Heart of the Republic - A Rome: Total War AAR

I propose a week of mourning throughout Rome to honour General Tillus!

Out of curiosity, which of the generals actualy have a unit representing the in the game atm?

Heart of the Republic - A Rome: Total War AAR

Part Six


Nearly a year after General Tillus’ death, Thrawnus stood on the same battlefield near Tarentum. He was not yet used to commanding armies, but he had been the only General in the vicinity with an army large enough to strike back. In the past year the Senate had been outraged at the news of the Greek victory and Tillus’ death. The consular had even declared General Pyrrhus an ‘Enemy of Rome.’ His death was to come at all costs - nothing was to stand in the way.

It was because of this that Thrawnus had been given special orders. His army, numbering 2000 strong and vastly outnumbering the Greek forces, had only two primary goals - to kill Pyrrhus and his unit of elephants. Everything else - including victory on the battlefield - was secondary. That said, Thrawnus was not one to so easily throw away a battle for the sake of one man. He had a personal objective - to show that he too could be a General as great as Tillus.

His army then, was stronger and more dug in than Tillus’ forces the year before. He had also demanded that several veteran units of the previous battle be part of his force. Their memories of the first battle were to aid Thrawnus’ own battle strategy.

As such, his army was not only more tightly packed, but also designed for each unit - especially the cavalry - to support the other. In addition, he also deployed two infantry divisions into the forests ahead. They were doomed, but it was hoped that they would distract and separate Pyrrhus’ forces enough to allow the Roman cavalry to attack any ‘straggler’ units. It worked perfectly.


The Greeks in flight

While losses were light in this early phase, when the dreaded war elephants smashed into the left flank there were many casualties. However many units - especially those who had previously served under Tillus, suddenly sprung into action, focusing what weapons they had on the creatures. Under a hail of spears and being attacked by swords and on horseback, the elephants quickly succumbed to terror and tried to retreat. They were not allowed to.

Pyrrhus meanwhile, flung his own unit into the central lines, hoping to take advantage of the confusion on the left flank. The Roman soldiers held their ground though, and refused to take a step back. Two additional Hastati units surrounded Pyrrhus’ troops and wiped them out. The great general was dead.

There was now no other course of action for Thrawnus other than to press the attack, and as such all divisions were ordered to push forward towards Tarentum. The cavalry charged ahead, slaughtering all Greeks as they tried to escape. By the end of the day the enemy army had been virtually wiped out. Tillus had been avenged, and the Republic had regained it’s honour…

Edit: Extreme crosspost.
Phyrrus has already arrived in the netherworld. Outstanding work, Thrawnus!

PrinceScamp said:

Out of curiosity, which of the generals actualy have a unit representing the in the game atm?

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Kan, Captain, Killyouall, Cleric, Panzerkavalier, Thrawn at the moment.

I do it on a rotation thing, so when a new general comes up the next on the list on the second post gets one.

nice one, they got decimated.

What is the status of the Greek cities in the south now with the loss of the army at Tarentum?

Allow me to speak on behalf of the people of Rome in congratulating Roman soldiers in their victory. Stories shall be told of this day.

Tarentum is now ours, but I'm afraid to say the other Greek city - Croton - is very heavily garrisoned. They definately outnumber our Southern Army.

An excellent victory for the armies of Rome!

Mwha wha ha a! Well, we can bring more troops down to lay siege to Croton.

Do we want to though? We've just established a serious defeat to the Greeks - who after all, are another civilised people. Peace may be preferable to those who are our equals.

We're going to have to conquor them eventualy anyways.

But yeah, I guess we can always return and take them over later, what about that other 3rd city in the South? Then we can turn our attention back north.


I can't wait to carve my face onto the Sphinx, or, well, have someone else carve it.

Great work Kan. Just out of curiosity where again am i stationed?
Otherwise keep up the campaign against those damn Greeks and hopefully the senate would consider expansion in the general direction of gaul, rich lands, low quality enemy armies, what could go wrong.

Also is our navy big enough for us to expand into the mediteranian islands, some of them have very good trading posts.

Kan' Sharuminar said:

Do we want to though? We've just established a serious defeat to the Greeks - who after all, are another civilised people. Peace may be preferable to those who are our equals.

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Why just settle for being equal when we can be greater?

Which General am I? Can we have a world map view?

I, Senator Rannos of Ancona, have arrived finally to Roma to aide in decision making. My greatest apologies for not appearing lately, but I was fever stricken. I am greived to hear about the death of Tillius, but the expansion and security of our nation is good to hear. In my view, we should secure this penninsula by any means necessary. It is degreed by the gods to secure our homeland by expanding it from the Alps to the surrounding seas...perhaps even beyond that...

I urge the senate to vote Thrawn a Triumph.
In regards to Croton, no sense leaving a job half-finished.

I would like to have a updated map.

just curious, who has died for our side? i've counted two but i want to be sure

by the way if and when I arrive in the netherworld, I want my body to be thrown at the enemy, scare them off