It is the beginning of the third millennium: Celtia has joined the Gauls in their war against the Etruscans, while hordes of Barbarians threaten our shores on the Balearicum Sea; Southern civilizations covet our lands in the Iberian penninsula. In the year 900 B.C. the settlemente of Valentia is founded; we begin expansion to the South of Tarraco.
As our flag rises at Valentia, messengers of an unknown Civilization approach; they called themselves The Numidians, and they speak about their leader: Adherbal, a bitter enemy of the leader of our southern neighbors: Bochuss of The Berbers.
Half century later Celtiberian Scouts find out about a barbarian settlement called Garamantes, on the South West of the Penninsula, it seems barbarians tribes are gaining control of our unsettled lands.
Meanwhile in the great city of Tarraco defensive structures are built: Nuraghes and walls will protect our cities from the threat of the Sea Peoples; the invention of the Pole Axe, and the understanding of Enslavement and Mercenarism have also given a boost to our army capabilities.
Then the unexpected happens: In the year 780 B.C. an army of about 2,500 men (10 units) threatens to enter our Northern borders... we cannot believe it, the army carries Gaul flags, we have been betrayed by Dumnorix!
It seems Dumnorix has gone mad, declaring war against us mean that he is fighting in four fronts: Against Etruscans, Romans and Athenians to the East, and now against us to the South. Anyway, Massilia is well defended, and troops in Narbo, Tarraco and Tolosa are ready to mobilize and fight against the invaders.
After 20 years of failed siege against Massilia our enemy is defeated. Our army is ready to counter strike, we will not forgive his treachery, we will liberate our brothers The Gauls from the despotic rule of Dumnorix the warmonger.
Our brave warriors approach the Gaul capital Bibracte, just to find it well guarded, but scouts tell us about the Western city of Tolosa (Gaul), which is poorly defended. Our main army advances towards the new objective, leaving a couple of battalions to pillage the countryside around Bibracte. Chariot regiments from Tolosa (Celtiberian) reinforce our attack from the South. By 750 B.C. Tolosa (Gaul) is conquered by our mighty military, and it is renamed as Avaricum, to avoid confusion with our own city called Tolosa.
During the battle a Legendary unit abandons Dumnorix and joins our side, a great general emerge from that unit: Vercingetorix, who now leads our most experienced military unit.
Meanwhile we continue our expansion into the Southern part of the Iberian Peninsula; on the year of 733 B.C. the settlement of Corduba is founded
A year later our glorious Northern army begins with the siege of Bibracte; a numerous garrison loyal to Dumnorix protects the city and it will take a while until they surrender or until they are weakened enough for our troops to launch an attack.
From our well planned military strategy a great general emerges: Breoghan, who surely will have his chance to gain his glory against our enemy: Dumnorix the Mad.
The siege of Bibracte is getting long and it starts to look like an annoying stalemate. But wait, our military research has developed a new weapon, which in the hands of our brave soldiers will become legendary: The Falcata
Also, in the year 715 B.C. a great project of the people of Tarraco is completed: A Great Wonder, The Labyrinth of Knossos makes our people happy and makes our enemies tremble, as the populations of the world look at us in awe.
And it is one of those jealous enemies that 15 years later commands an army of mercenaries to attack our beloved village of Numantia. Strangely the mercenary army abruptly appears from nowhere in the middle of our territory; luckily we have enough gold in our treasury to hire mercenary archers to defend Numantia while stronger troops arrive to engage the enemy on the battlefield, but before that happnes the enemy flees cowardly to the East. It seems whoever paid them made a bad deal.
We will discover who was behind such a coward aggression, the discovery of Cryptography give us the ability to train spies, and as we are the first to discover it, we also gain a great spy.
Finally, after thirty years of siege, a Falcata Regiment from Massilia arrives to Bibracte for a final battle. On the the year 699 B.C. our troops march victorious on Bibracte! from this great victory two great generals emerge: Boduognatos and Ambriorix.