(From The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon)
An Empire in Flames II - another Third Century Crisis campaign
Credits and thanks to pompeytheflatulent who originally came up with the idea!
An Empire in Flames covers the turbulent years of the Roman empire from 260 AD, when the defeat and capture of Valerian at Edessa threw the empire into chaos and civil wars, until 284 AD, when Diocletian's ascension to the purple stabilised the situation, reinvigorating the empire and ending 'the crisis of the third century'. The players represent Roman factions during this period, with each of the five players being a contender for the purple, each striving to become the next Augustus.
This second campaign will be launched in August, with amended rules compared to campaign I, such as allowing both Romans and non-Romans to bring allies, increasing the stakes in provinces as rounds go by (making more provinces shift control in later rounds), and adding some units to the Non-Roman Germanic factions to make them somewhat more all-round.
The Roman contenders
- Stew101: starting in Britannia and Gallia and at the Rhenus frontier, using the Romans I army, including some Scots-Irish and Germanic units.
- Doyley50: starting in Italia and the borderlands of the Alpine region along the upper Danuvius river, using the Romans II army, including some Germanic units.
- Geffalrus: starting in Pannonia and the middle Danuvius frontier, using the Romans III army, including some Germanic and Sarmatian units.
- Aetius39: starting in Moesia and along the southern banks of the lower Danuvius river, using the Romans IV army, including some Germanic units and Dacian Falxmen.
- kronenblatt: starting in the East, along the Persian border, using the Romans V army, including some Armenian and Palmyran units.
Round IX (276 - 278 AD)
Attack declarations (order based on number of controlled provinces and then FPs)
- kronenblatt (11 provinces, 1475 FP, 0 C-in-C's fallen in battle): April 8.
Conquest: kronenblatt attacks Aetius39's XVI Thracia from XIX Asia. - Aetius39 (4.5 provinces, 1600 FP, 1 C-in-C's fallen in battle): April 9.
Conquest: Aetius39 attacks kronenblatt's XIV Dalmatia from XV Moesia Superior.