Heart of the Republic - A Rome: Total War AAR

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In tears I tossed my coin from Trevi's edge. A coin unsordid as a bond of love-- And, with the instinct of the homing dove, I gave to Rome my rendezvous and pledge. And when imperious Death has quenched my flame of breath, Oh, let me join the faithful shades that throng that fount above.

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Heart of the Republic - A Rome: Total War AAR

“We could have all of Italy, you know.” said Till.
The Consular smiled. He had had this conversation many a time with Till. He was a lively one, wishing to expand Rome’s control beyond what was…natural. In a way, Kan agreed, but he preferred to maintain the status quo. To retain Roman values and traditions. The Republic lived and thrived, there was no need to upset the balance with unwanted attacks.
“Confinium is just a few days march away” Till continued. “And to take it would be just a minor siege. Not to mention that the barbarians there have been particularly vicious recently, it would not be hard to convince the senate that…”
“Peace, Till.” said Kan. “Your continued desire for war is rather worrying. We will defend ourselves if needed. The Republic does not desire war.”
“Yet?” Till replied.
“Yet.” Said Kan. And he smiled again…

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The Republic. Kan and Till can be seen at the bottom,

Friends, Romans, CFC’ers, lend me your ears! Those of you used to the Council of my old Hearts of Iron game, welcome back. You know the story, you know what to do, but now you can even be slightly different - because the game now is Rome: Total War! You can actually be in-game. Inspired by PrinceScamp’s ’I was blasting Soviet aircraft and Para trooping in Britain’, I decided that - if my new council members choose - they may actually do it.

And to any newcomers, welcome! This is obviously a Rome AAR (after action report). I play it as I go, then write an update straight afterwards. Given the remarkably spectacular success of my previous one, I felt it would be rather silly not to allow folks to join. So go ahead. Be a general, a senator or just post and give advice to me, as I’m hardly a Rome: Total War veteran. And there's absolutely no need to have the game. All responsibility lies with me. Though I may blame you :lol:

Game: Rome: Total War
Mod: Rome: Total Realism Mod (my first time)
Difficulty: Normal settings (I think :P)

Spoiler The History of the Republic, Volume One :


Preface: A word from the Author
Part One

Chapter One: Rome and the Italian City States
280-274 BC
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four

Chapter Two: The Greek War
Part Five
Part Six
Part Seven
Part Eight
Part Nine
[URL="http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=4558756&postcount=312"]Part Ten[/URL]

Chapter Three: Rome Turns North
Part Eleven
Part Twelve
Part Thirteen
Part Fourteen
Part Fifteen

Chapter Four: The Second Greek War and the Betrayal of Carthage
Part Sixteen
Part Seventeen

Chapter Five: The Punic War
Part Eighteen
Part Nineteen, Section A
Part Nineteen, Section B
Part Twenty
Part Twenty-One

Chapter Six: The Sarmatian Threat
Part Twenty-Two
Part Twenty-Three
Part Twenty-Four
Part Twenty-Five, Section A
Part Twenty-Five, Section B

Chapter Seven: The House of StevieJey and the Iberian War
Part Twenty-Six
Part Twenty-Seven
Part Twenty-Eight
Part Twenty-Nine
Part Thirty
Part Thirty-One
Part Thirty-Two
Part Thirty-Three
Part Thirty-Four
Part Thirty-Five

Chapter Eight: Return of the Sarmatian Hordes
Part Thirty-Six
Part Thirty-Seven
Part Thirty-Eight

Epilogue
Part Thirty-Nine


Appendices
I: Speech by Kan Sharuminar II, announcing the Punic War to the Senate
II: Brief History of the Republic, 280-223 BC
III: Legends of the Early Republic, as of 203 BC
IV: The Five Great Battles of the Early Republic
V: Maps of Rome
 
The Council of Doom

Spoiler Senators and Generals :

I'm trying not to suffocate the game with too many rules. The idea here is to have fun, not get bogged down. But here are my ideas:

Senators are the leaders of the Republic. They may put forward motions and ideas that will drive Rome forward. They decide who to wage war on, whether we should focus on military or economy. They vote on the motions, and what the decide is law. If they wish they may govern a specific region or city.

Generals have actual avatars on the map. They will lead the campaigns. I will try my utmost to represent a Generals wishes and doctrines on the battlefield. They may be 'killed' in game, but there is always an heir.

My job is to translate what is discussed on this thread into actual in-game terms and report it.


