Description[]
Restoring the Republic is the second scenario of the Roman Campaign in Empire Earth: The Art of Conquest.
Briefing[]
Restoring the Republic
And so it was that after his successes against the German tribes, Marius returned to Rome and was showered with rose petals and well wishes from the citizens of Rome. In the following years Marius would rise to the Consulship again and again, but the life of a peaceful administrator did not come easily to the great battle leader, as his skills on the battlefield far outweighed his skills in politics and law giving. Marius was quickly becoming a forgotten man, while his one time lieutenant, Sulla, was proving him self to be a talented general and ambitious competitor in Roman politics. Marius then took it upon himself to travel to Asia Minor and there attempt to confront Mithridates, king of Pontus, a growing power in the region. Perhaps Gaius Marius was desperate to once again prove his worth on the battlefield, for he insulted and bullied Mithridates, who played an excellent host to the visiting Roman dignitaries, and eventually returned to Rome with nothing but loss of a prestige. Sulla, however, found incredible fame and popularity as he helped Rome put down uprisings in Italia and eventually was made a Consul and asked to lead Rome's legions against Mithridates, who was becoming more and more hostile to Rome. Although at first it seemed Marius would disappear from public service, but the Senate changed its mind and overturned Sulla's appointment and instead asked Marius to lead Rome against Mithridates.
Sulla quickly joined with his legions and found all his troops would support him if he defied Rome. Most of his troops were from the poor and slave classes, and owed whatever they had, or what they had, to their leaders success. Sulla immediately marched on Rome and took the city by surprise. Marius, the only man anyone could potentially look to for resistance to such audacity, was outlawed from Rome, and his political supporters were speedily executed and replaced with Sulla's own partisan politicians. Marius fled the city and took ship for Carthage, where he hoped to hide until he could make new plans. Many of Marius' former soldiers, veterans of the Jugurthine Wars, lived in Carthage and upon hearing of Marius's plight, took it upon themselves to aid and protect their patron and hero. Upon hearing the news of Sulla marching to Asia Minor, Marius knew the time was right to plot revenge...
- From "Chronicles of the Republic"
By Flavius Posthumous
Objectives[]
° Gather aid for Marius in Carthage.
° Marius must survive.
° Take your force southwest between the hills and destroy all Jugerthian units and buildings.
° Return to Carthage to receive the merchants' thanks.
° Bring Marius and his troops to the revealed landing area in northern Italia. Be careful to avoid landing anywhere else on mainland Italy.
° Select the treasure to claim it.
° Defeat Sulla's forces on Sicily to return the docks to their rightful owner.
° Conscript Sardinia's citizens or use them to gather resources to build up your forces further.
° Bring Marius to the Etrurian Town Center to force the Etrurian governor's submission.
° Conscript some or all of the citizens in the slave quarter and build up your own forces for an attack on Rome.
° You must capture Rome by bringing Marius next to the capitol and kill all four of Sulla's lackeys to successfully claim the Republic.
History[]
In years following his successful campaigns against the Teutons and the Cimbri, Marius won six consecutive consulships to Rome. The years of peace tested the limited administrative talents of the general and led to his eventual fall from grace. Soon, the Social War, a conflict between the disenfranchised Italian tribes and Rome over the right to citizenship in the Republic, brought a new opportunity for fame and honor for Marius. Although he commanded well on the northern front, most of the accolades went to his former lieutenant, Sulla, on the southern front. Although Rome won the Social War, they decided to grant citizenship to all Italians, thus providing a huge pool of men eligible for conscription.
Sulla's fame catapulted him to the consulship and soon he was assembling an army to face Mithridates, a king in Asia Minor whose power and influence was causing some concern in Rome. There were still powerful politics at play in Rome, however, and he quickly sought out his officers and asked if they would support his crusade against the Senate that had thwarted him. His army, almost entirely conscripted, owed everything they had, or would ever have, to him, so they immediately accepted.
Sulla's move was so quick and so shocking that little meaningful resistance was given. Rome fell to Sulla after a few hours of street fighting. Marius was not ready to retire from public service, especially while his one-time lieutenant was in dictatorial control of Rome, so he fled the city to seek allies to help him restore the Republic. Sulla seemed unaware of the threat posed by his former commander and he immediately began his campaign in Greece and Asia Minor against Mithridates.
Hints[]
~Use conscription to gain soldiers.
~Resources are at a premium. Accomplish some of the minor tasks in the mission to gain gold and other resources to help fund your conscription efforts.
~Avoid frontal attacks if possible. You will find it difficult to replace your losses.
~Sulla's senators have the capacity to recruit troops from the countryside if they successfully escape Rome when you capture it.
~When you are ready to go to Italy, be sure to land only at the landing zone Marius reveals to you. Landing anywhere else on the peninsula would lead to instant defeat and disclosure.
~Try to anticipate the escape routes of Sulla's senators to make it easier to catch them.
~The island of Sardinia is located almost on a direct line between Carthage and the revealed landing area.
~The Scorpion is a versatile siege weapon that does equal amounts of damage to units and buildings alike, but with a reduced 'splash' effect. Build this at the siege factory in Etruria to help breach Rome's defenses.
