The terrain-unwise Romans
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Sashie VII
Balance of Power
Are you planning to steal Lincoln's iron or go for the neutral source?
Chapter 4: A Long, Not-So-Perilous journey
In 975 BC, a group of people came to Caeser, requesting an audience.
"Okay," Said Caeser, "But who are you?"
"We are Philosophers," said one of them, "I am Plato."
"Philosophers? What does that mean?"
"We study Philosophy, a new field of science. Let us show you.":
"Well, have you Philosophers discovered anything yet?" Asked Caeser.
"Yes," Said Plato, "We have discovered Maps."
"What is a Map?" asked Caeser.
"A picture that will show you where things are. That mural on your wall is an inaccurate example of one, but an example nonetheless," answered Plato.
With that, Caeser ordered Plato to make his mural more accurate.
Caeser had originally intended to send his next settling party to the far north to grab iron, but now that will not be necessary. Archers discovered a closer source in the hills to the north:
That would be the new destination for his next settling party.
900 BC was quite the eventful year. First, Archers discovered a group of people called the Chinook:
Caeser does not yet know if they are dangerous. He will organize a meeting with thier leader ASAP.
Soon after this, Lincoln of America approached Caeser.
"Greetings," Said Caeser, "Do you wish to trade..."
"No, I wish to demand. Teach us about your new scientific field of "Philosophy", or else!"
Caeser laughed. "Ha! You'd be more likely to find a million gold coins on the ground!"
Lincoln shook his head at Caeser, but did not declare war. Instead, he said this:
Yeah, my foot, Caeser thought to himself.
Caeser's Eastern Curragh explorers thought they saw some shallower water to the East. They were right, but a hurricane wiped them out before they could get there.
Caeser vowed to reach this new land at some point. Fortunately, with the new technology of maps, faster, better ships could be built. But for now, Antium was tied up building a Harbor to better-construct ships.
And then something very surprising happened. Warriors appeared to the Northwest of Veii. Caeser asked them who they were and who led them, and one of them answered: "You already know us. We are the Cherokee!!"
"Impossible!" yelled Caeser, "I destroyed you!"
"Not all of us. Some of us weren't in the village when it was destroyed. And now we're back, with a vengeance!!"
But their vengeance wasn't worth much. In 875 BC, Caeser sent some warriors out to greet them. They attacked and were completely wiped out by Rome's superior fighting. Caeser sent the warriors to find the new Cherokee village and wipe them out for good.
Caeser sent a delegate to the Chinook. Unfortunately, do to a language mistranslation, war broke out. In 850 BC, Caeser sent a hail of arrows into their camp. They were wiped out, although the archers suffered losses and would need to recover.
Also in 850 BC, Caeser got together a settling party in Rome. They were sent, with a spearman escort, to the Iron location his archers had found. Unfortunately, there was one downside. It would take them 200 years to get there. Nevertheless, Caeser has sent them with the hope that they can endure the journey and get some Iron.
In 825 BC, the warriors found the new Cherokee village:
Caeser has given them orders to head to that village and wipe them out. All of them, this time.
The same year, Western Curraghs reported that Moscow was indeed, on a long, thin penninsula, not an island.
Caeser always wanted to visit an ocean beach, and oppurtunity arose in 800 BC when he, for once, wasn't busy. After getting an escort group to protect from desert bandits that sometimes appeared on the roads, he went south to Antium. He enjoyed a fun day of relaxation on the beach. He went swimming in the water when something hit his foot. He picked it up. It was a bottle with a message inside. He opened the bottle and read the message. It said:
The name "Maya" Looked familiar: Then he remembered Livy's book. The Maya were the 8th-most advanced nation in the world. And apparently, they had just built something called "The Pyramids" In a city called "Chichen Itza." He asked his advisors what "The Pyramids" and "Chichen Itza" were.
"Well, said his domestic advisor, "We don't know about Chichen Itza, but the Pyramids are a great wonder of the world. They will giv the Maya something."
"What if someone else builds it too?" asked Caeser.
"They can't. Each wonder cna only be built once- as soon as other nations building the Pyramids learn of this, they will have to destroy their uncompleted pyramids and put the parts into something else."
"Uh... Okay..."
And that was that.
In 775 BC, Roman Warriors approached the Cherokee camp and attacked. Axes flew everywhere, dead bodies and blood littering the ground. It was a gruesome scene.
Rome won the battle, but just barely. Very few Roman warriors lived to tell the tale. After recovering from the battle, they would head home.
The same year, Caeser recieved knowledge that Egypt had learned something called "Polytheism" that would help in the worship of the gods. However, Cleopatra, or "Cleo" as most people call her, would not give this information to Caeser for everything he had, and the Alphabet technology. It looked hopeless.
But then Caeser realized: If she knew Alphabet, she could be taught other technologies...
"Cleo," said Caeser when they met in 730 BC, "I will teach you your ABC's in return for your entire treasury."
"Okay," said Cleo.
"Now," said Caeser, "I will teach you how to write, and how to count, if you teach me your new religious knowledge."
"Deal," said Cleo.
In 710 BC, Curraghs finished mapping the Penninsula Moscow is on, now named the Russian penninsula. On the penninsula is not only Moscow, but also the cities of St. Petersburg and Novgorod.
Boredom then ensued for a while, with the exception of new reports of nations building wonders. Caeser remebers one such report the the Temple of Artemis was being built in Egypt in 650 BC, but cannot remember any others. He is sure, though, that there were others.
