Battlefield ancient Scenarios

 

    These battle scenarios are widely documented in most Wargames Scenario booklets, Historical reference books and First hand accounts.  Therefore,  most of the work here is not original and I do not claim authorship to any of it!

    The number before a units Grade, ## is the number of bases of that type present.  If scenario deployments and unit strengths are available, use them!

 

1. Marathon (489 BC) -- Athenian vs. Persian  1:500 Scale.

Athenians; 

21 Regular Armoured Hoplite Spearmen + 1 General Callimachus.

Persians;  

6 Conscript Spearmen, 

8 Regular Asiatic Foot + Commander Datis.

14 Conscript Asiatic Foot, 

5 Regular Heavy cavalry + General Artaphernes.

6 Conscript Heavy cavalry.

Click here for a map of the Battle Marathon

 

2. Plataea (479 BC) -- Greek vs. Persian  1:2500 Scale.

Greeks;  

7 Guard Spartan Armoured Hoplite Spearmen + General Pausanias.

12 Regular Armoured Hoplite Spearmen.

Persians; 

2 Regular Spearmen, 

12 Conscript spearmen, 

2 Regular Asiatic Foot, 

6 Conscript Asiatic Foot, 

2 Conscript skirmish infantry, 

3 Guard Heavy cavalry + 1 General Mardonias.

2 Regular Heavy cavalry, 

6 Conscript Heavy cavalry, 

6 Conscript Light cavalry.

 

3. Delium (424BC) – Theban vs. Athenian

4. Mantinea (418BC) – Spartan vs. Argive

5. Gela (405 BC) -- Carthaginian vs. Syracusan

6. Cunaxa (401 BC) -- Persian vs. Persian

7. Nemea (394 BC) -- Theban Alliance vs. Spartan

8. Coronea (394 BC) -- Theban Alliance vs. Spartan

9. Allia (386BC) – Republican Roman vs. Gallic

10. Leuctra (371 BC) -- Theban vs. Spartan

11. Mantinea (362BC) – Theban vs. Greek allies.

12. Crimisus (341BC) – Carthaginian vs. Syracusan.

13. Chaeronea (338 BC) -- Macedonian vs. Greeks

14. Lyginus (335BC) – Macedonian vs. Danubian

15. Pelium (335BC) – Macedonian vs. Danubian

16. Granicus (334 BC) -- Persian vs. Macedonian

17. Issus (333BC) – Persian vs. Macedonian

18. Arbela (331BC) – Persian vs. Macedonian

19. River Jaxartes (330BC) – Macedonian vs. Skythian

20. Samakand (329/328) – Macedonian vs. Persian

21. Arigaeum (337BC) – Macedonian vs. Indian

22. Hydaspes (326BC) -- Macedonian vs. Indian

23. Claudine Folks (321BC0 – Roman vs. Samnite

24. Paraitakene (317BC) – Eumenes vs. Antigonus

25. Gabiene (315 BC) -- Antigonid vs. Eumenid

26. Lautulae (315BC) – Roman vs. Samnite

27. Tarracina (314bc) – Roman vs. Samnite

28. Gaz (312 BC) -- Antigonid vs. Ptolemaic

29. Tunis (310BC) – Carthaginian vs. Syracusan

30. Lake Vadimo (310BC) – Etruscan vs. Romans (Rullianus)

31. Ipsus (301BC) –Antigonus vs Seleucid & Lysimachic

 

32. Sentinum (295BC) – Roman vs. Gallic & Samnite.  1:2500

Romans; 

3 Regular Armoured Swordsmen (Princeps),

3 Regular Swordsmen (Hastati),

3 Regular Armoured Spearmen (Triarii), 

3 Regular Skirmish infantry (Velites), 

6 Conscript Levy Skirmish infantry Javelins (Italian)

3 Veteran Equites Heavy cavalry + commander Decius.

9 Regular Italian Heavy cavalry, General Fabius.

Allies; 

6 Guard Gallic infantry, 

9 Regular Peltasts (Samnites), 

6 Regular Armoured Heavy cavalry (Samnites), 

2 Guard Gallic Light chariots with Light support Skirmishers + 1 General Gellius.

 

33. Aquilonia (293BC) – Roman vs. Samnite

34. Lake Vadimo (283BC) – Roman vs. Gallic (Boii)

35. Heraclea (280 BC) -- Pyrrhic vs. Roman

36. Asculum (279 BC) -- Pyrrhic vs. Roman

37. Beneventum (275 BC) -- Pyrrhic vs. Roman

38. Bagradas (255BC) – Carthaginian vs. Roman

39. Telemon (225 BC) -- Roman vs. Gallic

40. Sellasia (222BC) – Macedonian vs. Spartan

41. Ticinus (218BC) – Carthaginian vs. Roman

42. Trebbia (218 BC) -- Carthaginian vs. Roman

43. Raphia (217 BC) -- Seleucid vs. Ptolemaic

44. Lake Trasimene (217 BC) -- Carthaginian vs. Roman

45. Cannae (216 BC) -- Carthaginian vs. Roman

46. Iberia (215BC) – Carthaginian vs. Roman

47. Beneventum (214 BC) -- Carthaginian vs. Roman

48. Herdonea (210 BC) -- Carthaginian vs. Roman

49. Numistro (210 BC) -- Carthaginian vs. Roman

50. Metaurus (208 BC) -- Carthaginian vs. Roman

51. Ilpa (206 BC) -- Carthaginian vs. Roman

52. Great Plains (203BC) – Carthaginian vs. Roman

53. Zama (202 BC) -- Carthaginian vs. Roman

54. Cynocephalae (197 BC) -- Macedonian vs. Roman

55. Magnesia (190 BC) -- Rome vs. Seleucid

56. Cypsela (188 BC) -- Rome vs. Thracian

57. Pydna (168BC) – Macedonian vs. Roman

58. Tribola (147 BC) -- Rome vs. Ancient Spanish (Lusitani)

59. Vercellae (101BC) – Roman vs. Cimbri

60. Chaeronea (86BC) – Roman vs. Pontic

61. Tigranocerta (69 BC) -- Roman vs. Armenian

62. Vosges (59 BC) -- Roman vs. Gallic/German

63. Bibracte (58BC) – Roman vs. Helvetii

64. Sambre (57 BC) -- Roman vs. Gallic

65. Carrhae (57 BC) -- Roman vs. Parthian

66. Rhine (55BC) – Roman vs German/Gallic

67. Dyrrachium (48BC) – Caesar vs. Pompeian

68. Pharsalus (48 BC) -- Caesar vs. Pompeian

69. Ruspina (46 BC) -- Roman vs. Numidian

70. Thapsus (46BC) – Caesar vs. Pompeian

71. Munda (45BC) Caesar vs. Pompeian

72. Philipi (42BC) Triumvir vs. Republican Rome

73. Teutoberger Wald (9 AD) -- Roman vs. German

74. Watling Street (61 AD) -- Roman vs. Ancient British

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