Seleucid (42) vs Triumvirate Roman (83)
For the final game of the day I brought out my Seleucids to fight Robins Triumvirate Romans, an army I had fought before. So, this would be another test of the army design before Beachhead. Seleucus deployed with the elephant command on the left, cavalry on the right way, with a solid phalanx of infantry in the middle. The Scythed Chariot was on the right hoping to get into contact before Robin’s Bowman did “The Dirty” on them – again.
The chariot managed to avoid being killed by enemy bow fire. The enemy bow fire from their light troops was confined to engaging the Greek light cavalry. Behind them a line of Pikes are moving forward as fast as they can to engage the Roman Legionaries. On the right the Greek cavalry remained in support ready to exploit any opportunities for attack. It all depends, of course, on what the Roman Cavalry is trying to do in manoeuvring round from there right. The elephants and supporting Thracians are moving forward to bring the Roman Legionaries into contact.
The Greeks have finally persuaded the Roman legionaries to come out to fight against the Pikes. Behind them the Roman Cavalry is still trying to manoeuvre itself out of the position onto their left flank to face off against the Greek Cavalry. The elephant supported by the Thracians and Peltasts are continuing their advance and now supported by the Scythed Chariot. The Chariot managed to persuade the Roman Light Cavalry to evade contact.
All along the line contact has been made! The Elephants against the legionaries haven't done as well as one would wish. However the Scythed Chariot has inflicted losses on the Roman Legionary unit facing it! In the centre one of the Pike blocks has managed to penetrate the line and it is now able to come into contact with the Legionary flank. In the centre there is a heavy contact between the Pikes and the Legionaries, with honours broadly even. The Greek Cavalry is still waiting for the Roman Cavalry.
The Roman Cavalry is getting closer but not close enough. However, to their flank their Legionary colleagues have managed to destroy a Pike block and have lapped out and trying to push the line forward. While on the right of these Legionaries the Greek pike blocks are manoeuvring to bring pressure on the enemy centre. On the Greek left the Roman Legionaries are continuing to advance after destroying the Thracian Peltast and one of the elephants. The remaining Peltast and the remaining elephant are continuing their advance into the enemy position.
We have finally made contact with the Roman Cavalry and after the wait we seem to have the upper hand in the combat. In the centre the pike blocks have now realigned themselves to face off against the Roman Legionaries of the Roman right. The final elephant was destroyed by Roman Legionaries but now they've stopped because the Peltasts withdrew into terrain which the Roman Legionaries didn’t like.
The Roman Legionaries seem to have worked out how to attack, and have actually made some significant progress on the centre left against two of the pike blocks, both of which are hanging on for dear life. In the centre the Auxiliary Gaulish Cavalry have fixed in place two pike blocks. But on the right the Greek Cavalry are winning the fight against the Roman Cavalry, and may now be in a position to defeat them entirely.
Outcome
A Seleucid win by breaking the Romans on 21 and suffering 21 in return!
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