The Servile Wars of Rome of Wars Servile The The Servile Wars of Rome of Wars Servile The The Roman Servile Wars 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. Eunus 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. The Servile Wars of Rome of Wars Servile The Pre Battle Map Third Servile War Open Open Normal Normal Normal Normal Open Open Normal Normal Very Very Normal Open Open Dense Dense Secure Flank Very Open Normal Normal Dense Dense Normal Open Open Open colour code Dense Open Open Normal Dense Very Dense Normal Normal Normal Open Dense Mountains Open Open Normal Very Normal Open Open Open Dense Woods or Rough Open Normal Dense Open Ground Open Normal Normal Open Open River Open Normal Normal Open No Secure Open Normal Open Flank 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. The Servile Wars of Rome of Wars Servile The Pre Battle Map First and Second Servile War Open Open Open Secure Flank colour code Mountains Open Normal Normal Normal Dense Open Woods or Rough Normal Dense Very Dense Normal Normal Open Ground River Open Normal Very Dense 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 of Wars Servile The Slave Army of The First Servile War Army Commander 1 Eunus – “King Antiochus” - Instinctive Competent or Talented Dates 135B.C to 132B.C Sub-Generals 1 Cleon - Instinctive Competent or Talented TERRAIN Special Map SUB Generals 1-2 Instinctive Mediocre or Competent Camp Unfortified :Poor or Average Training & WEAPONRY Characteristics Min Max UG Name Type Quality Shooting Protection Formation MELEE SHOOTING Mandatory Optional Bases Bases Size Anitiochus’ Syrian bodyguards Infantry Trial Loose Superior - Protected - - Fanatic - 0 6 4,6 Axemen Infantry Trial Loose Average - Protected Devastating Chargers - ,Melee Expert - 0 6 4,6 Kilikian and Syrian Ex Slaves Infantry Trial Loose Average - Unprotected - - Short Spear - 24 72 6-8 8,9,1 Free fighting men Infantry Tribal Loose Poor - Unprotected Devastating Chargers - - - 32 48 0 8,9,1 Women,children and old men Infantry Tribal Loose Poor - Unprotected - - Combat Shy - 16 24 0 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 of Wars Servile The Slave Army of The Second Servile War Army Commander 1 Salvius – “Tryphon” or Athenion - Instinctive Talented Dates 103B.C to 99B.C Sub-Generals 2-3 Instinctive Mediocre or Competent TERRAIN Special Map Camp Unfortified :Poor or Average Training & WEAPONRY Characteristics Min Max Name Type Quality Shooting Protection UG Size Formation MELEE SHOOTING Mandatory Optional Bases Bases 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 Skirmishing horse Skirmisher Skirmisher Average Experienced Unprotected - Javelin Combat Shy - 0 6 4,6 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.