And finally, in 650 BC, the settlers reached their destination: The Iron. It is just to the south of it that the city of Neapolis was built:
Caeser is now up to pace in expansion. He has 5 cities (Rome, Veii, Antium, Cumae, Neapolis), as does America (Washington, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Atlanta), Russia (Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novgorod, Rostov, Yaroslavl'), and "Incaland" (Cuzco, Tiwanaku, Machu Picchu, Ollantaytambo, Corihuayrachina). Egypt is ahead of the pack, with 8 cities (Thebes, Memphis, Heliopolis, Elephantine, Alexandria, Pi-Ramesses, Giza, Byblos). Egypt also had the largest military and was the best overall, althogh they lacked tech. Rome was the most advanced nation, and the richest.
Caeser breathes a sigh of relief. He has Iron, will soon have horses, and only needs to connect them. He has done some more painting at his map:
Things seem to be going smoothly now. Only one question remains:
What could possibly go wrong?
In 975 BC, a group of people came to Caeser, requesting an audience.
"Okay," Said Caeser, "But who are you?"
"We are Philosophers," said one of them, "I am Plato."
"Philosophers? What does that mean?"
"We study Philosophy, a new field of science. Let us show you.":
"Well, have you Philosophers discovered anything yet?" Asked Caeser.
"Yes," Said Plato, "We have discovered Maps."
"What is a Map?" asked Caeser.
"A picture that will show you where things are. That mural on your wall is an inaccurate example of one, but an example nonetheless," answered Plato.
With that, Caeser ordered Plato to make his mural more accurate.
Caeser had originally intended to send his next settling party to the far north to grab iron, but now that will not be necessary. Archers discovered a closer source in the hills to the north:
That would be the new destination for his next settling party.
900 BC was quite the eventful year. First, Archers discovered a group of people called the Chinook:
Caeser does not yet know if they are dangerous. He will organize a meeting with thier leader ASAP.
Soon after this, Lincoln of America approached Caeser.
"Greetings," Said Caeser, "Do you wish to trade..."
"No, I wish to demand. Teach us about your new scientific field of "Philosophy", or else!"
Caeser laughed. "Ha! You'd be more likely to find a million gold coins on the ground!"
Lincoln shook his head at Caeser, but did not declare war. Instead, he said this:
Yeah, my foot, Caeser thought to himself.
Caeser's Eastern Curragh explorers thought they saw some shallower water to the East. They were right, but a hurricane wiped them out before they could get there.
Caeser vowed to reach this new land at some point. Fortunately, with the new technology of maps, faster, better ships could be built. But for now, Antium was tied up building a Harbor to better-construct ships.
And then something very surprising happened. Warriors appeared to the Northwest of Veii. Caeser asked them who they were and who led them, and one of them answered: "You already know us. We are the Cherokee!!"
"Impossible!" yelled Caeser, "I destroyed you!"
"Not all of us. Some of us weren't in the village when it was destroyed. And now we're back, with a vengeance!!"
But their vengeance wasn't worth much. In 875 BC, Caeser sent some warriors out to greet them. They attacked and were completely wiped out by Rome's superior fighting. Caeser sent the warriors to find the new Cherokee village and wipe them out for good.
Caeser sent a delegate to the Chinook. Unfortunately, do to a language mistranslation, war broke out. In 850 BC, Caeser sent a hail of arrows into their camp. They were wiped out, although the archers suffered losses and would need to recover.
Also in 850 BC, Caeser got together a settling party in Rome. They were sent, with a spearman escort, to the Iron location his archers had found. Unfortunately, there was one downside. It would take them 200 years to get there. Nevertheless, Caeser has sent them with the hope that they can endure the journey and get some Iron.
In 825 BC, the warriors found the new Cherokee village:
Caeser has given them orders to head to that village and wipe them out. All of them, this time.
The same year, Western Curraghs reported that Moscow was indeed, on a long, thin penninsula, not an island.
Caeser always wanted to visit an ocean beach, and oppurtunity arose in 800 BC when he, for once, wasn't busy. After getting an escort group to protect from desert bandits that sometimes appeared on the roads, he went south to Antium. He enjoyed a fun day of relaxation on the beach. He went swimming in the water when something hit his foot. He picked it up. It was a bottle with a message inside. He opened the bottle and read the message. It said:
The name "Maya" Looked familiar: Then he remembered Livy's book. The Maya were the 8th-most advanced nation in the world. And apparently, they had just built something called "The Pyramids" In a city called "Chichen Itza." He asked his advisors what "The Pyramids" and "Chichen Itza" were.
"Well, said his domestic advisor, "We don't know about Chichen Itza, but the Pyramids are a great wonder of the world. They will giv the Maya something."
"What if someone else builds it too?" asked Caeser.
"They can't. Each wonder cna only be built once- as soon as other nations building the Pyramids learn of this, they will have to destroy their uncompleted pyramids and put the parts into something else."
"Uh... Okay..."
And that was that.
In 775 BC, Roman Warriors approached the Cherokee camp and attacked. Axes flew everywhere, dead bodies and blood littering the ground. It was a gruesome scene.
Rome won the battle, but just barely. Very few Roman warriors lived to tell the tale. After recovering from the battle, they would head home.
The same year, Caeser recieved knowledge that Egypt had learned something called "Polytheism" that would help in the worship of the gods. However, Cleopatra, or "Cleo" as most people call her, would not give this information to Caeser for everything he had, and the Alphabet technology. It looked hopeless.
But then Caeser realized: If she knew Alphabet, she could be taught other technologies...
"Cleo," said Caeser when they met in 730 BC, "I will teach you your ABC's in return for your entire treasury."
"Okay," said Cleo.
"Now," said Caeser, "I will teach you how to write, and how to count, if you teach me your new religious knowledge."
"Deal," said Cleo.
