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The Servile Wars of Rome The three Servile Wars are covered by this campaign setting The First Servile War of 135–132 BC was an unsuccessful rebellion of slaves against the Roman Republic. The war was prompted by slave revolts in Enna on the island of Sicily. It was led by Eunus, a former slave claiming to be a prophet, and Cleon, a Cilician who became Eunus's military commander. After some minor battles won by the slaves, a larger Roman army arrived in Sicily and defeated the rebels. The Second Servile War was an unsuccessful slave uprising against the Roman Republic on the island of Sicily. The war lasted from 104 BC until 100 BC. The Consul Gaius Marius was recruiting for his eventually successful war against the Cimbri in Cisalpine Gaul. He requested support from King Nicomedes III of Bithynia near the Roman province of Asia. Additional troops from Rome's Italian Allies were not supplied due to the claim that contracted Roman tax collectors had enslaved Italians unable to pay their debts. Marius decreed that any allied, friendly Italian should be released if they were in Roman slavery. Around 800 Italian slaves were released from Sicily, frustrating many non-Italians who thought they would be released as well, and many of these abandoned their masters, incorrectly believing themselves to have been freed. A rebellion broke out when they were ordered back to servitude by the Governor. A slave by the name of Salvius was following in the footsteps of Eunus, fighting for his rights and elected leader of this rebellion. He assumed the name Tryphon, from Diodotus Tryphon, a Seleucid ruler. The Third Servile War, also called the Gladiator War and the War of Spartacus by Plutarch, was the last of a series of unrelated and unsuccessful slave rebellions against the Roman Republic. The Third Servile War, the only one of these slave revolts to directly threaten the Roman heartland of Italy, especially alarmed the Roman people due to the repeated successes of the rapidly growing band of escaped former slaves against Roman armies between 73 and 71 BC. The concentrated military effort of a single commander, Marcus Licinius Crassus, finally crushed the rebellion. Between 73 and 71 BC, a band of escaped slaves—originally a small cadre of Thracian, Gallic and Germanic escaped gladiators, which grew into a band of over 120,000 men, women and children—wandered throughout and raided Italy with relative impunity under the guidance of several leaders, including the famous gladiator-general Spartacus. The able-bodied adults of this band proved a surprisingly effective armed force that repeatedly showed that it could withstand the Roman military. The slaves as an attempt by Roman slaves to escape their masters and to flee through Cisalpine Gaul, while Appian and Florus depicted the revolt as a civil war in which the slaves waged a campaign to capture the city of Rome itself. Eunus The Servile Wars of Rome The Roman Servile Wars Third Servile War Open Open Normal Normal Normal Normal Open Open Normal Normal Very Dense Very Dense Normal Open Open Open Normal Normal Dense Very Dense Dense Normal Open Open Open Open Open Normal Dense Very Dense Dense Normal Normal Normal Normal Very Dense Open Open Secure Flank colour code Open Mountains Normal Open Open Normal Dense Open Open Normal Normal Open Open Open Woods or Rough Ground Open River Open Normal Normal Open Normal Open Open The PBS phase differs from the main rules in the following way. The defending player can start in any square of the map. The shaded squares relate to the secure flank options. No Secure Flank The Servile Wars of Rome Pre Battle Map First and Second Servile War Open Normal Normal Dense Normal VeryDense Open Open Open Normal Dense Open Normal Normal Open Secure Flank colour code Mountains Woods or Rough Ground River Open Normal VeryDense Normal Normal Open No Secure Flank Open Open Open The PBS phase differs from the main rules in the following way. The defending player can start in any square of the map. The shaded