Manlii v Julii Game 22

Game 22 – Roman Era 5: Early Empire

Early Imperial Roman (Gordon 6,225 pts) v Dacian (Alec 6,500 pts)

Minor Invasion 88 CE (MeG Magna, 14-June-2023).

Battlefield Effects: Romans: Troop Late Arrival

Manlii v Julii Game 19

Game 19 – Byzantine Era 3: Thematic Byzantine

Thematic Byzantine (Gordon 6,500 pts) v ‘Abbasid Arab (Alec 6,500 pts)

Minor Defence 890 CE (MeG Magna, 11-May-2023).

Battlefield Effects: None

Manlii v Julii Game 13

Game 13 – Roman Era 7: Late Empire

Imperial Roman (Alec 3,800 pts) v Gothic (Gordon 3,750 pts)

Major defence 378 CE (MeG Pacto, 29-Mar-2023).

Battlefield Effects: Goths: Battlefield manoeuvres 4 – Quick march!

Manlii v Julii Game 12

Game 12 – Byzantine Era 6: Late (fractured) empire

Late Imperial Byzantine (Gordon 6,500 pts) v Early Ottoman Turkish (Alec 6,750 pts)

Minor defence 1361 CE (MeG Magna, 22-Mar-2023).

Battlefield Effects: Byzantines: Quality/Cohesion variations

Manlii v Julii Game 11

Game 11 – Roman Era 6: Middle Empire

Imperial Roman (Gordon 10,000 pts) v Early Franks (Alec 10,000 pts)

Major defence 297 CE (MeG Maximus, 8-Mar-2023).

Battlefield Effects: Imperial Roman: Terrain advantages

Manlii v Julii Game 8

Game 8 – Byzantine Era 4: Later Macedonian/Doukas dynasties

Nikephorian Byzantine (Alec 6,400 pts) v Early Fatimid Egyptian (Gordon 6,500 pts)

Minor defence 995 CE (MeG Magna, 15-Feb-2023).

Battlefield Effects: Byzantine: Late arrival 4 - choice of three

Manlii v Julii Game 7

Game 7 – Roman Era 4: Late Republic

Later Republican Roman (Alec 7,000 pts) v Armenia - Tigranes the Great (Gordon 7,000 pts)

Major invasion 83 BCE (MeG Magna, 1-Feb-2023).

Battlefield Effects: None

Manlii v Julii Game 6

Game 6 – Byzantine Era 3: Thematic Byzantine

Thematic Byzantine (Gordon 8,400 pts) v Bulgars (Alec 8,000 pts)

Major defence 680 CE (MeG Magna, 25-Jan-2023).

Battlefield Effect: Bulgars: Generals variations 6 - choice of any

Manlii v Julii Games 1 to 4

For our first campaign I have chosen the Manlii gens and Gordon the Julii. I have summarised below the first four games that we played,they are in summary form only as I only thought about doing a blog of the campaign after we had already fought them. I did take pictures of the end position of each at the very least, and Gordon has also commented on each one. 

From game five I will produce a report on each as they happen. 

Game 1 – Roman Era 1: Early Republic

Early Roman 6,900 points (Alec) v Volscii 7,000 points (Gordon)

Minor invasion 500 BCE (Meg Magna, 14-Dec-2022).

Battlefield Effects: Roman: Troop late arrival 5 - choice of three