Winter 249BC until the winter of 240.
Winter 249BC:
Egyptian captain Psammetikhos besieges Alexandria.
Spartacus besieges Thebes and his troops prepare buy starting to contrust siege towers.
Summer 248BC:
Captain Psammetikhos attacks Alexandria. Unfortunately Psammetikhos blindly orders his entire army to repeatedly walk through the main gates into a wall of pikes, arrows from the towers, calvalry charges, and boiling oil from the gateway above.
Clear Victory: Captain Eptenis deployed 552 men, killed 513. 551 remaining.
Captain Psammetikhos deployed 589 men, killed 0, 76 remaining.
Meanwhile Spartacus's forces are prepared and assault Thebes to try and reclaim what is rightfully theirs. Two seige towers are placed to one side of the wall nearest his deployment. A gate is captured to allow the cavalry to enter the city. Spartacus uses the narrow streets to take choice battles against the Egyptian forces.
Assault on Thebes:
Clear Victory:
Spartacus deployed 1214 killed 597 men remaining 698
Meryre deployed 598 killed 566 men remaining 1
The population was exterminated to generate a large amount of plunder. About 11,000 denarii.
247BC summer:
Rioting in Alexandria.
Agent found spying from Numibia.
Great wall started in Memphis, as well as other building projects in Alexandria and Thebes.
246bc summer:
Huge rebel force has been built up. Captain khnumhoptep near Memphis.
Spartacus travels to Alexandria in support against a small Egpytian force which has closed in on the city.
245 BC summer:
Great walls are completed and shall provide extra defenses in the case of a seige.
Rebel army still at large.
Good income has led to a recruitment drive.
A few watchtowers are erected to help line of sight.
245BC winter:
Large Egyptian force seen moving in from the east.
Rioting in Alexandria
244Bc summer:
The Large Egyptian force led by captain Ptahotem beseiges Alexandria.
244bc winter:
Kydonia grows.
Alexandria still under seige, rebel army still at large.
243bc :
Bendidora dies.
243bc summer:
Spartacus deployed 1126, killed 1204, men remaining 717
Captain Ptahotem deployed 1359, killed 479, men remaining 155
The Thracian archers doing terrible damage to the Egyptians whilst a small cavalry force rides forth from the safety of the city walls to meet the enemy head on routing unsupported enemy ranged units.
243bc winter.
3 star Egyptian general Nakhrankh Philometor arrives with a small force.
attempted bribe rebel army.
242bc winter:
Nakhrankh Philometor beseiges Alexandria with his megre force. Possibly not a wise choice.
241bc summer:
A few reinforcements sent to Alexandria to swing the odds further in our favour.
241bc winter
reinforcements don't arrive in time. But the battle ensues.
Spartacus himself leads a cavalry charge with two additional greek cav units to destroy an oncoming battering ram
Spartacus deployed 608, killed 370, and has 464 remaining.
Nakhrankh Philometor deployed 644, killed 169, and is left with 269 remaining.
Marriage celebrations, Mukapaibes and Eptarys wed.
16 year old commander Mukapaibes shall be seeing war before too long with yet another Egyptian army coming in from the east.
240BC summer:
Rioting in Memphis.
Egyptian army led by Captain Teos progresses further towards Alexandria, The general Nakhrankh Philometor is still sculking about with his depleted forces.
240BC winter:
The highly touted Mukapaibes launches from Alexandria with a large force and defeats the remaining army of Nakhrankh Philometor.
Alas the Egyptian escapes with a few troops and retreats to the west out of sight.
Summary
Thebes recaptured.
Numerous buildings queued up or completed.
Army increased in size with archers ready in each city to defend the walls.
Sorry I didn't write it up properly. Bad timing as I've just started a part-time job. Jubal has a copy of the save.
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