Slitherine

Start date set for: 12th September

Current Players:

pantherboy
Morbio
davouthojo
batesmotel
Triarius
jonno
massina_nz
Ferb
iandavidsmith
TheGrayMouser
Arminius
deeter
razorback77
tofman04
Archie
Fedem

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Battle of Lautulae 315BC

Livy records two versions of the battle. In both cases the Romans were besieging Sora, when their scouts reported that a large Samnite army was drawing near. The Roman commander, here records as the consul, marched to intercept the Samnite army, meeting up with them at Lautulae, close to the port of Tarracina. In the first account the battle lasted all day, and ended as a draw. In the second the Romans suffered a defeat in which Quintus Aulius, the master of horse, was killed. In this version of events a new master of horse, C. Fabius, was sent with reinforcements, and the combined army won a fresh victory, before resuming the siege of Sora.

Diodorus Siculus records the battle as a significant Roman defeat. After capturing Plistica the Samnites had been reinforced, and it was the presence of this large hostile army close to Latium that convinced the Romans to appoint Quintus Fabius as dictator, with Quintus Aulius as his master of horse. The Romans suffered heavy losses, and the army began to panic. Only Quintus Aulius refused to flee, and stood alone against the Samnites, dying a glorious death.

From www.historyofwar.org/articles/battles_lautulae

Roll of Honour:

1)Marathon 490BC..1St....Morbio...........71% ........Joint 2nd Deeter & Pantherboy 61%
2)Akragas 406BC...1St.....Davouthojo..100%....2nd...Pantherboy..77%....3rd...Morbio.........65%
3)Gaugamela 331BC 1St...Deeter...........67%....2nd...Pantherboy..64%....3rd...Davouthojo..58%
4)Crocus Field 353BC 1st...Triarius........75%....2nd...Pantherboy..45%....Joint 3rd...Deeter+razorback77

.............................................................Games ........League
..Gaugamela...Crocus Field.....................Played........Position
.........64%...........45%.......pantherboy.......4............66%
.........58% ..........38%........davouthojo.......4...........56%
..........-6% ..........30%........Morbio..............4..........30%
..........67% .........40%........deeter...............4..........36%
.........30% ............8%........batesmotel........4..........24%
.........25% .........75%.........Triarius..............4..........41%
.........n/a ..........33%..........massina_nz........3.........28%
.........17% ..........-10%........jonno................4.........16%
.........25% ............5%.........TheGrayMouser..4........19%
.........27% ..........18%..........Arminius...........4........20%
..........-4% ..........30%..........Lysimachos.......3........22%
...........1% ...........30%.........Ferb..................4........21%
..........-1% ...........30%........iandavidsmith....4.......20%
.........11% ...........40%.........razorback77......4.......20%
..........-1% ..........30%..........tofman04..........4.......13%
..........-?% ............20............Archie...............3(4)....0%

Lautulue 315BC Round 5

pantherboy.....v deeter
Morbio............v batesmotel
Triarius...........v davouthojo
massina_nz.....v jonno
iandavidsmith..v TheGrayMouser
Arminius..........v tofman04
razorback77.....v Ferb
Archie...............v Fedem

Here we are!

Jonno - challenge issued , password "Jonno"

Fedem... challenge posted password: fedem

razorback77......challenge issued password razor

Ferb

iandavidsmith (Romans) 36/36 v TheGrayMouser (Samnite) 35/42
TheGrayMouser (Romans) 39/36 v iandavidsmith (Samnite) 38/42

Both close games with the Romans loosing both times.
Cheers
Ian

Archie (Romans) 38/36 vs Fedem (Samnites) 18/42
Fedem (Roman) 40/36 vs Archie (Samnites) 29/42

The Romans loose both games.

Thanks Archie.

Triarius (Romans) 38/36 v davouthojo (Samnite) 12/42
davouthojo (Romans) 40/36 v Triarius (Samnite) 33/42

Our Romans both sucked - they couldn't roll good dice to save their lives........

batesmotel(Romans) 40/36 - morbio(Samnites) 27/42
batesmotel(Samnites) 36/42 - morbio(Romans) 41/36

Two hard fought games with the luck tilting morbio's way if anything. The Samnite numbers told in both in the end. Thanks for two good games.

Chris

Arminius Romans 26/36 vs tofman04 Samnites 43/42
Arminius Samnites 10/42 vs tofman04 Romans 38/36

Thanks for the games!

pantherboy Romans 25/36 vs deeter Samnites 44/42
pantherboy Samnites 19/42 vs deeter Romans 36/36

razorback77 (samnites) 24/42 w
ferb (romans) 37/36



razorback (romans) 30/36 w
ferb (samnites) 42/42

nice scenario, thank for the games Ferb

Massina_nz Samnites 18/42 vs Jonno Romans 36/36
Jonno Samnites 27/42 vs Massina_nz Romans 32/36

Results ... Battle of Lautulue.
........................Tournment........League %
..........................Score ...............points

Arminius .....................42.................54%
pantherboy..................34.................44%
massina_nz................28..................36%
davouthojo.................26.................33%
razorback77...............24...................31%
Fedem........................20 .................26%
jonno...........................15................19%
Archie..........................11.................14%
Morbio.........................10.................13%
Triarius..........................7...................9%
Ids.................................4...................5%
batesmotel................... 2....................3%
TheGrayMou..................1....................1%
Ferb.............................-1....................-1%
deeter..........................-2...................-3%
tofman04 ....................-3 ..................-4%


Well played Arminius!

Thanks - the dice gods were kind....
Robert