Looking good. Is the apparent power vacuum east of your homelands something that you're interested in filling or is Rome next after you've built your power in the west?
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Great work. I had the same thought as Malurous. Are you planning on jumping on Egypt? That would certainly be interesting.
Utica cannot into Carthage? 
Besides that: interesting Mod and well played so far.
Besides that: interesting Mod and well played so far.
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Yeah, when I want to expand more in Iberia I can do so easily, will keep an eye on the Ilergetes, if the Volcae decide to invade I need to get there first (alternatively, I just conquer them and be done with it, works as well).
Egypt may have fallen on hard times, but it still seems to have some fight left in them, so I just have to hope they can recover enough to prevent further Seleucid (and Macedonian) expansion at their expense. Rome is expanding, slowly, in Thrace of all places. But yeah, it is nice to see them not doing more serious expansion.
Rome is next. Going after Egypt would result in conflict with Macedonia and the Seleucids as well (they all have cores on each others capitals).
Interesting, I could see that, but probably not a good idea to do so anyway. If I planned to avoid fighting Rome for a very long time it could probably work though.
Utica cannot into Carthage?
Besides that: interesting Mod and well played so far.
Eh? Having difficulties understanding exactly what that first sentence is supposed to mean
. Is it slight disappointment in the fact that Utica still keeps its status as a semi-independent part of the mighty Carthaginian Empire and is not brought under my direct rule, or is it a reflection on the difficulties Utica will face if trying to supplant and take Carthages place (as despite being as good a province as Carthage, it is still the only one they have)?Oh, and thanks.
A Puny AAR
War looms on the horizon. The Romans are fighting in the east against Thracians, Dardanians and Dacians, of whom only the Dardanians are any sort of potential threat. And Egypt has been weakened by unsuccessful wars and may seem to be on the verge of collapse. However as attacking Egypt would bring conflict with Macedonia and the Seleucid Empire, Carthage decides to prop them up instead, sending gifts and hoping they are spent wisely. It is against Rome we will go to war, and after they conquer Thrace we declare war on them. The first battle is a naval engagement outside the eastern coast of Sicily. Our main fleet of 40 ships meet a large Roman fleet of 54 ships and crush it with limited losses.
The only weakness of the Seleucid Empire is extremely low stability (and a lack of good generals, they currently have one reasonably good (7), one decent (6) and a few horribly bad ones (4 and below), not that their rivals necessarily have better ones) causing a noticeable reduction in income (in the previous update they had 10.1, now they have around 7, and as their army is so massive the maintenance cost is 6 so not much for their coffers, the low stability may very well persist for quite some time; my income on the other hand has increased and is around 15).
Can note that the barbaric Getae have expanded even more, certainly something I would be slightly concerned about, had I been playing Macedonia (which really should try to do something about the Romans in Thrace). Macedonia has been peaceful this decade, if they did anything I did not notice it. Can also note that our Massaesyli neighbours is suffering from a civil war, one which the rebels will win since the Massaesyli army decided to join them (it was started by their general), the loyalists have no military whatsoever.
Is there any chance you could 'help' the loyalists/rebels by invading the other faction's territory? You might have to hold onto a province or two to help with reconstruction there afterwards.
I get the feeling poor Agbal Eugorid will be rather vexed that he won a massive naval victory over Rome yet gained no popularity back home! A good and convincing, if once again brusing, victory over Rome then. Now that Sicily is secured that should give you a strong base to continue your expansion into Iberia, or indeed wherever you wish to focus your attention.
Very nice to have all of Sicily. You're now completely safe as long as the navy holds up.
Between not expanding north (or much anywhere for that matter) and getting beaten up by you, Rome doesn't seem to be having a particularly good game so far.
Between not expanding north (or much anywhere for that matter) and getting beaten up by you, Rome doesn't seem to be having a particularly good game so far.
nice work gaining Sicily, its a pity your manpower seems to be such a constraint on the speed at which you can declare war .. but it does indicate that Rome might be quite weak?
As I could get Siga (their capital (currently not due to the civil war) and only coastal province) that way it is certainly an interesting idea.
Him and all other successful admirals.
-So you sunk the entire enemy fleet, good on you, nobody cares.
It is a nice province. Think I'll take it.
Certainly.
Good to hear.
Well it all depends on where they keep their army, and the last war could have been lost if they just gathered their army further away (destroyed at least one and severly mauled another 10k army, if they had joined up before facing me I would have been forced to retreat and been unable to occupy anything on the Italian mainland as I no longer had any manpower with which to replace my losses).
A Puny AAR
The civil war in Massaesyli is nearing its end, but there is still time to intervene and seize Siga. Unfortunately there is too much opposition in the senate for us to attack the Massaesyli rebels, so we have no choice but to let it run its course. However the senate do not mind ending Utican autonomy, so after some short preparations we declare war on Utica and our army meets the Utican army in battle.
So in 567 AUC we look at the world, first let us compare incomes.
The Utica manpower boost seems very helpful.
Are Masillia still allied with Rome? Even if they are they seem like the next natural target for Carthage. After all, they are blocking valuable trade routes into Gaul.
Are Masillia still allied with Rome? Even if they are they seem like the next natural target for Carthage. After all, they are blocking valuable trade routes into Gaul.
The people of Theveste long for Carthaginian rule! Let`s make their dream come true.
Utica was a really nice gain given your manpower constraints ... as with Alfredian, are you tempted to clean up NW Spain/SW France before war with Rome or are they just distractions and more delays as you recover from the war?
I finally started paying attention to this today. Excellent AAR, makes me want to dust off my own, rarely-used copy of Rome.
Looking forward to the next confrontation with the Romans!
Looking forward to the next confrontation with the Romans!
Very nice to gain the manpower boost in such a limited war.
You're not the only one, this AAR had the same effect on me when it first started, and I actually did it as well.
You're not the only one, this AAR had the same effect on me when it first started, and I actually did it as well.
Great work. I'm going to go against the common opinion here. I think you should ignore Massilia and Spain and focus on Rome. A green Italy sounds good.
