For a change this time I used Republican Romans while Stan used his rarely employed Seleucids. I went for a fairly traditional Roman army of two Legions, a few cavalry and some Extraordinarii Italian allied infantry.
The terrain fell nicely for the Romans with a couple of steep hills on the left to anchor one flank and an impassable lake towards the centre right to anchor the other. Both armies refused their right flank when deploying:
The Romans arrayed for battle:
Both armies advance on their left. It looks like the Seleucid cavalry and Phalanx will get in each others way:
The Phalanx closes on the Roman lines while the Seleucid cavalry redeploy:
The two lines form up and prepare for combat:
Battle is joined! The Seleucid's have the advantage on the Roman right while on the left the Romans are better placed:
The initial clash goes badly for the Romans especially on the right:
The Phalanx quickly breaks through the Legionary line:
On the left things go better for the Romans and the Seleucids take losses:
The right hand Legion has been wiped out, on the left Legionaries and Triarii hold off Seleucid cavalry:
The entire Roman right is now gone, as has much of the Seleucid right!:
The Roman army breaks after taking a few more losses. The Seleucids are badly damaged but triumphant!:
I always enjoy my games against Stan and this was no exception. It was interesting to try the Romans for a change and they are another very old army of mine that has not been used in a while.
The Phalanx and elephants are very powerful in ADLG against Romans. I was hoping to kill the more 'squishy' Greek medium spearmen and Thracians that were supporting the elephants quickly then turn on the elephants themselves and the Phalanx but they held up remarkably well, the Greeks even disposing of two Legionary units before falling to Roman cavalry.
Maybe using a lake was not a good omen for the Romans!
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