C3C PBEM : "Aetius" - Fall of Rome scenario-based PBEM (level : experienced)

[IanDC]

492ad to Grey

Visigoth pickets see the Anglo-Saxon masses approaching & wonder.

 

[GreyBeard]

A Celtic Horseman stands on the ruins that once were the city of Rome.

gps ------> WarningU2

 

[semental]

I see our fans line the roads as the Anglo-Saxons search for the enemy!

 

[GreyBeard]

Celtic horsemen meet a Visigoth warrior on the roads in Northern Italy.

gps --------> WarningU2

 

[WarningU2]

GPS >> Magzi


The vandals are taking to writing graffiti on the one monolith we're able to capture but it appears others are hunkering down to claim it too ... an unease is spreading throughout the land as preparations for war now begin in earnest.

 

[IanDC]

To Grey --->

Messengers bring tidings that the Ostrogoths have claimed their first Roman town encouraging the Visigoths to storm Thessalonika.

Visigoth scouts to the north send increasingly nervous reports of massing forces.

 

[GreyBeard]

A gathering of the tribes in Northern Italy. Celts, Vandals, Visigoths and one heck of a swarm of Anglo-Saxons.

gps -------> WarningU2

 

[semental]

The roads do seem to be a bit over crowed.

 

[Magzi]

GPS >> semental

 

[semental]

gps

It seems the Visigoths have taken to cutting the old Roman roads. Maybe they want our troops to head due south? I sure they could find suitable land there.

 

[IanDC]

498ad to Grey --->

The Visigoth warrior misread his orders but with hindsight slowing the southward migration doesn't seem a bad idea. Only Athens & a northern Adriatic town remain of Eastern Rome in Europe so there seems little good for the Visigoths in having large armies in the area.

 

[GreyBeard]

The Celts wonder who will be the first to draw their swords with all these tribal warriors roaming the land.

gps --------> WarningU2

 

[IanDC]

500ad ---> to Grey

 

[GreyBeard]

Celtic and Anglo-Saxon forces lay seige to the Byzantine city of Salonae.

gps -----> WarningU2

 

[Magzi]

Our warriors fear everything may be over by the time they have travelled the distance!
GPS > semental

 

[IanDC]

502AD to Grey --->

 

[GreyBeard]

Celtic horsemen attack the Byzantine city of Salonae, kill the defenders, capture the city, loot it and burn it to the ground. The horsemen will now rest and heal their wounds and then head for the only Byzantine city they can reach without galleys. We are sending out 3 galleys but it is a long trip.

gps -------> WarningU2

 

[semental]

I am trying to think of why I did not just dispatch those Celtic horseman. All these troops and nothing to do. There must have been a reason...

 

[IanDC]

504AD to Grey --->

Visigoth forces enter the borders of Athens the last mainland Roman city.

 

[GreyBeard]

The Celtic horsemen decide to wait for their galleys to arrive.

gps --------> WarningU2