Slitherine

LAST UPDATE 27th of March CET 17:55 (GMT+1)

The Roman Senate announces: "Stratos, envoy of Nicomedes of Bithynia disclosed worrying news. Over the past months the south eastern regions of Bithynia have already been looted by Galatian raiding parties.
But now a huge Galatian army invaded Bithynia." The Roman Senate agreed upon sending a Roman Army to support our allied and friend of the Roman people, Nicomedes of Bithynia.
Who will take command to defeat the Barbarians ? ( 1 point for completing the battle, 3 points for a victory )

-SPQR-

Roman Senate announces: "Legatus Keyth, commanding officer of the Roman expeditionary forces in Bithynia engaged the Galatian Invaders near Apamea". Although we suspected Mithridates to support the Galatians, it turned out, the Cilician Pirates agreed in an alliance with the Galatians. The Cilician Fleet has been sighted west of Ephesos. The Senate decided to send another army to Bithynia in order to take on the Cilicians. All Senators are requested to donate an amount of points ( votes) to support the Roman Fleet. (A seabattle will be simulated by the moderators. The chance of the Roman Fleet will depend on the amount of victory points donated. In case of a Roman victory, bonus points will be awarded, related to the amount of points donated to the Roman Fleet ).

Who´ll take command of the 2nd Roman Army in Bithynia ?
Who donates points to the Roman Fleet ?-SPQR-

Breaking news: "Legatus Keyth defeated the Galatians in a very close battle (95 %Roman casualities)". Due to his victory he was promoted to the rank of a Praetor and assigned as Governor of the Province Asia.

Breaking news: "Senator Batesmotel assigned to command the 2nd Roman Army in Bithynia". 3 pts donated to support the Roman Fleet by Praetor Keyth. -SPQR-

80 BC
Announcement by the Senate of Rome:
Nicomedes, King of Bithynia was severely injured during the Battle of Apamea. His brother Prusias now claims the Bithynian throne and agreed in an alliance with the Galatians. Meanwhile about 40000 Galatian Warriors crossed the border. Two additional combined armies have been arrayed in Bithynia, overall 3 armies will intercept the invaders. Three commanders from the pool of roman senators will be assigned to contribute to the glory of Rome! Two additional commanders will be send to Judea, as the Seleucids, under King Seleucus VII Philometor took advantage of our engagement in Bithynia and invaded Judea.

Breaking news: Legatus Batesmotel defeated by Cilician Pirates !

Breaking news: Legatus Burinus Agricolae defeated by Galatians !

Breaking news: Legatus GrudgeBringer has been defeated by Galatians !

Announcement by the Roman Senate:
Important incoming messages from Bithynia do allow no further delay!
Due to the series of Roman defeats on the battlefields of Bithynia, Prusias dethroned the legal ruler Nicomedes, took him as a political hostage and declared war on Rome! Our allies, who already proved to be unreliable, hailed Prusias as the new King. Our Legions retreated for safety to the naval base, Cyzigus, north of Pergamon. Meanwhile the Roman Fleet arrived and reinforced our legions with recruits and veterans from Italia.
Prusias confirmed his alliance with the Cilicians and the Galatians.
Two contingents of Galatia, one from Cilicia and the Rebell – Bithynian contingent are approaching Cyzigus. Our 3 reinforced Legions under command of Legatus Batesmotel, Grudgebringer and Burinus Agricolae will be assisted by Praetor Keyth who will most probably reach Cyzigus tomorrow. The Cilician Fleet has been sighted south of Byzantium, our fleet left the base to intercept them.
In Judea, King Seleucus VII Philometor engaged two roman legions.
Two additional legions will reinforce our forces tomorrow.
-SPQR-

Announcement of the Senate of Rome:
To share the power even with the poor, the Senate of Rome hereby restores the Tribunes of the Popular Party. Hereby Tullius, Tiavals and Fedem are assigned as Tribunes.
Tribunes will be awarded 3 pts for every new player they recruit for the tournament. Additionally they are in command of street gangs that fight for control of the city.
At the moment the control over the slave market of Ostia is at stake.
The Tribunes have to challenge each other, means two games each,the winner controls the slave market of Ostia and benefits from every roman victory by 1 bonus point.
An army image for use in these street clashes will be posted.

