Total War Rome 2 Wrath Of Sparta
Unified under an oligarchical system of government, Korinthos has become rich from trade due to its geographical position, using the wealth to launch public construction projects on a large scale and forge colonies as far afield as Sicily. Following a period of tyranny, it allied with Sparta, fighting to repel the Persian invasions as part of the Hellenic League. Although Korinthos supported the Athenians during the Greco-Persian Wars, Athenai’s backing of the rebel colony of Korkyra in its struggle against Korinthian rule has caused hostilities to break out between the two great cities. A naval confrontation is sure to ensue, so Korinthos will need a strong fleet if it is to deny Athenian naval supremacy. Yet Korinthos’ sizeable citizen army also makes it a dangerous proposition on land, and far more than a mere foil to the expected Spartan battlefield supremacy.
Contents.Wrath Of Sparta - What is it?Set in 432 BC at the outset of the Peloponnesian War, Wrath of Sparta is an entirely new campaign expansion for Total War: ROME II, will be released on the 16th December, and is the earliest period that Total War has ever attempted.As the legendary warriors of Sparta are called into open conflict against an arrogant Athens by scheming Korinthos and Boiotia, Wrath of Sparta challenges you to dominate the Hellenic world. However, while the City States vie for control of their homelands, across the Aegean sea the vengeful Persian Empire watches its old foe closelyAcross a bespoke campaign map focussing on a highly-detailed ancient Greece, the Greek Islands and the Ionian Coast, this campaign pack features all new tech-trees, battlefield and naval units, great wonders and famous Greek heroes.
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These were the words of the Athenian general Hippocrates to his men before the Battle of Dileum against the Boiotian League. Led by the Thebans, The league was a confederation of city states on the Greek mainland north of Attica.Ironically it was the very cavalry that Hippocrates wanted to crush which brought about his defeat, in what was to be his last battle. The Theban General Pagondas had deployed his troops in an asymmetric line with heavy emphasis on his right flank where the Thebans faced off the Athenian forces. Pagondas’ hoplites were formed 25 rows deep as opposed to the usual eight. However, despite the advantage in numbers, the disciplined Athenian front line was holding.Meanwhile on Pagondas’ weaker left flank, the rest of the Boiotian allies were outmatched.
But as the battle teetered on a knife-edge, the Theban general played his ace. He sent part of his cavalry around the hill behind the Boiotian army to support his left flank. When they seemingly appeared from nowhere and charged downhill to strike the enemy, the Athenian right was shocked into disarray and swiftly routed.The Theban Hippeis had effectively won the battle. Unsurprisingly, it was Thebes which produced one of the first great Greek cavalry commanders in Pelopidas a few decades later, whose expertise inspired Phillip II and Alexander the Great himself. In the aftermath of the Graeco-Persian War at the beginning of the 5th century BC, Athens managed to further consolidate its role as a regional power and usher in the era of the Athenian Empire. A main pillar of their power was their naval supremacy which had played such a vital role for the Greek efforts against the Persian forces in the epic Battle of Salamis.The pinnacle of naval engineering at the time, the Trires were the backbone of the Athenian Navy. These fast and highly manoeuvrable galleys were propelled by three rows of oars on each side of the ship, typically manned by Athenian citizens.
The Athenians were experts at outmanoeuvring enemy ships so as to ram their sides or more vulnerable rears and used various tactics to attack their foes or defend against them.While ramming in an effort to sink ships was the preferred course of action, the oarsmen had to rely on the deck crew to defend them in case they were boarded. Disciplined armoured Marines may have slowed the ship down due the added weight, but they were a formidable defence against enemy marauders, and sometimes a last hope for survival. The Greek answer to the increasing scale and organisation of warfare throughout the 1st millenium BC was the Hoplite. Citizen warriors, they were trained at the expense of the state, though like the Republican Romans, hoplites provided and cared for their own weapons and armour. Good armour and weapons were expensive, so the majority of hoplites were drawn from the middle classes of Greek society.While styles changed over time and richer citizens had access to more decorative and protective brass armour pieces, the typical hoplite was clad in in linothorax and helmet, and carried a spear in his right hand and a hoplon shield in his left. This offered him and the man to his left protection, creating a defensive wall in the closed ranks of the phalanx.
Hoplites also carried a short sword, which might be adopted in the crush of extended melee.The finest veteran hoplites were chosen from the ranks and formed units of their own, to be deployed where they might swing the tide of battle. To be a Picked Hoplite was a great honour that came with a great responsibility: to succeed in battle where others would fail. When the Persian King of Kings Xerxes I invaded Greece, it was the Spartan King Leonides and 300 of his royal guard who led the Greek defenders against an army that vastly outnumbered them. The Greeks held off the Persian advance for three days in the pass of Thermopylae in 480 BC.
On the last day the Spartans remained alongside their Theban and Thespian brothers in arms while the rest of the Greek army retreated. They fought to the last man but were ultimately overwhelmed.
Yet soon after, Xerxes lost a vast portion of his navy in the battle of Salamis, and was forced to return home. The military significance of Thermopylae is debateable, but the moral effect to the Greek effort cannot be underestimated.The Spartans weren’t famous for their sacrifice at Thermopylae alone. They were known as fierce warriors across and beyond Hellas, and the Spartan Army was arguably the toughest and most disciplined any Greek Polis could muster at the time. At age seven, a Spartan would enter the agōgē, a mandatory education and training regimen. A large part of his education was comprised of physical and military exercise and any male who wasn't able to successfully pass through the agōgē was denied citizenship.Thus the Spartans insured that their Hoplite Phalanx was comprised of exceptional warriors, the very best of which were the Royal Spartans.