In 710 BC, Curraghs finished mapping the Penninsula Moscow is on, now named the Russian penninsula. On the penninsula is not only Moscow, but also the cities of St. Petersburg and Novgorod.
Boredom then ensued for a while, with the exception of new reports of nations building wonders. Caeser remebers one such report the the Temple of Artemis was being built in Egypt in 650 BC, but cannot remember any others. He is sure, though, that there were others.
And finally, in 650 BC, the settlers reached their destination: The Iron. It is just to the south of it that the city of Neapolis was built:
Caeser is now up to pace in expansion. He has 5 cities (Rome, Veii, Antium, Cumae, Neapolis), as does America (Washington, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Atlanta), Russia (Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novgorod, Rostov, Yaroslavl'), and "Incaland" (Cuzco, Tiwanaku, Machu Picchu, Ollantaytambo, Corihuayrachina). Egypt is ahead of the pack, with 8 cities (Thebes, Memphis, Heliopolis, Elephantine, Alexandria, Pi-Ramesses, Giza, Byblos). Egypt also had the largest military and was the best overall, althogh they lacked tech. Rome was the most advanced nation, and the richest.
Caeser breathes a sigh of relief. He has Iron, will soon have horses, and only needs to connect them. He has done some more painting at his map:
Spoiler :
Things seem to be going smoothly now. Only one question remains:
What could possibly go wrong?
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Sashie VII
Balance of Power
Cathy's sure got a nice starting spot 
You shouldn't ask that kinda question, cause RNG always listens..
Choxorn said:
You shouldn't ask that kinda question, cause RNG always listens..
Chapter 5: An unexpected turn of events
Caeser was now bent on exploration, and expansion, sending archers to explore and settlers to settle. Sometimes, archers discovered very important things. Sometimes they discovered things of very little or no importance, like in 610 BC, when one of them saw a ship off the coastline that was claimed by the Apache tribe. Without any way of knowing who or where they are, Caeser did not know what to think of them.
So, the archer decided to follow an Inca warrior, hoping to find something.
But more important in the field of barbarians, the same year, another group of archers saw a tribe of people called the Anasazi in the desert Northeast of Neapolis. They were dangerous, and they had horses. They would attack anyone who did not have horses, including the Romans.
Although curious as to how they managed to get Horses, Caeser was still going to fight them. They all gathered in their camp, just waiting for the Roman Archers to attack. They did in 570 BC, taking out the first group of Anasazi warriors without so much as a scratch. Caeser has promoted them for these efforts (Player Note: I recieved other promotions in the past and future, but this was one of the few times it managed to work in the story for me to mention it).
And speaking of barbarians, a group called the Etruscans appeared in the mountains to the West of Cumae, some of their warriors riding horses, soon after this battle with Anasazi. Caeser didn't even have to contact them to know they were evil, like all barbarian tribes.
Seeing as workers are working very near the Etruscans' position, In 550 BC the spearmen in Cumae have been ordered to protect the workers from Etruscan attack.
And speaking of attack, the Archers in the North took down another group of Anasazi warriors that same year, with minor casualties. The only ones remaining in the camp are the ones on Horseback.
Archers even farther North saw a border occupied by people wearing Dark Red and hopes to meet them soon. It also saw an Inca Warrior attack something west of it, although it couldn't see what it was fighting. It was presumed to be barbarians.
20 years passed and in 530 BC, Roman Scientists came to Caeser. This could only mean one thing: Another discovery.
"What have you discovered this time?" Asked Caeser.
One of them answered, "We have discovered how to write down our writing system to make something meaningful, like books and poetry."
"Okay, great. Now bring me something I'm really going to like, like how to build new things."
"Okay, we're on it."
A settling party and its spear-wielding escort appeared in the North, clad in dark red. They were the same civilization that the archers had seen earlier. Caeser contacted them. They were called the Byzantines, and they were led by a woman named Theodora. Caeser was immediately shocked as to how much the Byzantine empire looked like his own. They even had a city named after someone with his own name. Caeser had heard legends of long ago, when his tribe was still wandering nomads, that they had met with another group, joined together and blended, then suddenly split up again. Could this be that other tribe?
One thing he did know was that he would, for the time being, remain friendly with the Byzantines.
Roman Archers unleashed a barrage of arrows against the final garrison in the Anasazi's camp. This proved to be a mistake. The Horsemen charged quickly, quick enough to avoid the arrows, and the archers were completely overwhelmed by the might of the Horsemen. Caeser vowed to learn from this defeat and vanquish the Anasazi next time.
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Temporary Pause due to my brother.
Okay, temporary pause over.
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And speaking of barbarians, the Etruscans, for whatever reason, chose not to attack the spearmen guarding the workers and instead set up defenses on the mountain, daring the spearmen to attack. The spears accepted the dare and easily took down their non-mounted warriors.
And soon, the most startling news of all was to come.
It was a quiet afternoon in Caeser's Palace on December 27th, 530 BC. Soon, the quiet would end. His foreign advisor, Augustus, came rushing in, panting.
"What is it?" Asked Caeser.
"Sir... Have... Mindblowing... News..." said Augustus.
"What news?"
Augustus' response was too fast and quiet to be heard.
"Woh, woh woh. Slow down."
"Okay. This is what happened."
"WHAT???"
"I said..."
"I know what you said. But what happened and why?"
"I... Don't... Know..."
This news quickly spread across Rome. It was given the name "The Russo-Egyptian War" for lack of a better one. Caeser would, for now, stay out of this conflict, but serious measures will be taken if nesscesary.
Some time passed before anything interesing happened again. That was in 510 BC, when Inca started work on the Collosus. Then Caeser realized that he had not yet established an embassy in the Byzantine Empire, and promptly did so, in the Byzantine capital of Constantinople:
He notices nothing too surprising about the city, except for its almost-finished work on a great wonder called "The Collosus" that will surely be the first to be finished.
