Great War Dominance In 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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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 areitrepaced it* #aus I t*e arm& based its at %riina t*e start % an& turn in Arica1 ma& re;e"uip it* Eep*ants t% is resume 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<%rt t*at Cart*ainian #enera puts int% trainin and e"uippin *is #aic mercenaries and repacements t*r%u*%ut t*e campain
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Battes beteen .%me and Cart*ae %n t*at r%nt i m%e t*e r%nt %ne space t%ards t*e capita % t*e %ser i t*e %ser as deendin5 %ne *a; space t%ards t*e capita % t*e %ser i t*e %ser as attac:in Battes beteen .%me/Cart*ae and s%me %t*er p%er i m%e t*e r%nt n%t at a i .%me/Cart*ae as attac:in1 but i m%e t*e r%nt %ne *a; space t%ards t*e capita % t*e %ser i t*e %ser as deendin a;spaces are discarded it* n% urt*er impact i t*e& d%n6t add up t% a u space %n t*e turn in "uesti%n In %t*er %rds1 i t*e t% .%man armies %n t*e ,panis* r%nt b%t* %se a *a;space due t% t*eir aiures1 t*en .%me %ses %ne sp%t But i %n& a *a;space m%e resuts1 n% m%e %ccurs I a #reat P%er %ses t% battes %n eit*er r%nt1 an& min%r p%ers %n t*at r%nt aread& sub=ect t% t*at p%er it*in %ne distance % eit*er % t*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%er arm& 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