Hey again.
236 BC sees a nasty load of Aigyptians at Mazaka. Within Mazaka resides Dionysos but unfortunately all his heavy cavalry is in Sinope being retrained. The plan is to have the Ptolemaic armies attack and then lift the siege with the returning horsemen.
Spartocus leads a group of men who would be good to have retrained towards Nicomedia. Along the way, they decide to attack the rebel Galatian forces just outside Ancyra. The enemy has four Tindanotae bands (Naked Fanatics) and another band of cavalry. Spartocus doesn't believe the fight will be that difficult.
The battle went well...ish. The exception? The chariots, who routed before they even made contact with the enemy cavalry. I know Tindanotae are supposed to be scary but I did not expect the chariots to run away before they even made contact. After that though, the battle went well.
Well Laodice is betrothed and I said yes. Mazaka is also besieged and the cavalry in Sinope is ready to ride to the rescue.
235 BC Ancyra and Nicomedia have new governing centres constructed while a shrine to Zeus is erected in Pergamum. Ancyra though is also besieged and the Egyptians won't leave Mazaka alone like I hoped they would. Oh well, here comes the cavalry.
The enemy lines up....
... and flee the battle almost immediately. Bloody Aigyptian cowards.
Don't suppose it has anything to do with this...
After such a disappointing wet blanket of a battle, the cavalry force joined by Rhescuporis ride to relieve the capital.
A new governing centre is built in Sinope while Rhescuporis lifts the siege of Ancyra.
The battle begins with Rhescuporis thinking that this was a bad idea.
Rhescuporis: portugaling chariots!
With great difficulty, somehow, Rhescuporis actually manages to kill or run off the Aigyptian chariots, however at a terrible loss of life among his brave cavalry. They then make a break towards the King's weak men from within Ancyra.
Rhescuporis: TO SPARTOCUS!
Spartocus: I'M SPARTOCUS! (I couldn't resist mate.
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234 BC and Germania has been destroyed. From what I can tell the Selucid Empire is probably not far behind. My guess is that Britannia has invaded continental Europe from the north and their chariots are as telling in auto-resolve as the Aigyptian ones are.
233 BC and I'm laughing. The Aigyptians came to us with an insulting prospect, that of becoming a client state. Laughing I responded that we would for the sum of 40000 denarii, thinking they would refuse out of hand. Instead they offered 1750. I laughed and unthinkingly haggled with them, thinking they would not pay over 5000 denarii. I was wrong. We are now a client state of Egypt but on the plus side, we got 10000 denarii out of them.
Egypt immediately breaks the alliance and besieges Sardis. Sardis also expands. Rhoemetalces, the Pontic Heir in Ancyra dies of natural causes, a loss that will surely be missed.
232 BC and we have an alliance with Parthia. There are two huge Ptolemaic stacks near Ancyra but at least one appears to be headed for Nicomedia. Sardis is still under siege. On the plus side, we are on a war footing and men are being raised all over the countryside.
That's where I left it for now because I need to go to tennis soon enough and I wanted to get the pics up for you all.