Consular for Life and Governor of Rome

Basarinius Senator
Subius Senator of Silly Walks in Rome
Raisinius Branius IV Senator of Southern Italy
Kan' Sharuminar IV Senator of Central Italy
Sultorus Senator
IronManus Senator
Dionysius Senator
Rannosius: Senator
Sirtommygunnus Senator of Northern Gaul
Captainus III - Senator of Southern Gaul
StevieJey III

Tillus General of Sicily
Killyouallius II General of the Army of the North
Clericus II N/A
Thrawnus General of the Northern Iberian Army
Dellus General of the Western Mediteranean
Truronius II N/A
PrinceScampey III General of the Carthaginian Invasion Force
Nodikus II N/A
Yurey II N/A
Civvergus General of the Southern Iberian Army
e350tb/TBus II General of the Northern Gallic Army


No Motion in the Senate

The Timeline

Spoiler :
280 BC: Senate decide to attack Corfinium. General Till and Consular Kan to lead the Roman forces and besiege the city. General Captainus marries Fadia
279 BC: Trade rights with the Gauls. Captainus assigned command of Rome's forces.
278 BC: Captain destroys a barbarian force north of Rome.
277 BC: Confinium falls to the Republic. General Clericus enters into the family by marrying Marcella, he becomes General of Corfinium. PanzerKavalierus comes of age and both he and Consular Kan return to Rome. Tillus besieges Paestum.
276 BC: Carthage claims Roman spies are in their territory. Senate begins debate on Northern Campaign. It is decided to unite the Italian peninsula. Aretium under siege by Capainus's forces.
275 BC: Aretium falls to the Republic. Maps aquired from Illyria. General Killyouall assigned to take Ariminum. Dellus begins touring foreign lands to learn about military tactics.
274 BC: Fall of Ariminum and Peastum. Rebel army rises in central Italy but is put down. Senate debates an attack on the Greek forces in Italy. General PanzerKavalierus sent to oversee the Peastum garrison. Tillus marches south and besieges Regulum.
273 BC: The Greeks attack Corfinium. The Battle of Tarentum - Rome is defeated by General Pyrrhus and Tillus is slain in battle. General Thrawnus reinforces the southern Republic.
272 BC: Second Battle of Tarentum. Pyrrhus is killed and the city taken by Thrawnus. Trade rights and maps traded with Germany and Iberia. Senator Raisin Branus puts forward a motion to take southern Italy completely. The Republics northern Italian provinces are reinforced after a rebel uprising put down by General Killyouall.
271 BC Dellus comes of age and joins Thrawnus' forces, they march on Rhegium. Eruption at Mount Etna.
270 BC Rhegium falls under siege. First Roman naval victories against Greece.
269 BC Battle of Rhegium and the fall of the city to the Republic. Maps and trade rights gained from Macadon, but they refuse to go to war with the Greek cities.
268 BC Forces for the Croton siege formed and march to join together.
267 BC Truronius comes of age.
266 BC Siege of Croton and the beginning of the naval battles there. PrinceScampey enters The Family. Marriage of Thrawnus. Plague in Greece.
265 BC Death of Clericus. Maps and trade rights exchanged with Samatia and Thrace.
263 BC Battle of Croton. Death of Consular Kan, his successor comes to power.
262 BC Greece and Carthage go to war. Peace with Greece.
260 BC Trade rights with the Greeks and the signing of the Tripartite act with the Illyrians and Macedon. Preparations for war against Gaul.
259 BC Nodikus becomes garrison commander of Capua. Tripartite Alliance ends.
258 BC: Rome declares war on Gaul and captures Boninium.
257 BC PrinceScampey captures Patavium.
256 BC Captainus captures Jenuinses. Macedonia declares war on Greek Cities.
255 BC The Massacre of Medilonium and the securing of Northern Italy by PrinceScampey. He crosses the western Alps
254 BC Massilia is taken by PrinceScampey and he becomes governor there. Gallic army attack northern Italy.
253 BC Captainus comes out of retirement to lead the attack on the Gallic army, he is victorious. PrinceScampey publishes Bloody Foreigners - a tactical guide of his battle experiences against Gaul.
252 BC - The 'Southern Alliance' of Clericus II and Tillus II. Fall of Gergovia to PrinceScampey.
250 BC - PrinceScampey betrayed and murdered by his mercenaries. Fall of Narbo to the Republic. Rebel uprising put down in Italy.
249 BC - Southern Gaul unstable after PrinceScampey's death.
248 BC - Fall of Comata, ending the Gallic Campaign.