The same year, spearmen charged up the mountan occupied by Etruscans again. Learning from the archers' mistake, they used the Horsemen's charge against them, winning easily and destroying the Etruscan position. They have been promoted for their efforts.
Caeser was unhappy with Antium's progress on making new ships, called "Galleys". So he decided to make them work. "I am sorry, but I have to do this," he reportedly said.
It was not long after this that Catherine came to Rome with an attitude, and a demand.
Caeser laughed at this. "You, wipe us off the planet? You are engaged in your own war with a more powerful enemy, and you have no way of reaching us anyway!!" And this was true, for Catherine did not have the technology to be able to make boats that were capable of transportation.
"Grr. Be lucky you have these advantages this time," she replied. She then added this:
And while we're on the topic of technology, Lincoln devloped the methods of Construction Caeser's scientists were working on in 490 BC. Not wanting to spend more time researching, Caeser asked for a trade. But Lincoln would not budge.
Also, Byzantine cultural influence and the newly-founded city of Heraclea are making the archers' navigating without tresppasing difficult.
20 more years passsed without news, with the exception of the Byzantines' starting of construction on the Oracle. Then, in 470 BC, the spearmen that had previously fought hard on the mountain found the Etruscan camp and charged headlong into it. Although facing the almost destruction of their unit, they won and destroyed the Etruscan camp. They have been promoted again to become the first elite unit in the Roman army.
And while we're on the topic of barbarians, in 430 BC, warriors from Neapolis charged headlong into the Anasazi camp where the archers had failed so many years before. This time, the Roman army triumphed against the Anasazi Horseman. Good-Bye Anasazi.
Speaking of Horses, Roman settlers reached the Horses to the south of Neapolis and built a city there. For lack of a better name, it has been called "Horsetown." (Player Note: The next city name on the list was Pompeii, which the game wanted me to call it, but that's reserved for a volcano city, so I used this name instead. As soon as I build Pomeii next to a volcano (which will be named Mt. Vesuvius, of course), I will rename Horsetown to whatever the game wanted me to call Pompeii. I hope this makes sense. Oh, and there isn't a screenie because I forgot to take one
)
And now that Caeser had Horses (Or would, as soon as they were connected by a road to be usable), he figured it would be worth learning how to ride them. So he made a trade with Pachacuti:
410 BC was a wonderous year. Literally. First, the Byzantines started building something called "The Mausoleum of Mausolos", And soon after, they finished the last, finishing touches on the Collosus in their capital.
Also, Russia started work on the Oracle, and, in 390 BC, the Byzantines on the "Statue of Zeus".
The Galley built in Antium went right to work exploring the island the Curraghs had earlier spotted. In 370 BC, They found it to be small and uninahabitied, but saw another island to the South. A habited one.
In 350 BC, they ran into the Green border and contacted the nation it belonged to. They call themselves the Carthaginians, led by Hannibal. They are a very backwards nation, but they have something called "Luxuries" Which are new to Caeser.
Caeser now wonders about these new things, about the new construction ideas, and about the Russo-Egyptian War, in which, so far, neither side has gained nor loss, with the exception of new Egyptian cities being built. This is most inrtiguing.
(Player Note: Map in next post because I ran out of pictures)
Caeser was now bent on exploration, and expansion, sending archers to explore and settlers to settle. Sometimes, archers discovered very important things. Sometimes they discovered things of very little or no importance, like in 610 BC, when one of them saw a ship off the coastline that was claimed by the Apache tribe. Without any way of knowing who or where they are, Caeser did not know what to think of them.
So, the archer decided to follow an Inca warrior, hoping to find something.
But more important in the field of barbarians, the same year, another group of archers saw a tribe of people called the Anasazi in the desert Northeast of Neapolis. They were dangerous, and they had horses. They would attack anyone who did not have horses, including the Romans.
Although curious as to how they managed to get Horses, Caeser was still going to fight them. They all gathered in their camp, just waiting for the Roman Archers to attack. They did in 570 BC, taking out the first group of Anasazi warriors without so much as a scratch. Caeser has promoted them for these efforts (Player Note: I recieved other promotions in the past and future, but this was one of the few times it managed to work in the story for me to mention it).
And speaking of barbarians, a group called the Etruscans appeared in the mountains to the West of Cumae, some of their warriors riding horses, soon after this battle with Anasazi. Caeser didn't even have to contact them to know they were evil, like all barbarian tribes.
Seeing as workers are working very near the Etruscans' position, In 550 BC the spearmen in Cumae have been ordered to protect the workers from Etruscan attack.
And speaking of attack, the Archers in the North took down another group of Anasazi warriors that same year, with minor casualties. The only ones remaining in the camp are the ones on Horseback.
Archers even farther North saw a border occupied by people wearing Dark Red and hopes to meet them soon. It also saw an Inca Warrior attack something west of it, although it couldn't see what it was fighting. It was presumed to be barbarians.
20 years passed and in 530 BC, Roman Scientists came to Caeser. This could only mean one thing: Another discovery.
"What have you discovered this time?" Asked Caeser.
One of them answered, "We have discovered how to write down our writing system to make something meaningful, like books and poetry."
"Okay, great. Now bring me something I'm really going to like, like how to build new things."
"Okay, we're on it."
A settling party and its spear-wielding escort appeared in the North, clad in dark red. They were the same civilization that the archers had seen earlier. Caeser contacted them. They were called the Byzantines, and they were led by a woman named Theodora. Caeser was immediately shocked as to how much the Byzantine empire looked like his own. They even had a city named after someone with his own name. Caeser had heard legends of long ago, when his tribe was still wandering nomads, that they had met with another group, joined together and blended, then suddenly split up again. Could this be that other tribe?
