Slow down everybody. I am currently trying to sort out who had what at Athens. I am told that the Spartans had 10,000 with 9,000 Carthaginians and 20,000 Romans plus 1,000 Roman cavalry. This would considerably change the battle, but I need to confirm where in the world 20,000 Romans came from. The cavalry, I'll leave in. Either way, I'll be making revisions to the Battle for Athens, for better or worse. What did you raise this to fight?
60,000 are back at Rome, make sure it is defended, also if enemy forces do break the defensives, they will retreat and burn everything along the way to make sure they cant use it.
1 mile from the blockade. Men of Carthage we show these eastren back stabers to there watery graves. We fight for our allies Sparta,Rome,Sardinia,Macedon. We fight for our freedom to live without fear of being betrayed. We fight for our freedom to exist. We offered them peace but they want only war and death. If that is what they want that is what they will get. If they want war we will give them war.
1 mile from the blockade fleet that surrounds Sparta. Markus, leader of Rome: "MEN! SOLDIERS OF ROMA, HEAR ME! WE STAND ON THE VERGE OF FREEDOM OR DEPRESSION! *he points to enemy camps near Sparta* THOSE MEN IN THOSE TENTS HAS OUR FREEDOM! WE MUST DEFEAT THEM TO WIN FREEDOM OF THE EAST! *points to blockade that surround a flat beach near sparta* OUR WARSHIPS WILL MAKE A HOLE FOR USE TO LAND AND THAN WE SHALL ENTER THE CITY OF SPARTA TO HELP OUT ALLIES! WE MUST WIN! IN YOUR BLADE IS THE FREEDOM OF ROMA, THE FREEDOM OF YOUR FAMILIES, THE FREEDOM OF YOU! WE CANT LET THE EAST HAVE ROMA! WE MUST WIN! WE ARE STRONG! WE ARE FEARLESS! WE ! ARE! ROMANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Rome's military size has increase to 70,000 men strong.
The southern and Northern armies continue to siege Sparta. The Southern army, consisting of around 35,000 men fit for combat, begins to build siege equipment, as well as types of onagers and artillery. The blockade of a hundred and fifty ships continues it's blockade, bolstered by a contingent of Scythians.
Kara, I don't think there going to listen. There just going to continue to derail the thread till they get what they want. Why don't you guys just keep a peace with the alliance, if you do, the thread will be more interesting later.