247 BC - The Council of Tarentum, and the Alliance of Carthage, Macedon and the Republic against Greece.
246 BC - The Republic declares war on Greece, and lands on Sicily. Tillus II destroys the Greek forces in the north and captures Messana.
245 BC - Greek forces virtually wiped out on Sicily, Clericus captures Syracuse. The betrayal of Carthage. Iberia declares war on Carthage while the Republic sign peace with Greece.
243 BC - Sicily united under Rome. Steviejey develops the 'Raid on Carthage.'
242 BC - Tillus leads an assault on Africa, beginning a massive campaign of destruction and pillaging in the heart of the Carthaginian homeland.
240 BC - Carthago under blockade.
239 BC - Tillus II captures Carthago, but does not destroy it as he had the other cities. It's war-making abilities are crippled, however. He returns to Sicily and heads a Council in military exercises.
238 BC - Clericus lands on Malta and siezes it from Carthage. Generals Dellus and Killyouallus set out from Sicily.
236 BC - Destruction of the Carthaginian navy. Sardinia and Corsica fall tot he Republic. Captainus crosses the Alps and destroys the rebel forces there.
234 BC - Carthage refuses peace. Captainus invades Gaul and besieges Bourges. Egypt declares war on Carthage.
233 BC - Captainus sieges the Gallic capital, but succumbs to the harsh weather, Nodikus takes command of the army.
232 BC - Fall of the Gallic capital. Sarmatia invades northern Italy. StevieJey promises aid for Egypt.
231 BC - Sarmatia withdraws from Italy, though the Senate votes to press a counter-attack.
230 BC - StevieJey introduces the Ethanus Military Reform Schemes to improve troop training abilities.
229 BC - PrinceScampey II is given leadership over the Army of the North. He begins marching towards Sarmatian provinces through the Alpine Mountain range.
228 BC - Large Sarmatian cavalry force defeated by the Northerm Army, who fortifies the region while awaiting reinforcements. Germany and Gaul go to war.
227 BC - StevieJey pushes for an invasion of southern Spain. General Captainus is given control over the cavalry army that is being formed to reinforce PrinceScampey.
226 BC - Roman 'special forces' arrive to assist Egypt in waging war on Carthage. Iberia briefly unifies the Spanish peninsula, but loses Carthago Nova. PrinceScampey defeats an attack on his fort.
225 BC - Captainus' Cavalry Force rides north to assist PrinceScampey
224 BC - Iberia refuses to pay tribute to Rome and cuts off all ties. Killyouallus takes control of an army in case of war there. Carthage repels a Numidian offensive. Captainus reaches the Army of the North.
223 BC - Captainus repels a Sarmatian assault, but then he and PrinceScampey fall under attack by a large enemy force at Iavavium. A great battle is fought, where the Republic achieves victory.
222BC - Captainus sent on harrasment missions while Iavavium is brought under Republic control.
221 BC - Establishment of the Consular Guard, under the command of General Yurey.
218 BC - StevieJey announces his plans to invade Iberia, a cause for great debate in the Senate. War begins regardless.
217 BC - Fall of Osca and Carthago Nova to the Republic
216 BC - Fall of Burdigala and Arse to the Republic. Death of Captainus II in Sarmatian ambush. Killyuoallus killed in the assault on Arse.
215 BC - Intentional targeting of Iberian leadership begins. Battle of Numantia and the death of Tbus. The settlement is captured
214 BC - Sarmatians begin threatening Roman territories north of Italy again. Fall of Segovia to Civvergus.
213 BC - Carthage revealed to be at pre-Raid levels, with exception of navy. Flaviabriga captured by Thrawnus.
211 BC - The plot on StevieJey by Raisinus fails, though the Consular is killed by the head of the Elite Guard, Yurey, who proclaims himself Consular. Iberia falls to Rome.
210 BC - Establishment of the new Senate, where the Generals have more powers. The invasion of Carthage is finally agreed to.
209 BC - Tillus III is defeated at the Battle of Noricum, Sarmatians begin raids into northern Italy and Gaul.
207 BC - Nodikus assaults Gwenea, officially ending the Roman-Gallic war in Gaul, though the people still exist near the western Black Sea. PrinceScampey III assigned the position of General of the Carthaginian Invasion Force.
203 BC - Death of Tbus II at the hands of the Sarmatians. Consular Yurey dies peacefully in Rome.



