformation from his messenger who ran from the west to tell him: "Chief! The Triballians have acknowledged our declaration of war to them, I have also seen their armies raising. Our allies have also been made aware of this and they raise their levies as we speak!".
Of course, Rholicus was fully prepared for this. Since 451 he had claimed control over the neighboring tribe of Triballia, however only a couple of months earlier was when it began to be viewed as a serious and real claim and threat to Triballia. In the years 451, and, 452, Rholicus had gone to great lengths to form military alliances. He frequently sent diplomats across to improve relations with tribes, specifically the ones known as Tilitaeia and Tyrgetae. He even became personal friends with the leader of Tilitaeia named Rholes Durasus. When his claim was actually heard and acknowledged he raised an army of about 5,000 men and declared war.
That was months ago, and now was the actual beginning of the war. Dablosa Rholicus called all of his war leaders and his army and spoke as loud as possible, saying: "Attention!! Triballia has confirmed it. Our war has officially begun with them. Now, we all shall move west and occupy their villages. Do not engage in battle with their enemies until our allies have arrived to assist with us. We will grow one step closer to uniting Zalmoxis' tribes!!!". Following with applose, the armies joined together to follow their respective leaders west into the Triballian land.
And after a month, they reached Storgosia, a village. Without any garrisons and with unprepared villagers,it only was a couple of weeks of destroying houses and blocking food supplies in the village to gain a surrender from them.
Such was the most of the war, as the Moesi army swiftly occupied the east and south of Triballia,not even seeing the main Triballi army at a distance until may of 454
Not even fighting a true battle with them until October of the same year, the battle of Prista. And even that battle was just the Moesi army joining, assisting their allies although it did kill about 2760 of the 3970 Triballi soldiers.
But when they moved, to the Triballi capital in order to capitulate their government, in march of 455 they received news of a war that would require much more attention then this one. The messenger would say to Rholicus: "Thrace and its servant countries are now at war with us! They have attacked our ally Tyrgetae and are besieging our villages...". Though Rholicus desired to fully take over Triballia, Thrace was a very powerful country with many subject and subservant nations that could ruin Moesia. So he went into the capital to the tribal leaders, and he tried to take all occupied land, but the tribal council got their way, with them only giving one county into Moesia's control. Then he put Moesi leaders in charge of the Triballi villages. and took his armies to the east of Moesia.
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