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2nd Punic War

Historicon 2012 Campaign Theme

II/32 Later Carthage• 4 Armies

II/33 Polybian Roman• 4 Armies

Minor Powers

• II/40 Numidia West• II/40 Numidia East

• II/39(a) Baetica

• II/39(a) Carpetani

• II/39(c) Lusitania

• II/39(b) Cetiberia

• II/!! A"uitani

• II/!! #aia $ransapina

• II/!! #aia Cisapina (p%ssib& '2)

• II/ Liurian (p%ssib& use t*e Bruttian ist)

• II/+(a) Lucania

• II/+(b) Campania

• II/+(c) Apuia

• II/!3 ,amnite

• -assiia (p%ssib& use t*e II/!0 Camian .%man ist)

• II/9 ,&racuse '!

Great War DominanceIn additi%n t% t*e ari%us battes tr&in t% retain %r ain c%ntr% %er %ca p%ers1

.%me and Cart*ae i be tr&in t% in t*e %era ar it* t*eir dead& %e

 $*ere are t% r%nts t% t*is ar1 representin t*e t% a&s t% et armies and

suppies en masse t% t*e capita % t*e enem& ne is %n t*e n%rt*ern side % t*e

-editerranean runnin r%m Cart*ae t*r%u* NArica t% ,pain and #au t% .%me5

t*e %t*er %es r%m .%me t*r%u* t*e ari%us p%ers % , Ita& t% ,ici& and t*en

t% Cart*ae

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At t*e beinnin % eac* turn1 be%re %rder c*its are pued1 t*e ,enates % .%me

and Cart*ae c*%%se *ere t% dep%& t*eir %rces $% armies must be put %n eac*

r%nt5 %ne as c%se as p%ssibe t% t*e r%nt1 and t*e %t*er in t*e ne't m%st near

p%siti%n Initia& t*e r%nt in t*e ars is beteen ,auntum and Idubeda %n t*e

,panis* r%nt1 and beteen -essina and Lucania %n t*e ,iciian r%nt W*ic*

enera6s arm& %ccupies eac* p%siti%n is as %%s7

• n t*e 8rst r%und1 r% dice t% determine %rder % c*%ice i*est r% c*%%ses

8rst am%n t*e aaiabe %ur p%siti%ns1 and s% %n r%m t*ere

• n subse"uent r%unds1 pic: in %rder % current ict%r& p%ints ,% t*e m%st

successu enera %n eac* side i *ae 8rst pic: % %cati%ns r%m *ic* t%

aunc* *is campains

• Eac* %cati%n c%rresp%nds it* %ne pr%ince %n t*e map C%nsider t*e #reat

P%er arm& t% be at t*at %cati%n %r a purp%ses % attac:in %r deendin1

een i t*ere is an%t*er p%er as% at t*at %cati%n (%r e'ampe1 in ,amnium1

Apuia1 Lucania1 %r -assiia)

• In additi%n t% t*e ab%e1 n%te t*at Eep*ant %rce %sses ma& %n& be

repaced it* Eep*ants %n turns *ere t*e Cart*ainian #enera is in Arica

(Cart*ainia West1 Cart*ainia East1 %r Cart*a% itse) t*erise a

Eep*ant %sses are repaced it* #aus I t*e arm& is based at t*e start %

an& turn in Arica1 it ma& re;e"uip it* Eep*ants t% resume its %riina

ma:eup (reardess % *% %n a% t*e Eep*ant %sses %ccurred)

• #aus 8*tin it* Cart*ae ere better trained and m%re reuar t*an id

#aus 8*tin in triba units As suc*1 eac* Cart*ainian #enera ma& c*%%se

t% *ae a *is #aus 8*t as .aiders t% represent t*is $*e c*%ice must be

made at t*e beinnin % t*e campain and cann%t be c*aned r%m batte

t% batte %r r%und t% r%und5 it represents t*e e

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%cati%ns % its armies t*at turn i immediate& bec%me independent >%r

e'ampe1 i Cetiberia and A"uitani are .%man sub=ects and .%me %ses t%

battes %n t*e ,panis* r%nt (attac:in %r deendin) it* its armies in t*e

start p%siti%ns (-assiia and Idubeda) t*en b%t* Cetiberia and A"uitani

decare independence r%m .%me

• Naa m%ement ma& be used %r ,trateic attac:s *ere a #reat P%erarm& r%m %ne r%nt attac:s a #reat P%er arm& %n an%t*er r%nt ,uc*

attac:s are aa&s aressi%n 41 and %n& cause a *a;space %ss t% a %sin

deender due t% t*e di?cut& % %%in up %n ict%ries it* s% itte %ca

%istica supp%rt5 an& %ss %ccurs %n t*e r%nt % t*e %ser (*ic* ma& n%t be

t*e r%nt % t*e batte1 i t*e attac:er %ses) .eardess % strateic

m%ement1 n% itt%ra andins are a%ed in t*is campain

Campaign Map