Breaking news: Legatus Burinus Agricolae defeated by Prusias of Bithynia !

Announcement by the Senate of Rome:
On the 6th of March our glorious fleet sighted a combined Cilician/ Bithynian Squadron south of Byzantium. Although outnumbered our brave commander turned to give battle. Two mighty cilician Octeres tried to ram our flagship and to break our formation, but our fleet turned and isolated the Bithynian flagship. The Bithynian commander was taken as prisoner by our boarding parties. After a bloody clash the enemy fleet retreated for safety. We´ve captured two bithynian Penteres, lost one Trireme and one
Quinquireme. The outcome was a roman minor victory.
3 pts awarded to Keyth for supporting the roman fleet.

Breaking news:
Praetor Keyth defeated, Legatus GrudgeBringer drawed and Legatus Batesmotel won during the Battle of Cyzigus.
Legatus Kilroy was defeated by Seleucus VII

Announcement by the Roman Senate:
1.Due to the stalemate in the Battle of Cyzigus the Roman Senate came across to confirm the rulership of Prusias of Bithynia. In return Prusias agreed in releasing Nicomedes IV from prison in order to send him to Rome. We´ll grant exile to Nicomedes IV. Additionally Prusias guaranteed to provide no naval bases for the Cilician Pirates within his kingdom.

2.Rebellion in Cappadocia. Gordius, a client of Mithridates and Tigranes claims the throne of the legal ruler of Cappadocia, King Ariobarzanes.
(Battles will be fought by the Moderators – no Roman engagement)

3.The Senate of Rome is worried about the outspread of activities of political motivated gangs within the walls of Rome. The Senate decided to put an end to these criminal actions and assigned Burinus Agricolae and GrudgeBringer to Aediles. The Aediles will have to fight 3 battles against each other, the winner will be promoted to the rank of a Quaestor. Afterwards the prevailing Aedile will be allowed to fight Tribunes who have taken control of a specific object, like the Slave Market. In case of a victory for the Aedile he can take an amount of points from the defeated Tribune, that equalizes 1/4 of the Tribunes points total. Additionally the Quaestor can commence prosecution (will be explained later on)

Breaking news:
Ariobarzanes dethroned by Gordius, Mithridates takes control over Cappadocia. Ariobarzanes escaped to the court of Seleucus VII.

Roman Senate announces:
Due to the defeats of our Legions in the east, our honour is at stake.
The Senate of Rome is reluctant to assign a Dictator is this situation.
Fortunately we persuaded our retired veteran commanders Ericdoman and The Gray Mouser to return from Carthage, where they spent a much too peaceful life in the past.
Ericdoman and The Gray Mouser will be assigned to the rank of a Proconsul for a limited period.
Several roman commanders will be ordered to exercise tactics with our veteran Generals to form more effective armies in order to defeat our foes finally.
All commanders, that return defeated from Syria, all Tribunes that have been defeated on the streets of Rome and all Aediles regardless of their battle results have to fight a training battle against both of the new Proconsuls.
In the future Proconsul Ericdoman and The Gray Mouser will from two new Proconsular armies with 4 Legions each. The Legatus that have been assigned to command Legions of the respective armies will contact the Proconsuls during the battle to ask for orders (the Proconsul will receive screenshots from the respective Legatus and give advices )
Resulting from our defeats,in the Provinces of Sicily, Asia and Illyria we
are challenged by the revolts of Slaves. Each of the Governors ( commands Romans) will be challenged by TJD ( Slaves).

Breaking news: Seleucus VII defeats Legatus Rexhurley and Legatus Turk 1964

Breaking news: Pro-Praetor Kilroy defeats uprising Slaves, 3 pts awarded

Breaking news: Pro Praetor Keyth defeated by slaves and recalled to Rome, as he was injured in battle.