One thing he did know was that he would, for the time being, remain friendly with the Byzantines.
Roman Archers unleashed a barrage of arrows against the final garrison in the Anasazi's camp. This proved to be a mistake. The Horsemen charged quickly, quick enough to avoid the arrows, and the archers were completely overwhelmed by the might of the Horsemen. Caeser vowed to learn from this defeat and vanquish the Anasazi next time.
-------
Temporary Pause due to my brother.
Okay, temporary pause over.
-------
And speaking of barbarians, the Etruscans, for whatever reason, chose not to attack the spearmen guarding the workers and instead set up defenses on the mountain, daring the spearmen to attack. The spears accepted the dare and easily took down their non-mounted warriors.
And soon, the most startling news of all was to come.
It was a quiet afternoon in Caeser's Palace on December 27th, 530 BC. Soon, the quiet would end. His foreign advisor, Augustus, came rushing in, panting.
"What is it?" Asked Caeser.
"Sir... Have... Mindblowing... News..." said Augustus.
"What news?"
Augustus' response was too fast and quiet to be heard.
"Woh, woh woh. Slow down."
"Okay. This is what happened."
"WHAT???"
"I said..."
"I know what you said. But what happened and why?"
"I... Don't... Know..."
This news quickly spread across Rome. It was given the name "The Russo-Egyptian War" for lack of a better one. Caeser would, for now, stay out of this conflict, but serious measures will be taken if nesscesary.
Some time passed before anything interesing happened again. That was in 510 BC, when Inca started work on the Collosus. Then Caeser realized that he had not yet established an embassy in the Byzantine Empire, and promptly did so, in the Byzantine capital of Constantinople:
He notices nothing too surprising about the city, except for its almost-finished work on a great wonder called "The Collosus" that will surely be the first to be finished.
The same year, spearmen charged up the mountan occupied by Etruscans again. Learning from the archers' mistake, they used the Horsemen's charge against them, winning easily and destroying the Etruscan position. They have been promoted for their efforts.
Caeser was unhappy with Antium's progress on making new ships, called "Galleys". So he decided to make them work. "I am sorry, but I have to do this," he reportedly said.
It was not long after this that Catherine came to Rome with an attitude, and a demand.
Caeser laughed at this. "You, wipe us off the planet? You are engaged in your own war with a more powerful enemy, and you have no way of reaching us anyway!!" And this was true, for Catherine did not have the technology to be able to make boats that were capable of transportation.
"Grr. Be lucky you have these advantages this time," she replied. She then added this:
And while we're on the topic of technology, Lincoln devloped the methods of Construction Caeser's scientists were working on in 490 BC. Not wanting to spend more time researching, Caeser asked for a trade. But Lincoln would not budge.
Also, Byzantine cultural influence and the newly-founded city of Heraclea are making the archers' navigating without tresppasing difficult.
20 more years passsed without news, with the exception of the Byzantines' starting of construction on the Oracle. Then, in 470 BC, the spearmen that had previously fought hard on the mountain found the Etruscan camp and charged headlong into it. Although facing the almost destruction of their unit, they won and destroyed the Etruscan camp. They have been promoted again to become the first elite unit in the Roman army.
And while we're on the topic of barbarians, in 430 BC, warriors from Neapolis charged headlong into the Anasazi camp where the archers had failed so many years before. This time, the Roman army triumphed against the Anasazi Horseman. Good-Bye Anasazi.
Speaking of Horses, Roman settlers reached the Horses to the south of Neapolis and built a city there. For lack of a better name, it has been called "Horsetown." (Player Note: The next city name on the list was Pompeii, which the game wanted me to call it, but that's reserved for a volcano city, so I used this name instead. As soon as I build Pomeii next to a volcano (which will be named Mt. Vesuvius, of course), I will rename Horsetown to whatever the game wanted me to call Pompeii. I hope this makes sense. Oh, and there isn't a screenie because I forgot to take one
)And now that Caeser had Horses (Or would, as soon as they were connected by a road to be usable), he figured it would be worth learning how to ride them. So he made a trade with Pachacuti:
410 BC was a wonderous year. Literally. First, the Byzantines started building something called "The Mausoleum of Mausolos", And soon after, they finished the last, finishing touches on the Collosus in their capital.
Also, Russia started work on the Oracle, and, in 390 BC, the Byzantines on the "Statue of Zeus".
The Galley built in Antium went right to work exploring the island the Curraghs had earlier spotted. In 370 BC, They found it to be small and uninahabitied, but saw another island to the South. A habited one.
In 350 BC, they ran into the Green border and contacted the nation it belonged to. They call themselves the Carthaginians, led by Hannibal. They are a very backwards nation, but they have something called "Luxuries" Which are new to Caeser.
Caeser now wonders about these new things, about the new construction ideas, and about the Russo-Egyptian War, in which, so far, neither side has gained nor loss, with the exception of new Egyptian cities being built. This is most inrtiguing.
(Player Note: Map in next post because I ran out of pictures)
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i like your story. plz keep it up. also see my story The Persian Domination.
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*Tries to think of a witty comment*
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Sorry Chox, I guess I'm just not up to it.
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*Fails miserably*
Sorry Chox, I guess I'm just not up to it.
Sashie VII
Balance of Power
Just wanted to ask why Caesar told the citizens of Veii to work on wealth..
Chapter 6: Government and Law
(In answer to Sashie: At the taking of this screenshot, Caeser had an attack of the stupids.)
