User blog:Guitarcar/Boudica vs Hannibal

Scourge of Rome: Hannibal Barca vs Boudica
'''Neon: The final "normal" battle for the season is here. It was supposed to be Miyo vs Edward but ring ring, Pygmy called and he wants his battle back in exchange for another melee battle I'd gladly do.'''

'''Recon: Now the battle would be between the 2 commanders Rome hated to the very core. Happens with'''

x 100 infantry

x20 cavalry

x40 archers/long range troops

Neon: The queen of the Celtic tribes who rebelled Rome and put the supposed powerful Romans into worry in Brittania. The most hated woman on Rome, Boudica!!!!

Much is not known of her background except that she was born with royal blood and was exceptionally intelligent. In the year 60, Boudica staged her first revolt with the help of her dead husband's people, the Iceni, and other tribesmen.

They raided colonies and settlements, wreaking havoc and inspiring fear into the hearts of Roman citizens and soldiers. Roman governor Suetonis feared the raging tribal warriors and abandoned Londinium, a major colony which is home to the future London.

However, Suetonis helped defend the remaining Roman provinces by gathering whatever force he had and routed Boudica and her troops. The queen did not want to succumb to defeat and humiliation, so she killed herself.

Ending the powerful Queen's wrath against what is arguably the most powerful nation on earth.

VS

Recon: He stormed his army of Carthaginians on a rampage to Rome defeating legions left and right and even stormed in the Italian peninsula with a small fraction of men. Rome's most hated man, Its Hannibal at the gates!!



Hannibal was born in Carthage in 247 BC. He was the son of Hamilcar Barca, who was a military commander during the First Punic War. Hannibal grew up during a time when there was much tension in the Mediterranean Basin. The Roman Republic was growing in influence and power, and it was looking to establish control over the territories of its rival nations.

These tensions reached a breaking point in 218 BC, and the Second Punic War began. Hannibal, who had been made commander-in-chief of the army, decided to preemptively attack the Romans in their own territory. He preformed the spectacular feat of crossing the Alps into Italy with his entire army, and won several decisive victories over the Roman armies in the years that followed. He occupied Italy for over a decade, but he did not have the resources to siege Rome itself. A counterattack on Carthaginian territory back in Africa forced him to withdraw entirely.

Hannibal sought asylum from Rome's many rival kingdoms, who he served as a military adviser. However, they each were either defeated by Rome or tried to turn Hannibal over to the Romans, and he was forced to flee each time. In 183 BC, he decided that he was tired of running from the unrelenting, vengeance-seeking Romans, and he committed suicide by poisoning himself.

Ending the man that shook Rome itself to the very Italic peninsula it resided its capital on.

Hannibal's weapons

Sidearm:

A sharp one edged blade heavily influenced by Greek swords. Used as a back up when the pikes break.

Main:

A long Macedonian pike around an outstanding 20 Feet in length. Used in phalanx/pike formations often.

Long range:

A throwing spear about 5 feet in length. Thrown when the enemy is far or when an enemy's flanks are exposed.

To be continued