Breaking news: Pro-Praetor Batesmotel defeats uprising Slaves

The Roman Senate announces:

"Legatus Supervark defeated by Seleucus VII. Finally Seleucus was victorious against 4 Roman Legions.
King Alexander Jannaeus of Judea surrendered to the Seleucids. The Senate is shocked about this humilating defeat.
All commanders are adviced to successfully complete training for the upcoming campaigns to restore our reputation !"

Both Proconsuls have to inform the Senate about progress of training. When one of the Proconsuls completes the first 4 training battles,
he and his respective trainees will be assigned for the first of these campaigns !

Points awarded to

Supervark 1 pts

SPQR
Points awarded for completing battles:
Proconsul Ericdoman: 3 pts
Legatus Burinus Agricolae 1 pts

The Senate of Rome announces:

Bithynia:
Urgent Messages from the East arrived usurper Prusias died due to a plot by the rivalling aristocratic families of Bithynia. Now Mithridates VI of Pontus claims the throne of Bithynia. A Pontic army of about 50000 men already crossed the border, heading for Nicomedea. Roman envoys will deliver an ultimatum to Mithridates, as we claim the throne of Bithynia for our client, the legal ruler Nicomedes IV. We don´t expect to come to a mutual agreement with the Pontic king.
Hereby we order the Proconsul, who first finishes 3 training battles to board our fleet in Ostia immediately. The respective 3 Legates who finished training will accompany him to Bithynia.

 4 battles against Pontic Army ( 1 for the Proconsul, 1 for each Legate)

Gallia:
As a compensation to our losses in the east, the Roman Senate decided to expand our territory in the west. Quarreling tribes of the Allobroges and the Helvetians continuously threatend our borders in the past. We will subjugate both tribes to establish two new provinces.
Hereby we order the 2nd Proconsul, who finishes 3 training battles to invade the territory of the Allobroges first and the Helvetians next. The respective 3 Legate who finished training with him will accompany him to Gallia.

4 battles against Gauls ( 1 for the Proconsul, 1 for each Legate)


Illyria:
Pro – Praetor Batesmotel engages Dacian raiding parties. King Burebista announced bloody revenge for the fate of his son.

1 battle against Dacians

Hispania Ulterior:
Pro-Praetor Keyth, who meanwhile fortunately fully recovered from his injury, was assigned as the new Governor of the Province Hispania Ulterior.
The new Governor has to convince Sertorius to end up his revolt. How will Pro Praetor Keyth deal with Sertorius ?
Sicily:
Due to overcrowding the sulphur mines with new slaves, mainly from Illyria, the Sicilian population experiences the outbreak of an epidemic plaque.
How will noble Pro-Praetor Kilroy manage the situation?

Cyprus:
Hereby the Senate of Rome assigns Tribune Tiavals, who is in control of the Slave Market temporary to the rank of a Proconsul in order to establish the new province Cyprus. We will build up a naval base on Cyprus to reduce influence of the Cilician Pirates on slave trade.

1 battle against Cilician Pirates

Military reform:
Hereby all Roman Commanders are instructed to create own Army ooB´s. They have to use RoR Late Republican Romans, 400 pts, 3 leaders, no allies.

Cappadocia:
The Senate of Rome accepted the new situation in Judea in return to the offer of Seleucus VII to support us against Mithridates by invading Cappadocia in order to restore the rulership of King Ariobarzanes.

4 battles of the Moderators against each other

Last news: Pro - Praetor Batesmotel defeated Dacian Marauders ***Proconsul Tiavals suffered a defeat against the Cilician Pirates on Cyprus***Pro-Praetor Keyth engaged Sertorius, battle ended in a draw***Fights in Bithynia still continue, so far the score is even 1-1-1***In the struggle for the domination of Cappadocia the Seleucids are down by 0-1, fights continue***Proconsul Greyus Mousus leads invasion of the Allobroges territory***

Latest news:
Roman expeditionary forces defeated by Mithridates. The Poison King took control of Bithynia, but suffered a defeat against Seleucus VII, who conquered Cappadocia. King Ariobarzanes rulesship of Cappadocia reestablished. ***Roman forces under command of Proconsul Greyus Mousus suffered a crushing defeat against the Allobroges.