We had last left off, Caeser was pondering over the Carthaginian luxuries. He soon learned that they weren't the only ones with these luxuries- the Byzantines had some, too. (Actually, only one luxury) Caeser hoped to get some soon, or at least, eventually.
With regards to diplomacy, it slipped Caeser's mind to establish an embassy in the Carthaginian capital, but he remebered in 330 BC, and did so in their capital, Carthage:
Caeser often wondered if Rome was the only nation with the same name as its capital, and Carthage gave him the answer: No. There was at least one other.
He noticed strange-looking soldiers guarding Carthage. They were distinctly different from the spearmen of the Romans and the other nations Caeser had encountered. He asked Hannibal what they were. "Oh, those are mercenaries from Numidia, the Northwestern part of our island," Hannibal answered, "Stranegely, they fight much better than normal spearmen." Caeser left, somewhat confused by this. Mercenaries, fight better than ordinary soldiers?
Speaking of Carthage, it appears as if they inhabit a fairly large island, which has been given the name "Carthage", for obvious reasons. Roman Galleys are at work exploring Carthage's coastline. So far, they have found not much of interest, although they noticed a barbarian tribe called the Scythians. Other island barbarians are of no importance to Caeser, but still, worth noticing.
290 BC Saw the Byzantines working on yet another wonder, the Temple of Artemis. But something else of great importance happened. Workers finally connected Horsetown's Horses to Rome via a road, and they are now usable. Caeser can now train his military to ride horses.
Caeser was mildly concenered at Egypt's fast rate of expansion. Although there were still no reported casualties or loss of cities in the Russo-Egyptian War, he could not help but wonder if a victory from the Egyptian military, their specialized "War Chariots" In particular, was causing higher production rates (And by that I mean a Golden Age), and had his embassy agents check out the cheapest city to check out, Abydos. However, their reports showed no increase in production. It seemed that if the war was happening at all, the soldiers were axes, bows and spears vs. axes, bows and spears (there's no Iron on the island, or at least, neither Egypt nor Russia has it connected).
And there never would be any reported casualties or loss of cities in the Russo-Egyptian War. Augustus gave Caeser this message in the summer of 270 BC:
Caeser breathed a sigh of relief at this news. No longer would he have to worry about this war. But that didn't change the fact that Egypt was still very militarily powerful. Carthage was pretty militarily powerful also, but as the world's least advanced nation, they aren't much to worry about.
He hoped Cleo and Catherine would patch up relations somewhat soon. Actually, he didn't care that much- he found Catherine kind of annoying anyway. But, it was better than war and hoped for more good news. He didn't get any news at all for a while, other than the Inca building a Great Library and Egypt joining the "let's build the Oracle!" Club in 250 BC. The he learned in 230 BC that Lincoln had developed a Code of Laws for his citizens to abide by. Caeser hoped to use this to help keep order and lower corruption in his empire, so he asked Lincoln for a trade. The price was hefty- the knowledge of Literature and Polytheism, and some money- but Caeser accepted anyway. It was worth it in his opinion.
Unfortunately, Caeser made the mistake of not teaching this to other nations, for Lincoln did some tech trades after this, causing Caeser to lose out on any benifit he might have gained from it. Oh, well. You win some, you lose some.
There was more news of wonder-building in 210 BC- Theodora and Pachacuti both started work on a Temple to Artemis (wait, wasn't Theo already working on that? Caeser though to himself), but one thing stood out. Roman sailors off the Carthaginian coast spotted the remains of what looked like a boat shiprecked on a very small island of rocks. They ransacked the ship, looking for anything of value, but only found a few scrolls. No one on the ship was literate, so they were sent back to Rome. Caeser first used to the sun and the wind as a blow-dryer to dry the scrolls, then read them. He was disappointed. Most of them had ink that had run too much in the water to be readable. Of the few that didn't, all but three were maps of areas Caeser already knew about. Two of those three were parts of an incomplete legend, probably the rest of which was among the run-ink scrolls. However, one was actually of importance. It said:
Well, so much for the "Let's build the Oracle!" Club. Sigh. That was funny.
He didn't know much about what the other Oracles were converted into, but he knew that America started the Temple of Artemis.
In 190 BC, The barbaric Cimmerian tribe was spotted on Carthage Island by Galleys. Not interesting, but of interesting barbarians, the Mycenian tribe has been found on the desert penninsula in the South. They completely block off the penninsula, not letting anyone through. And they are numerous- 2 groups foot soldiers, 3 groups Horsemen.
They are quite near the destination of the next Roman settlers, and Caeser needs access to the southern edge of the penninsula, as he wants a Roman city there. So they are going to have to die.
Better news arose in 150 BC. The workers that had previously connected the Horses now connected the Iron north of Neapolis to Rome via road. Caeser could now use Iron weapons, rather than now-ancient stone and wood weapons. It also connected Rome to a road Lincoln had built which, supposedly, led to Washington, although no trades took place whilst neither side had anything to trade.
In 110 BC, Mycenaean foot soldiers met toe-to-hoof with the first unit of Horsemen in the Roman Army. They fell easily at the Horsemen's might, but half the Horsemen perished in the battle and the unit would have to recouperate. And it wasn't much of a victory, seeing as the Mycenaeans had a new unit of mounted soldiers ready to fight now. (1 warrior, 4 horsemen defending Mycenae camp) (Oh, and can someone tell me how to rename units? Thanks.)
Yet another wonder- the great library- had construction begin in the Byzantine Empire in 90 BC. Of more important matter, the barbaric Ligurians were discovered to the North of America by Roman Warriors. They will be terminated for being barbaric, of course.
