To give an example: The Masaesyli down in Mauretania are normally on friendly terms with you - but since they just can expand through Nova Carthago, they will do it sooner or later.Īs a consequence you will be (most likely) fighting a war on multiple fronts until turn ~30 and desperately try to consolidate your power. A major “casus belli” is a shared border between your client state and them. Post turn 10ish it is impossible to foretell what will happen in a game, so be watchful - especially because your client-states tend to drag you into wars - Even if YOU have a non-aggression treaty with another faction, the AI still will attack client states of yours. In my legendary campaign only Syracuse didn’t declare war on me that early. So in the worst case scenario you may be at war with all of them before Turn 10. If we look again onto the map, we see a much more grim strategic situation: The diplomatic penalty is harsh and at least I got declared by all mentioned factions even earlier. Syracuse is not as likely to declare war as the other three, but it happens too - especially if you are playing as the Barcid Dynasty. But they are not your only problem because also the Gaetuli to the southwest and the Garamantia to the southeast are always tempted to declare war on you or on your client states very soon. Rome always declared war on me within the first ~10 turns. So in Turn 0 your start looks not that bad at all but (at least in difficulties Hard and higher) you will be confronted with a multi-front war very soon: Even though you are NOT at war with Rome, this conflict is inevitably. You have two armies, one in Qart Hadasht and one in Carthago and a fleet between Sicily and Sardinia. You can click the map to go to the interactive map-planer. Your provinces are shown in white, Client States in green and opponents in red.
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Additionally you have two Client States: Nova Carthago to the west and Lybia to the east of Carthago and you are at war in Hispania with the Turdetani. However, a cultural aversion to the Hellenics means they have a difficult time currying favour with Greek factions.Īvailable in the Pirates and Raiders Culture Pack.Carthage has 4 initial provinces: Carthago (Capital of Province Africa), Lilybaeum (Settlement in Magna Greacia), Karalis (Capital of Corsica et Sardinia) and Qart Hadasht (Capital of Cartaginensis). They’re also fearsome raiders, drawing much income from the activity. Odrysia produces some of the finest bowmen in the world, and any Odrysian general would be wise to take advantage of this when considering his army composition. A united Odrysia could prove more than a match for its aggressive neighbours, and has the potential to conquer the entire region! A successful conclusion to its war with Epirus may lead Macedon to attempt the re-conquest of former territory to the north and east, so there is prudence in re-establishing old alliances with the Greek city-states to the south.
Now, recovering from a period of instability following the death of Alexander the Great, its old enemy Macedon is rising once again. Though reduced in stature, the Odrysian Kingdom has survived against the odds. However, by the beginning of the 3rd century BCE, centralised royal power hasn't overcome tribal politics completely, and the kingdom's territory has effectively shrunk to a third of its original size as separatist tribes have gradually broken away. Now that road networks and basic policies have been established, the groundwork is laid for a stable, civilised Thracian society. Greek styles also permeated the Odrysian's military culture, its traditional cavalry nobility being augmented by infantry in phalanx formation. Having allied themselves with Athens, the Odrysians spoke Greek and used it as their administrative language. Eschewing the trappings of tribalism, Teres I united many of them following the collapse of Persian ambition in Greece, forming the Odrysian state with himself as king.ĭespite the limited scope of Odrysian hegemony - the kingdom is bounded by the Black Sea and the River Danube - they are generally referred to as the 'Kings of Thrace'. The Odrysian Kingdom aspires to be something greater than a union of like-minded Thracian tribes.