SPQR

CRISIS OF THE REPUBLIC TOURNAMENT



This tournament will simulate the course of a political career in ancient Rome.

It´s an easy join in and easy drop out contest, not depending on reliability of the respective participants.

The team of moderators (Demetrios & TJD) represents the Senate of Rome.

The campaign will be played on a map, that will be available at the start of the tournament on the 1st of March.

A set of army compositions for the involved nations ( Rome, Roman Allied, Independent Nations) will be used for phase 1 and 2 of the tournament.

A set of 5 historical scenarios will be used for the final showdown ( phase 3). Battle at Baetis River, Battle of Lauron, Battle at Mt. Garganus, Siege of Cyzigus, Battle of Cabira.


1. there will be no limit to the number of participants, means signing in won´t be mandatory.
2. participants will have to visit the forum thread "Roman Senate" as often they can. This thread will be updated continuously. Tasks for interested parties will be posted here.
3. Examples for tasks (phase 1):
3.1. "The Roman Senate hereby assigns a commander for the expeditionary forces in Egypt to support our valuable allied against marauders from the Kingdom of Kush"
The taker will be promoted to the rank of a Legatus.
3.2. The guy, who takes over command will have to fight a battle in command of Roman Ptolemaic against the Kingdom of Kush.( All non - Roman Armies will be commanded by the Moderators only ). In case the Roman commander wins, he´ll get an amount of bonus points, for example 3 pts = votes (see explanation in phase 3).
3.3. another task might be to unravel a mystery: "Who am I ? Compared to other one-eyed commanders of the ancient era, I was considered more faithful to my friends than Antigonus and even more merciful to my foes than Hannibal..." The first answer wins an amount of bonus points = votes
etc.
3.4. Events and battle results will be posted here too.

(Phase 2)
With the backup of a minimum of 10 pts=votes the respective commander will be promoted to the rank of a Pro - Praetor and subsequently assigned to rule one of the Roman Provinces. He will be awarded bonus points (votes ) for every week he keeps control of the province. The provinces will be threatened by uprising tribes and invaders.
Extra points will be awarded for oppressing rebellions and repelling invaders. Following a defeat of the respective governor, he will be recalled to the Roman Senate.
He´ll stay there inactive (without any bonus pts) until he´ll be given another task.

(Phase 3)
1 month after the start of the tournament, the 4 participants with the highest amount of points (votes) will form parties. The parties will be: Republicans, Imperials, Aristocrats and Populars. Each of these party leaders will run for the rank of a Roman Consul. Now an election campaign follows. The two candidates who add the most votes (Legatus & Governors with their amounts of votes ) to their respective party will be elected. The two Consules take over parts of the Moderator roles as they´ll assign the Governors to the Provinces.
(A powerful position that can be used not only during the electional campaign to recruit party members)
Now the two Consules decide what campaign they want to fight, one of them will have to fight two battles against Sertorius, the other against Mithridates.
The one who first defeats the Roman foes in both battles will take on the Slaves. Finally beating the Slaves wins the contest. Losing one of these battles, means to be buried with the reached high score. Each killed Consul immediately has to be replaced by election.

TJD & Demetrios

Only for the first right answer to the respective questions 3 points will be awarded. First bird gets the prey.
For alternative correct answers points will be awarded too, in case evidence is adduced.

1. An oriental emperor received a gift from the Scythians that consisted of a dead bird,
a dead frog, a dead mouse and 3 arrows. Can you unravel the hidden message? 3 pts awarded to Kilroy !! Outstanding !!