The Map at 203 BC

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I'll try to keep it up to date and modify it as we gain territory information.
 
you can certainly expect your old Field Marshall however you've probably seen how that turned out, but this is earlier in time :p,

Sir, Ready for duty!
 
Good to be back!
If i recall, the senate will come up with missions all the time, so it might be best not to start a war on our own for a while.
But we need to be prepared...
*hurries off to inspect the troops*
 
Till said:
Good to be back!
If i recall, the senate will come up with missions all the time, so it might be best not to start a war on our own for a while.
But we need to be prepared...
*hurries off to inspect the troops*
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But not in the mod. Rome is completely independant! :D
 
lol Capainus?

I'm happy i got a name better than Monty Pythons Biggus Dickus :p
 
Kan' Sharuminar said:
But not in the mod. Rome is completely independant! :D
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Wonderful! Let's prepare a memo for the other houses, to inform them who is the Emperor. The messenger should be escorted by several divisions, purely for protection, of course. :mischief:
 
Im in in in in in in in in in in in

Edit: Wow a senator.

Thankus muchus Kan!
 
I'm in! I want a general spot...
 
Gimme a position for the Balkans Generalship.
 
Total Realism? that mod is terrible.
 
emu said:
Total Realism? that mod is terrible.
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Its better than the normal game in my opinion. I just wish that the AI tried to encircle my troops a lot more or decided to build more cavalry and archers. Peltasts are not a substitute for good cretan archers and elephants are a waste of cash.

I'm currently playing as the Greek cities so my game will probably end up very different to yours. Macedonia has been reduced to two northern cities and Phyrrus has conquered Sicily for me however the Romans have recently declared war and invaded southern Italy. In the long term I know that I will push them back however I may lose a city or two.

Also I played Rome a while ago. I united Italy but wanted to go for an alternate history approach so I invaded Illyria. Eventually I had to conquer Macedonia as they declared war. I got sick of repeatedly wiping out enemy armies partially because Roman infantry is too mobile and thus it is easy to trap the enemy. I think you should start with one particularly good general who is probably best used in the south to get some additional bonuses and be ready to defeat Phyrrus.

A few quick tips as well:
Never let the AI control a normal battle. There is some sense in letting it control city assaults where the enemy has few troops however I've seen the AI lose battles where I reloaded and won with 90% of the army remaining and on another occasion a unit of cavalry managed to kill nearly 200 troops when I had around 1000 troops on the battle field.

I tend to stop the AI from building troops and make sure loyalty never drops to red as there will be a revolt. Usually cities that have a character in can have maximum taxes however some characters have negative traits.

Archers and Peltasts are great for softening up the enemy, killing elephants and chasing after routed infantry. It is useful to leave infantry units behind them and to probably turn off skirmish mode so that they will hold their ground and allow the infantry to support them rather than running away and being chased down by enemy cavalry (Trust me its not nice).

Final piece of advice would be that the AI seems to always declare war if they have a land border so leaving rebels in between is a potential solution early on. I doubt you will really have a problem with Rome though as Gaul didn't seem to have many troops in Northern Italy when I played.
 
*raises his hand*

Ahh, Rome! So! You got room for any positions? I'll take whatever you'll give me, though there might be a need for a good spymaster; backstabbing the enemy's got to be done, after all, even if it is a dirty business.
 
Goodness folks, thanks for the response. I haven't even done a proper post yet!

I've only thrown in positions according to what your initial posts say, BTW, if your a senator and want to be a general (or vice versa) just say. :)

As for the RTR mod, I've heard a lot of good things about it, and I've played the proper game a lot. This is my first time, and I feel a first time for me will suit this AAR rather well :)
 
Subius, Minister of Silly Walks, checking in!
 
so a senator only blabbers around trying to make his agenda go through ?
 
way I see it, a senator give the overall votes and has the highest say in the Senate. The general will have the military say afterwards, and they will have personal avatars on the map.*

This is a very early test, BTW, I'm hoping everyone bears with me :)

*Edit: The senators decide Greece is more important than Carthage, then decide to assign which generals will be assigned to the campaign - the Generals have actual avatars in-game - so they get to decide what they want their armies to do to attack, in which they gain prestige and glory for Rome.

Edit Edit: In addition: NEVER worry that what you're doing is wrong. Play for the fun of it and have the time of your life. You're in Rome, role-playing, fun and joy is the name of the game ;)
 
Is Sillily even a word? :p
 
ok Kan' Nice explanation! ..... I will senatarise all your asses!

@SuBI : senator of Sicily Walks :p
 
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