The Roman Empire Scenario:
created by Michael Jeszenka
mjeszenka@usa.net

History-
	The scenario starts 58 B.C. This is the year Casesar invaded 
Gaul. At the time he shared the most powerful position in the Roman 
Republic with Pompey (important character that will be involved later) 
as consul. In 52 B.C. Caesar won tow very important battles at Alesia and
Agedincum thus defeating the Celtic Gauls for good. Julius Caesar commanded
a very powerful army which loved him. Caesar's rival, Pompey the Great,
became envious. Pompey earned his title from defeating the pirates and 
crushing their strongholds in the eastern Mediterranean. Pompey won favor
in the senate and persuaded them to order Caesar to disband his army. Julius
didn't and civil war broke out. Julius quickly moves on Rome. With Rome in
his hands he declares himself "dictator for life", just what the senate 
feared would happen. But Pompey wasn't defeated yet. He still had support
in Macedonia, Spain, Africa and Asia minor. Caesar launched a series of 
successful campaigns through these Roman territories. The war broke out in
49 B.C. and a year later Pompey was assasinated in Alexandria (very ironic.
The two consuls for fought for control end up assasinated). But the war 
lasted until 45 B.C. when Pompey's sons were defeated at Munda in Spain.
44 B.C. Caesar is assasinated by senate members. But this did not bring back
a Republic or even worse, peace.  A second civil war broke out. Caesar's
adopted son, Octavian, journeys to Rome to follow in Caesar's footsteps.
He wasn't a dictator but was still very powerful. In 31 B.C. the Roman
Empire was split in two with Marcus Antonius (Mark Anthony) governing in
the East. Octavian and the senate disaproved of this so war was declared and
Octavian won. In 28 B.C. he is appointed "leader or the senate". By 27
B.C. he is considered all powerful and is given the title "Augustus"
(a person to be respected). He extends the borders to the Rhine and Danube
rivers. In 14 AD, a month after his death, he is declared a god by the
senate. Now begins the Pax Romana. Great Emperors ruled during this time
such as Claudius,Trajan, Hadrian and Diocletian. The emperors after 
Augustus were given
formal titles so the words "Caesar" and "Augustus" became words for Emperor.
The emperors increased Roman influence to Britiania, Dacia, Arabia,
Mauretania, and Thracia.
The empire collapsed after the reign of Emperor Constantine. I won't go into
much detail about this because it isn't part of the scenario. The empire
split into the Western Roman Empire and the Byzantine Empire (East). The 
West was destroyed by a series of economic problems and barbaric invasions.
In this scenario the successful barbaric invasions will occur after around
100 turns. If anyone plays that long they will be challenged by better 
barbaric warriors that move faster and ignore city walls. Also, the Huns
will enter the scene under Attila with some incredibly powerful cavalry.

The Scenario-
This scenario is a militaristic and economic one. Of course the goal is 
conquest but you can't wage a war with a weak economy. There are sciences
you can research to improve your civilizations needs. Many of the buildings
you can't build until you research them. Same thing with the units. As the
Roman Empire you start off with Triremes. There are two better ships than
this. The Galley and Ironclad. With ground units you start out with a
defense infantry (Roman Guards) and offensive infantry (Roman Soldiers).
They have ok attack and defense. They can be improved to a Roman Phalanx
and a Roman Legion. Conquering Barbarian Cities will be extremely difficult
without these. You are going to need to research armor tech for this.
You start out with archers that will never go obsolete. They are more random
than the regulars infantry. They have less attack and defense, meaning they
won't score a hit as often in  battle, but they have more firepower which 
means if they score a hit it will do more damage. They are a great unit
because they ignore city walls. The balista is unit you can't build at
first. You need to research War Machines. It is almost the same as the 
archer. It was 2 better attack but 2 less defense. You start off with a
chariot. This is your best attacker at first but it has low defense and only
moves 1. It becomes obsolete when you research Chivalry and can build heavy
cavalry. You start with light cavalry, the only unit besides heavy cavalry,
that can move 2. Light cavalry will never become obsolete. It isn't as good
as the heavy cavalry but coasts less to build.
I am not going to go into buildings and technologies. Just look at the 
civilopedia.

Strategy-
	To win you need to get a deciesive victory by conquering almost
every town and building new wonders. You need to conquer the Germanic
Barbarian cities of objective points, not Slavic.
First you need to capture Gaul. When you conquere Lutetia, the
Roman Republic declares war on you. Don't worry, they are a push over.
After securing the Italian Peninsula, send an army to Spain and ship some
troops to Asia Minor and Judea. You will have troops there but they will be
struggling. Egypt and the Parthians will probably declare war on you so you
need to buy city walls. After conquering the Roman Republic you will be the
most powerful. If you can, attack Celtic Spain and Asia Minor. Whenever you
feel ready, secure a border on the Rhine and Danube rivers. With city walls
and fortified troops in the cities, you can finaly take a breath. Now you
can concentrate on research or Britian or wonders. Before you begin to 
campaign again into Germanic territory, be sure to have the Med. Sea coasts
secure. You won't want to be botherd by the African Celts, Parthians, or
Egyptians while in Germany. The Barbarians will only build one thing,
Axemen. They will be swarming everywhere with them. They aren't as powerful
as your army but their strength lies in numbers.

Governments-
	Germans and Huns are Fundamentalists. Parthians Celts and Egyptians
are Monarchies (actually they are communist). The Roman Empire in an Empire
(monarchy). I didn't like despotism but the atributes of monarchy will suit
the scenario perfectly. There will be unhappiness, corruption, but you will
get more food from irrigation.

Any bugs, comments, suggestions, ore questions please e-mail me at
mjeszenka@usa.net

Special thanks to John Ellis, Gary Longo, Alex the Magnificent and Jesús Balsinde
for helping me with the title.gif