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Vandalic War - Battle of AD Decimum (main pack)
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Vandalic War - Battle of AD Decimum (main pack)

Description

Overhaul for vanilla 'Battle of AD Decimum'

Team members:
teamleader : marcus`aurelius
advisor : yk
unit-animation editor : ○Round○
script and db editor : Felix_Mundiál
db and unit-variant editor : SIMIVS



Cerdits:
Celticus, who kindly gives us a permission to use his amazing HD models from The Last Roman HD
DETrooper, who kindly offers us his magnificent cutscene tools
Medieval Kingdoms - 1212 AD, FotE and CRoC team, who authorized the use of their amazing historical models
Lukeuedasarson, who selflessly shared historical resources and experiences in his Notitia Dignitatum[lukeuedasarson.com] website, special thanks for his reasearch[lukeuedasarson.com] about comparing the patterns of Roman central field armies.


According to Procopius's records, soldiers in Belisarius' expedition were Foederati handpicked by Emperor Justinian, and then they started their journey from Constantinople. So we believe that the African expeditionary force led by Belisarius was drawn from two central field armies (Praesentalis) which were stationing near the Capital. Therefore, we tend to surmise that the 'Foederati' mentioned by Procopius are 'Auxilii Palatini' under the command of Magister militium praesentalis I & II in Notitia Dignitatum.





"Justinian's dashing Roman boys will never reach the coast!"
So the saucy Vandals said and 'twas a handsome boast
Had they not forgot, alas! to reckon with the Host
While we were marching through Carthage...

Hurrah! Hurrah! we bring the jubilee!
Hurrah! Hurrah! the Gloria of Romani!
So we sang Barritus from Tripolis to Tingis
While we were marching through Carthage!




Yes and there were Africans who wept with joyful tears,
When they saw the Chi-Rho flag they had not seen for years;
Hardly could they be restrained from breaking forth in cheers,
While we were marching through Carthage...

Hurrah! Hurrah! we bring the jubilee!
Hurrah! Hurrah! the Gloria of Romani!
So we sang Barritus from Tripolis to Tingis
While we were marching through Carthage!

Enjoy the historical battle with the rhythm of 'Marching through Carthage' : )

30 Comments
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warlord Nov 27, 2022 @ 10:40pm 
Never mind I got it.
warlord Nov 11, 2022 @ 6:35pm 
Hey guys, I am having a issue of playing this mod and I am not entirely sure why its not working. Every time I load the game with this mod, It crash at when I am in a loading screen. I have both the model pack and main pack so does anyone have idea what is my issue?
ΡlæƱGƩЖL Feb 6, 2022 @ 7:57pm 
This mod is amazing! any plans to convert to the full roman expedition campaign?
DI_Welly May 17, 2021 @ 4:05am 
Will you do argentoratum next?
Dismounted Centigor Feb 6, 2021 @ 4:45am 
@SIMIVS

Part 2

Gelimer vs. Belisarius. I can't remember the precise details for this part. It involves a small skirmish on a hill and then Gelimer takes the hill, finds his brother's body at the pass to Carthage and weeps. Gelimer surmises that Belisarius' troops were now between him and Carthage, given the number of Vandal dead to his north. Meanwhile, Belisarius quickly debriefs the troops that were routed off the hill and then commits about 15000 infantry against 10000 of Gelimer's infantry who were out of position, not expecting to be attacked from behind. An easy win and that's Ad Decimum
Dismounted Centigor Feb 6, 2021 @ 4:45am 
@SIMIVS

Part 1

I think I would have made John vs. Ammatas more about John rolling up the column arriving from Carthage. So that engagement was basically defined by a small number of highly elite archer-lancers managing to catch the Vandal army off guard and then getting local superiority. It's really a Total War ambush type scenario, except the cavalry start at one end of the engagement. The way I see it working is probably 5 units under John, all horse archers with really excellent melee stats and armour stats, against 15-20 spread out Vandal units. The aim is to basically crush the head of the column and then move onto the next unit, always using your speed and charges to overwhelm individual units before they can coordinate against you.

Historically, John's troops left the battlefield and didn't return to help Belisarius so these are two separate battles.
Dismounted Centigor Feb 6, 2021 @ 4:44am 
@SIMIVS Given the lack of detail and restrictions you mentioned, I would simply ignore the Huns vs. Gibamund. It happened a few kilometres away somewhere on the salt flats probably and the Huns wiped Gibamund and then didn't return to the main conflict.

Just for context, I wrote the script for the Justinian's Reconquest series by Kings & Generals, but it was a few years ago so I'm a tiny bit hazy on this.

I would consider actually having two battles to represent Ad Decimum.


SIMIVS  [author] Jan 31, 2021 @ 7:14pm 
@Simply Shifty Yes, according to Procopius' records, the battle should be divided into 3 steps at least : 1. Hunnic foederati versus Gibamundus' troop; 2. John's bucellarii versus Ammatas' troop; 3. Finally Belisarius's army met Gelimer's main force. However, due to the regional restrictions before the battle, the distance between the troops will not be too far, so even if the battlefield is divided into three parts, the 3-steps-battle cannot be restored. Do you have any ideas ?
Dismounted Centigor Jan 30, 2021 @ 11:21am 
I'm not gonna lie, I had a fun time, but this wasn't how Procopius recorded the battle of Ad Decimum...
Skillfultree Apr 29, 2020 @ 5:11am 
You guys should cover the rest of the historical battles. This is amazing.