Speaking of Barbarians, Roman Horsemen killed the last of the non-mounted Mycenae warriors in 70 BC. The Roman Settlers also reached their destination this year. They noticed how when the Russians had built St. Petersburg, they had built a canal with it to allow ships passage through the Russian Penninsula. They did the same thing when building their city, now called Pisae, with the canal sharing its name as the Canal of Pisae.
Caeser now realizes that he has not named the penninsula yet, so he named it "The Mycenae penninsula" because of the Mycenaens occupying it.
As the end of the year neared, Roman warriors, as well American and Inca warriors, approached the Ligurians, partly surrounding them.
Caeser did not want Lincoln or Pachacuti getting teh glory from this battle. Luckily, he managed to attack first, in 50 BC, wiping out the Ligurians before the other nations' warriors moved a muscle.
And speaking of barbarians, Roman Horsemen charged the Mycenaean camp again, killing 1 of their 4 Horsemen units, but with the same result as the first battle with them- they were left with 50% of their own unit, and had to retreat to Pisae to heal.
30 BC gave Roman warriors a glimpse of a galley belonging to the Illinois nation, but the situation is no different than when the Apache were sighted long ago- no way of knowing who they are.
It also saw a new idea for government: Monarchy, invented by Egypt. Caeser wants to learn the ideas for this new government so that he can use them, but the price is too hefty right now. Besides, Egypt isn't actually using this government right now- they are in a temporary state of Anarchy while transitioning to it. Cleo says that it will end in the next 20 years or so. Plus, Roman scientists were due to invent Construction by that time, so Caeser would use that as a bargaining tool.
And invent it they did. In 10 BC, Caeser saw this in effect when Roman scientists showed him a very grand piece of work they had built.
And Egypt was, indeed, in this new "Monarchy" government now:
So, Caeser contacted Cleo again and asked what she would require in return for Monarchy. She ended up giving some extra loose change for The Romans' new Construction techniques, the art of Literature, and the ability to ride horses. She had originally wanted the knowledge of maps, but Caeser would try to keep that out of her hands as long as possible. If she had that, she could settle off of her island and grow even more powerful.
In other news, The second Mycenaean Horsemen unit was wiped out this year.
Caeser hopes to be able to use the Monarchy system of government soon.
(In answer to Sashie: At the taking of this screenshot, Caeser had an attack of the stupids.)
We had last left off, Caeser was pondering over the Carthaginian luxuries. He soon learned that they weren't the only ones with these luxuries- the Byzantines had some, too. (Actually, only one luxury) Caeser hoped to get some soon, or at least, eventually.
With regards to diplomacy, it slipped Caeser's mind to establish an embassy in the Carthaginian capital, but he remebered in 330 BC, and did so in their capital, Carthage:
Caeser often wondered if Rome was the only nation with the same name as its capital, and Carthage gave him the answer: No. There was at least one other.
He noticed strange-looking soldiers guarding Carthage. They were distinctly different from the spearmen of the Romans and the other nations Caeser had encountered. He asked Hannibal what they were. "Oh, those are mercenaries from Numidia, the Northwestern part of our island," Hannibal answered, "Stranegely, they fight much better than normal spearmen." Caeser left, somewhat confused by this. Mercenaries, fight better than ordinary soldiers?
Speaking of Carthage, it appears as if they inhabit a fairly large island, which has been given the name "Carthage", for obvious reasons. Roman Galleys are at work exploring Carthage's coastline. So far, they have found not much of interest, although they noticed a barbarian tribe called the Scythians. Other island barbarians are of no importance to Caeser, but still, worth noticing.
290 BC Saw the Byzantines working on yet another wonder, the Temple of Artemis. But something else of great importance happened. Workers finally connected Horsetown's Horses to Rome via a road, and they are now usable. Caeser can now train his military to ride horses.
Caeser was mildly concenered at Egypt's fast rate of expansion. Although there were still no reported casualties or loss of cities in the Russo-Egyptian War, he could not help but wonder if a victory from the Egyptian military, their specialized "War Chariots" In particular, was causing higher production rates (And by that I mean a Golden Age), and had his embassy agents check out the cheapest city to check out, Abydos. However, their reports showed no increase in production. It seemed that if the war was happening at all, the soldiers were axes, bows and spears vs. axes, bows and spears (there's no Iron on the island, or at least, neither Egypt nor Russia has it connected).
And there never would be any reported casualties or loss of cities in the Russo-Egyptian War. Augustus gave Caeser this message in the summer of 270 BC:
Caeser breathed a sigh of relief at this news. No longer would he have to worry about this war. But that didn't change the fact that Egypt was still very militarily powerful. Carthage was pretty militarily powerful also, but as the world's least advanced nation, they aren't much to worry about.
He hoped Cleo and Catherine would patch up relations somewhat soon. Actually, he didn't care that much- he found Catherine kind of annoying anyway. But, it was better than war and hoped for more good news. He didn't get any news at all for a while, other than the Inca building a Great Library and Egypt joining the "let's build the Oracle!" Club in 250 BC. The he learned in 230 BC that Lincoln had developed a Code of Laws for his citizens to abide by. Caeser hoped to use this to help keep order and lower corruption in his empire, so he asked Lincoln for a trade. The price was hefty- the knowledge of Literature and Polytheism, and some money- but Caeser accepted anyway. It was worth it in his opinion.
Unfortunately, Caeser made the mistake of not teaching this to other nations, for Lincoln did some tech trades after this, causing Caeser to lose out on any benifit he might have gained from it. Oh, well. You win some, you lose some.