2. Who created the phrase: “With friends like that, you don´t need enemies anymore”?

3. Who am I? Surprisingly killed in an ambush, I was buried by my famous enemy, who worshipped me more than my compatriots did and honestly regretted my fate.
3 pts awarded to Kilroy for the right answer !

4. Sparta loves the betrayal, but not the traitor. Who was meant? - 3 points for Batesmotel for the right answer

5. Who wears a crown that represents the reign over 2 kingdoms, but lost control of one of them hundreds of years ago? 3pts awarded to Grudge Bringer for
the right answer, the crown of the Egyptian Pharao represents the reign over upper and lower Egypt, upper Egypt was lost to the Nubian Pharao´s of the Kingdom of Kush.

6. Who am I? “Compared to other one-eyed generals, I was considered even more faithful to my friends than Antigonos and more merciful to my foes than Hannibal!”
3 pts to Keyth for the right answer !! Well done !!

7. What city was built on the skin of a bull? 3 points for Keyth for the right answer

8. Who am I? I was simultaneously honored and hated for killing my own brother later on
I released again an important city from a tyrant and was considered a hero. 3 pts for keyth for the right answer

9. My shield shows 3 feet in a circle, where do I come from? 3 points for Batesmotel for the right answer

10. Who am I? I would have to spend the rest of my life within a circle to expand my empire unchallenged. 3 pts for Kilroy´s right answer. Excellent !!

1. Pro-Praetor Keyth 21 pts Commander Legio VI - Governor Hispania Ulterior #plutocratic #corrupt #hard-liner
2. Pro-Praetor Kilroy 17 pts ( Governor of Sicily) Commander Legio IV / Sicily #plutocratic #corrupt #honest #farseeing
3. Pro-Praetor Batesmotel 15 pts ( Governor of Illyria ) Commander Legio II / Illyria #stratocratic #high principled
4. Proconsul Ericdoman 13 pts / Commander Legion V / Bithynia
5. Pro-Praetor Fedem 10 pts / Commander Legion III / Bithynia
6. Proconsul Tiavals 7 pts Commander Legio I / Cyprus #controls the Slave Market
7. Senator Grudge Bringer 6 pts / Rome
8. Legatus Burinus Agricolae 3 pts / Commander Legion VII / Bithynia
8. Legatus Rexhurley 3 pts /Commander Legion VIII/ Bithynia
9. Tribune Tullius 2 pts / Rome
9. Senator Turk1964 2 pts / Rome
10. Senator Supervark 1 pts / Rome
11. Proconsul The Gray Mouser 0 pts / Rome

Tournament map:

Designations in black (Roman Province), in green ( Roman Allied), in red ( Enemies)

http://i.imgur.com/CBuGZ.jpg

Question #5 Pharoh of Egypt


Question 10. Alexander the Great

Klaus, recommend you post these questions to the main forum too!

Question #4 Ephialtes of Trachis (I believe that is supported by Herrodotus) edit sorry misspelled Ephialtes

I hope I didn't get the time wrong...You said 22:00 CET (is that Central Europe time?) which would be 21:00 GMT and 1700 EST, and 1600 CST Where I live)

#7 Carthage

4. Alcibiades of Athens during the Peloponnesian War.

9. The Triskelion on my shield would indicate I come from Syracuse.

Chris

10. Antiochus IV Epiphanes

1. Explanation given to Darius: Unless you can fly into the sky like birds, or burrow under the ground like mice, or hide under the water like frogs, you will never escape from our land, but will be killed by our arrows.

3. Marcus Claudius Marcellus

6. Quintus Sertorius

Hi folks.

Hard to believe, you´ve cracked 80 % of the questions within 20 hours !!

Your knownledge on the subject of ancient history is outstanding.

Cheers, Klaus

8. Romulus

8. Timoleon of Corinth

2. Anonymous

Caius Fabricius to Pyrrhus in a letter revealing that Pyrrhus' physician had offerd to poison Pyrrhus for a fee. (From Plutar h's life of Pyrrhus.)

Chris