squares relate to the secure flank options. Movement on the map as per the normal rules, but is constrains by the defined areas. The Servile Wars of Rome Pre Battle Map Army Commander 1 Eunus – “King Antiochus” - Instinctive Competent or Talented Sub-Generals 1 Cleon - Instinctive Competent or Talented SUB Generals 1-2 Name Type Anitiochus’ Syrian bodyguards Infantry Axemen Kilikian and Syrian Ex Slaves Dates TERRAIN Camp Instinctive Mediocre or Competent Training & Quality Shooting Protection Trial Loose Superior - Infantry Trial Loose Average Infantry Trial Loose Average Formation WEAPONRY 135B.C to 132B.C Special Map Unfortified :Poor or Average Characteristics Min Max Bases Bases UG Size MELEE SHOOTING Mandatory Optional Protected - - Fanatic - 0 6 4,6 - Protected Devastating Chargers - ,Melee Expert - 0 6 4,6 - Unprotected - - Short Spear - 24 72 6-8 8,9,1 0 8,9,1 0 Free fighting men Infantry Tribal Loose Poor - Unprotected Devastating Chargers - - - 32 48 Women,children and old men Infantry Tribal Loose Poor - Unprotected - - Combat Shy - 16 24 Bandits Infantry Tribal Loose Average - Protected - - Short Spear - 0 18 6,8 Shepherds and Herdsmen Infantry Skirmisher Poor Experienced Unprotected - Sling Combat Shy - 0 18 6,9 Skirmishing Javelinmen Infantry Skirmisher Average Experienced Unprotected - Javelin - Combar Shy 0 18 6,8,9 Notes After the Carthaginian collapse Sicily enjoyed sixty years of good fortune in all respects. The 1st Servile uprising started with the following reason. The Sicilians, having shot up in prosperity and acquired great wealth, began to purchase a vast number of slaves, to whose bodies, as they were brought in droves from the slave markets, they at once applied marks and brands. A slave revolt started in 135 B.C. The leader of this revolt was a freeborn slave named Eunus, who adopted a name familiar from the region of his birth -- Syria. Styling himself "King Antiochus." He was an Apamean by birth and had an aptitude for magic and the working of wonders. He claimed to foretell the future, by divine command, through dreams, and because of his talent along these lines deceived many. Going on from there he not only gave oracles by means of dreams, but even made a pretence of having waking visions of the gods and of hearing the future from their own lips. He led the slaves of the eastern section of Sicily. His followers wielded farm implements until they could capture decent Roman weapons. At the same time, in the western part of Sicily, a slave manager or vilicus named Cleon, also credited with religious and mystical powers, gathered slave troops under him. It was only when a slow-moving Roman senate dispatched the Roman army, that it was able to end the long slave war. The Roman consul who succeeded against the slaves was Publius Rupilius. The Slave Army of Eunus has the following special Rules Ex Slaves. Of the total number of Free fighting men cannot outnumber the women and children by more than a ratio of 2:1 Hillside fortress Can deploy 1 additional hill in your deployment zone for each 20% advantage you volunteer to your opponent during the outscouting phase. These can neither be moved nor removed during the placement mechanism, but they are deployed last. The Servile Wars of Rome Slave Army of The First Servile War Army Commander Sub-Generals 1 Dates Salvius – “Tryphon” or Athenion - Instinctive Talented 2-3 TERRAIN Instinctive Mediocre or Competent Camp Name Type Training & Formation Quality Shooting Protection WEAPONRY 103B.C to 99B.C Special Map Unfortified :Poor or Average Characteristics MELEE SHOOTING Mandatory Min Max Optional Bases Bases UG Size Cavalry Cavalry Formed Loose Average - Protected Short Spear - Melee Expert - 0 8 4 Slaves equipped with Roman arms Infantry Tribal Close Average - Protected - - Impact Weapon - 16 32 6-8 Free fighting men Infantry Tribal Loose Poor - Unprotected Devastating Chargers - - - 32 90 8,9,10 Women,children and old men Infantry Tribal Loose Poor - Unprotected - - Combat Shy - 16 24 8,9,10 Bandits Infantry Tribal Loose Average - Protected - - Short Spear - 6 18 6,8 Shepherds and Herdsmen Infantry Skirmisher Poor Experienced Unprotected - Sling Combat Shy - 0 18 6,9 Skirmisher Skirmisher Average Experienced Unprotected - Javelin Combat Shy - 0 6 4,6 Skirmishing horse Notes The Second Servile War was an unsuccessful slave uprising against the Roman Republic on the island of Sicily. The war lasted from 104 BC until 100 BC. Around 800 Italian slaves were released from Sicily, frustrating many non-Italians who thought they would be released as well, and many of these abandoned their masters, incorrectly believing themselves to have been freed. A rebellion broke out when they were ordered back to servitude by the Governor. A slave by the name of Salvius was following in the footsteps of Eunus, fighting for his rights and elected leader of this rebellion. He assumed the name Tryphon, from Diodotus Tryphon, a Seleucid ruler. He amassed an army containing thousands of trained and equipped slaves, including 2,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry, and was joined by a Cilician named Athenion and his men from the west of Sicily. The Roman consul Manius Aquillius quelled the revolt only after great effort. The Slave Army of Salvius has the following special Rules Ex Slaves. Of the total number of Free fighting men cannot outnumber the women and children by more than a ratio of 2:1 Hillside fortress Can deploy 1 additional hill in your deployment zone for each 20% advantage you volunteer to your opponent during the outscouting phase. These can neither be moved nor removed during the placement mechanism, but they are deployed last. The Servile Wars of Rome Slave Army of The Second Servile War Army Commander Sub-Generals Name Ex-gladiators 1 Dates Crixus- Instinctive Legendary or Spartacus - Instinctive Legendary TERRAIN 0-1 Crixus Instinctive Talented (only if Spartacus C-C) 1-3 Instinctive Mediocre (Oenomaus, Gannicus ) or Talented (Castus) Type Infantry Training & Formation Trial Loose Quality Shooting Protection Superior - Camp WEAPONRY 73B.C to 71B.C Special Map Unfortified :Poor or Average Characteristics Min Max Bases Bases UG Size MELEE SHOOTING Mandatory Opt. Protected - - Melee Expert, Fanatic - 0 8 4 - - - 27 120 8,9,10 Free fighting men Infantry Tribal Loose Poor - Unprotected Devastating Chargers Women,children and old men Infantry Tribal Loose Poor - Unprotected - - Combat Shy - 16 24 8,9,10 Shepards and Herdsmen Infantry Skirmisher Poor Experienced Unprotected - Sling Combat Shy - 0 18 6,9 Free fighting men armed in the Roman style Infantry Tribal Close Average - Protected Impact Weapon - Impact Weapon - 16 32 6-8 Thracian Guards Cavalry Formed Loose Average - Protected Short Spear - Melee Expert, Fanatic - 0 4 4 Infantry Tribal Loose Average - Protected - - Devastating Chargers - 16 24 6-8 If C-C Spartacus If C-C Spartacus German and Gallic contigent Notes At the start of 72 BC, the formidable slave army of Spartacus split into two forces. His part began the long march north to cross the Alps into freedom. Crixus, the commander of the second part of the army, failed to realise that the small victories they enjoyed were against under prepared and disinterested opponents. He stayed in southern Italy looting and pillaging. After Spartacus and Crixus defeated the hastily recruited forces in 73 BC, the Senate reacted with a bit more enthusiasm. Two Consular armies were dispatched to deal with what was becoming a real threat. One force, under either the Consul Gellius or Q. Arrius met up with Crixus at Mt. Garganus. With 3,000 Germans and Gauls split from the main force of Spartacus, Crixus and his small army were destroyed. Spartacus meanwhile was moving north, with the intention of crossing the Alps into non-Roman territory. One Consul, Gneaus Cornelius Lentulus barred the gladiator's path while Gellius pursued. Hoping to crush Spartacus between them. Spartacus had little choice but to march right into Lentulus, and did so with spectacular results. First Spartacus defeated Lentulus, then turned and did the same to Gellius in