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ANCIENT HIST
~RICAL
JBATTLES.
.
vo
l
u.me
2
.
'
by
PETER
.
IDE.
·
S
s
BATTLES
Vol2
by
PETER SIDES
ISBN 1 874351 112
COPYRIGHT GOSLING PRESS
FIRST PUBLISHED 1995
GOSLING PRESS
35 CROSS STREET
UPTON
PONTEFRACT
WF91EU
Page- 1
CONTENTS
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
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14
15
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20
21
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23
24
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26
27
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INTRODUCTION
ACRAGAS
406BC
CROCUS PLAIN
353BC
CRIMISUS
34 lBC
SUESS A
340BC
CAUDINE FORKS
321BC
HELLESPONT
321BC
P ARAITAKENE
317BC
GABIENE
316BC
RIVER THATIS
310BC
SENTINUM
295BC
BAGRADAS
253BC
TELAMON
225BC
SELLASIA
222BC
TICINUS
218BC
TREBIA
218BC
EBRO
216BC
MAGNESIA
189BC
PYDNA
168BC
CORINTH
146 BC
ARAUSIO
105BC
AQUAE SEXTIAE
102 BC
CHAERONEA
86BC
ORCHOMENUS
86BC
TIGRANOCERTA
69BC
BIBRACTE
59BC
VOSGES
58BC
SAMBRE
57BC
ALESIA
52BC
PHILIPPI
42BC
TAURUS
39BC
ANGRIVARII BOUNDARY 15AD
NAISSUS
268AD
MURSA
35 lAD
CHALONS-SUR-MARNE 451AD
DARAS
53 lAD
DECIMUM
533AD
TRICAMERUM
533AD
TAGINAE
552AD
CASILINUM
553AD
YARMUK
636AD
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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INTRODUCTION
Ancient Historical battles book Il. is the third book in a series that covers all the major
battles from 1479BC to the end of the middle ages in 1485AD. Ancients
II
is intended to
cover the gaps in book Ancients I and to extend the period of ancients to
link
up with
Medieval Historical Battles in
this
series.
This series of books have been written for the wargamer and
in
so doing' are primarily
designed to give enough information for him to re-enact the battle using any wargame set
of rules, though I would recommend W argame Research Gr:oups::pe Bellis Antiqutarti.s"
or even better "De Bellis
Multitu4U_l~s'.~
,Q0µi
,e)(cell1;~t, s~ts .ofrul~s f~r
hist()ric;il
re~
enactment. Each Battle.is described in. a :ecmcise
anq,co~p~ct, ,Yt~Y, ~pv~npg
wh,Yit-
took
place; the forces engaged, given in DBA\DBM.style
~lements
and actual numbers of
men; a deployment guide and illustration of the initial positions for each battle; the
victory conditions and the historical outcome.
·
I
have described each battle in a compact form and
I
do not pretend this is a major piece
of historical work. My intentions are to allow people to re-fight the battle and in so doing
learn the lessons on the battlefield. Don't be fooled by shear numbers, all battles are won
and lost on small margins so what may appear a hopeless case is often the exact
reverse.(see Marathon book I).
In
selecting what battles to include in this book I have
firstly aimed at the period of history between 378AD and 732AD which covers the late
Romans , the fall of the Roman Empire and the Early Byzantine's linking up with the
Medieval Historical Battles in this series.
I
have also tried to
fill
in the gaps and expand
upon the earlier historical periods covered in Ancients
I
which
I
hope now will give the
complete military picture for many of the great classical wars. You will find the Romans
do feature heavily in this book principally because not only were they the major power of
most of the classical period but they also had a wealth of historians
tQ
record (not
unbiased) Roman history, but
I
have tried to keep the spread of battles as diverse
as
I
can.
:
The battles range from small to massive affairs and are for both individual duels and
large battles requiring the resources of an entire club, some of the bigger, more
spectacular, actions making excellent demonstration games. There are no push-overs in
this book, every battle requires to
b~
hard fought and will
be
won or lost on very small
margins.
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ACRAGAS 406 BC
CARTHAGINIAN INVASION OF SICILY
The Carthaginian siege of Acragas on the south-west coast of Sicily , whose defenders
were commanded by the Spartan Dexippus was almost brought to close by an epidemic
that killed the Carthaginian commander. Hamilco assumed command of the siege when
he was confronted by a relief force of Syracusans under Corinthian command and a
pitched battle was fought outside the walls of Acragas.
ARMIES
EARLY CARTHAGINIAN
SYRACUSAN
25000 Carthaginians
35000 Syracusans
2000 Mounted (2 Cav,R(O))
4000 Mounted
(2 Chariots.2 Cav. (4 Cav,R(O))
18000 Hoplites,
12000 Hoplites (8 Spear,R(O))
12Spear(6,R(0);6,R(I))
9000 Others (7 Auxilia ,R(O); 4 Psiloi,R(O))
10000 Auxilia .10 Auxilia,R(O)
1 General
(@+
1) Cav,R(O)
5000 Lights,
10 Psiloi,R(5 (0); 5 (S))
1 General Cav. R(I)
DEPLOYMENT: Deploy the Carthaginian force first and the Syracusan forces move
first. Count the Rampart as difficult going.
VICTORY CONDITIONS: Carthage must destroy 11 Elements and Syracuse must
destroy 7 Elements.
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psiloi
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SYRACUSIANS
35 inches
HISTORICAL OUTCOME: It appears the defenders of Acragas failed to sally out as
the Syracusan relief army attacked the Carthage siege lines, and though the Carthage
force suffered heavily during the battle, the relief army failed to break the siege.
Following the battle the defenders of Acragas started to abandon the city and eight
months later Hamilco took
it
without a fight.
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