There was more news of wonder-building in 210 BC- Theodora and Pachacuti both started work on a Temple to Artemis (wait, wasn't Theo already working on that? Caeser though to himself), but one thing stood out. Roman sailors off the Carthaginian coast spotted the remains of what looked like a boat shiprecked on a very small island of rocks. They ransacked the ship, looking for anything of value, but only found a few scrolls. No one on the ship was literate, so they were sent back to Rome. Caeser first used to the sun and the wind as a blow-dryer to dry the scrolls, then read them. He was disappointed. Most of them had ink that had run too much in the water to be readable. Of the few that didn't, all but three were maps of areas Caeser already knew about. Two of those three were parts of an incomplete legend, probably the rest of which was among the run-ink scrolls. However, one was actually of importance. It said:
Well, so much for the "Let's build the Oracle!" Club. Sigh. That was funny.
He didn't know much about what the other Oracles were converted into, but he knew that America started the Temple of Artemis.
In 190 BC, The barbaric Cimmerian tribe was spotted on Carthage Island by Galleys. Not interesting, but of interesting barbarians, the Mycenian tribe has been found on the desert penninsula in the South. They completely block off the penninsula, not letting anyone through. And they are numerous- 2 groups foot soldiers, 3 groups Horsemen.
They are quite near the destination of the next Roman settlers, and Caeser needs access to the southern edge of the penninsula, as he wants a Roman city there. So they are going to have to die.
Better news arose in 150 BC. The workers that had previously connected the Horses now connected the Iron north of Neapolis to Rome via road. Caeser could now use Iron weapons, rather than now-ancient stone and wood weapons. It also connected Rome to a road Lincoln had built which, supposedly, led to Washington, although no trades took place whilst neither side had anything to trade.
In 110 BC, Mycenaean foot soldiers met toe-to-hoof with the first unit of Horsemen in the Roman Army. They fell easily at the Horsemen's might, but half the Horsemen perished in the battle and the unit would have to recouperate. And it wasn't much of a victory, seeing as the Mycenaeans had a new unit of mounted soldiers ready to fight now. (1 warrior, 4 horsemen defending Mycenae camp) (Oh, and can someone tell me how to rename units? Thanks.)
Yet another wonder- the great library- had construction begin in the Byzantine Empire in 90 BC. Of more important matter, the barbaric Ligurians were discovered to the North of America by Roman Warriors. They will be terminated for being barbaric, of course.
Speaking of Barbarians, Roman Horsemen killed the last of the non-mounted Mycenae warriors in 70 BC. The Roman Settlers also reached their destination this year. They noticed how when the Russians had built St. Petersburg, they had built a canal with it to allow ships passage through the Russian Penninsula. They did the same thing when building their city, now called Pisae, with the canal sharing its name as the Canal of Pisae.
Caeser now realizes that he has not named the penninsula yet, so he named it "The Mycenae penninsula" because of the Mycenaens occupying it.
As the end of the year neared, Roman warriors, as well American and Inca warriors, approached the Ligurians, partly surrounding them.
Caeser did not want Lincoln or Pachacuti getting teh glory from this battle. Luckily, he managed to attack first, in 50 BC, wiping out the Ligurians before the other nations' warriors moved a muscle.
And speaking of barbarians, Roman Horsemen charged the Mycenaean camp again, killing 1 of their 4 Horsemen units, but with the same result as the first battle with them- they were left with 50% of their own unit, and had to retreat to Pisae to heal.
30 BC gave Roman warriors a glimpse of a galley belonging to the Illinois nation, but the situation is no different than when the Apache were sighted long ago- no way of knowing who they are.
It also saw a new idea for government: Monarchy, invented by Egypt. Caeser wants to learn the ideas for this new government so that he can use them, but the price is too hefty right now. Besides, Egypt isn't actually using this government right now- they are in a temporary state of Anarchy while transitioning to it. Cleo says that it will end in the next 20 years or so. Plus, Roman scientists were due to invent Construction by that time, so Caeser would use that as a bargaining tool.
And invent it they did. In 10 BC, Caeser saw this in effect when Roman scientists showed him a very grand piece of work they had built.
And Egypt was, indeed, in this new "Monarchy" government now:
So, Caeser contacted Cleo again and asked what she would require in return for Monarchy. She ended up giving some extra loose change for The Romans' new Construction techniques, the art of Literature, and the ability to ride horses. She had originally wanted the knowledge of maps, but Caeser would try to keep that out of her hands as long as possible. If she had that, she could settle off of her island and grow even more powerful.
In other news, The second Mycenaean Horsemen unit was wiped out this year.
Caeser hopes to be able to use the Monarchy system of government soon.
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Okay, before anyone asks, I have not yet upgraded my Warriors to Legionaries because I'm waiting for a barracks to complete so I can upgrade them all at once via Shift-U. Quite obviously, my transition to Monarchy will wait until then, too.
Oh, and from now on, there will be less pictures because I have pretty much used up all my space in the upload system (why does it have to have a space limit, anyway?
), so I'll have to delete something (a saved game from one of my completed SG's, in other words) when I need to add something. 
Oh, and from now on, there will be less pictures because I have pretty much used up all my space in the upload system (why does it have to have a space limit, anyway?
), so I'll have to delete something (a saved game from one of my completed SG's, in other words) when I need to add something.
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Sashie VII
Balance of Power
Pity that Caesar forgot to trade CoL around.
Press SHIFT+N to rename units.
OT: How much is the limit, actually?
Press SHIFT+N to rename units.
OT: How much is the limit, actually?
Mirc
Not mIRC!!!
I have no idea why you crowd the forum server with pictures. Use ImageShack or PhotoBucket instead. Easier, faster, unlimited upload...
Nice story and lots of screenshots!!
Nice story and lots of screenshots!!
Sashie VII
Balance of Power
Try Photobucket. Create an account, upload your photos to your album and then paste the url link into your posts. 
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