turn. Continuing north, the slave army then met with the Proconsular governor of Cisalpine Gaul, Cassius Longinus. Once again Spartacus and his misfit army turned out the victor. The Servile Wars of Rome Slave Army of The Third Servile War Spartacus next looked south. Rome itself may have been the target, but a rendezvous with Cilician pirates seems a more likely course. If they would not cross the Alps, his army may have been willing to cross to Sicily or even Africa. The army, now 120,000 men, moved south. In the mountains near Thurii, they set up camp. Equipping themselves into an appropriate military force, the slave army had grown from a minor nuisance to a formidable power. The Senate looked to an experienced commander to deal with the threat. The current Consular commanders were withdrawn and the Propraetor Marcus Licinius Crassus was appointed to the special command. Crassus too command with 6 new legions and the four remaining veteran legions, making it quite apparent that Spartacus was considered a serious threat. The Slave Army of Spartacus has the following special Rules Apennine backdrop During the PBS phase, if the army is defending, the ‘Apennine backdrop’ may be selected instead of a river. It must be modelled as a suitably imposing mountain range. It obeys all the rules as if it were a river If C-C Spartacus - Night Attack If invading Spartacus gets a 40% bonus in the outscouting phase If C-C Crixus - Carnage at Garganus If invading Crixus’ troops can ignore any uphill benefit their opponents have. This only applies while Crixus is on the table. The Servile Wars of Rome Notes For the 1st and 2nd Servile War use the Mid-Republican Roman List from the Main army lists. For the 3rd Servile War use the Late Republican list. For this campaign the Roman lists use the following rules Homeland Muster Only Roman units , and no allies or foreign troops, may be used in this army. Second rate Troops No units in this army can be superior unless specifically specified. They are only Slaves The camp may not be fortified Garrison troops At least 25% of the TuGs must be rated Poor Militia Force At least 50% of the TuGs must be rated Poor Poor Leadership The C-C of this army can only be rated Mediocre Seasoned Tactician The C-C of this army must be rated at least Talented. Hillside fortress Can deploy 1 additional hill in your deployment zone for each 20% advantage you volunteer to your opponent during the outscouting phase. These can neither be moved nor removed during the placement mechanism, but they are deployed last. The Servile Wars of Rome The Romans of the Servile Wars Army Aspects Homeland Muster Army of Publius Licinius Nerva 135BC-132BC 2nd Rate troops They are only Slaves Militia Force Army Aspects Homeland Muster Army of Lucius Licinius Lucullus 135BC-132BC 2nd Rate troops They are only Slaves Garrison troops Army of Lucius Gaius Servilius 135BC-132BC Army Aspects Homeland Muster 2nd Rate troops Garrison troops 2nd Servile Wars Army Aspects Homeland Muster Army of Lucius Calpurnius Piso 103BC-99BC 2nd Rate troops They are only Slaves Militia Force Army Aspects Homeland Muster Army of Lucius Publius Rupilius 103BC-99BC 2nd Rate troops They are only Slaves Garrison troops Army of Scipio Aemilianus 103BC-99BC Army Aspects Homeland Muster 2nd Rate troops Garrison troops The Servile Wars of Rome 1st Servile War Army Aspects Homeland Muster Army of Clodius Glaber & Publius Varinius 74BC-71BC 2nd Rate troops They are only Slaves Militia Force Poor leadership Army of Gaius Thoranius 74BC-71BC Army Aspects Homeland Muster 2nd Rate troops Garrison troops Army Aspects Homeland Muster Army of Quintus Arrius 74BC-71BC 2nd Rate troops, Garrison troops Hillside Fortress Army Aspects Army of Lucius Gellius and Gnaeus Lentulus 74BC-71BC Homeland Muster 2nd Rate troops Garrison troops Army Aspects Homeland Muster Army of Caius Cassius 74BC-71BC 2nd Rate troops Garrison troops Poor leadership Army of Crassus 74BC-71BC Army Aspects Homeland Muster Garrison troops Seasoned Tactician The Servile Wars of Rome 3rd Servile Wars
