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Introduction to the Hurlbat Publishing Edition

Welcome to the Hurlbat Publishing edition of Micro Warfare Series: Micro Ancient Expansion II Classical Era
An expansion to the popular Micro Ancient game, this title introduces four additional belligerents to enhance play: Indian, Macedonian,
Persian and Seleucid. The section for each army includes counters for use in the game; applicable rule amendments as well as some brief
information about the country at the time (source: Wikipedia)
PLEASE NOTE: You must have a copy of Micro Warfare: Micro Ancients to make use of this title.
The Micro Warfare series was originally published by Tabletop Games in the 1970s with this title being published in 1976. Each game in
the series aims to recreate the feel of tabletop wargaming with large numbers of miniatures but using printed counters and terrain so
that games can be played in a small space and are very cost-effective.
In these new editions we have kept the rules and most of the illustrations unchanged but have modernised the layout and counter
designs to refresh the game. Please look out for more games and expansions from this series being released over the next few months:
Product
Ancients Expansion I
Ancients Expansion II
Ancients Expansion III
Ancients Expansion IV
Ancients Expansion V

Subject
Chariot Era & Far East
Classical Era
Enemies of Rome
Fall of Rome
The Dark Ages

Additional Armies
Assyrian; Chinese; Egyptian
Indian; Macedonian; Persian; Seleucid
Britons; Gallic; Goth
Byzantine; Hun; Late Roman; Sassanid
Norman; Saxon; Viking

Happy gaming!
Kris & Dave
Hurlbat
February 2013

Copyright 2013 Hurlbat

Edited by Kris Whitmore and Dave Polhill

Contents:
Amendments to basic rules
India
Macedonia
Persia
Seleucid

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Amendments to basic rules

Chariots
Bow armed chariot units may only engage targets at short range, i.e. 75mm or less. Chariots
are classed as an Open Order target for missiles.

40mm

Infantry

Infantry
80mm

Chariot units may charge across the front of enemy units engaging them with missile fire. This
is achieved by the unit charging towards the enemy then turning 90, which costs 20mm of
movement, just before contact is made, and continuing the charge along the enemys front.
Chariots moving this way may not be engaged in melee by infantry units.

Example of a passing melee:

Chariot Melees
Add the following factors to the melee table on the combat charts:
Present fighting Cavalry
factor
301+
66
151 300
46
Less than 151
18
*Normal melee / passing melee

Infantry

Elephant

Chariots

78 / 32*
58 / 25*
32 / 15*

30
20
12

78
58
32

After the first round of normal melee, chariots will unform the unit they are attacking. This
does not apply if the melee is a passing melee, where the defending infantry unit uses the
following Anti-Chariot tactic.
Anti-Chariot tactics
M1 and M2 class units may open ranks to allow the attacking chariot unit to pass through, only
if the chariot unit mas moved at least 25mm into contact. This tactic must be declared
immediately the chariot charge is stated. If the infantry unit opens its ranks, the chariots must
attempt to make a full charge move, a passing melee is fought as the chariots pass through the
infantry unit. The infantry unit will count only half its present fighting factor in a passing melee
calculation, and will be considered as being unformed during that move, but not in the
following move.
M3 units must, and M1 / M2 units may choose to meet chariots as in a normal melee.

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Chariot unit declares

charge. Infantry unit
declares anti-chariot
tactic.

Position of chariot
unit at the end of the
move after fighting a
passing melee with
infantry.

Bow armed cavalry

These bow armed cavalry units may always choose to evade an attacker. If they do become
involved in a melee they will count as sword armed only unless equipped with another
weapon. They may only engage an enemy unit at short range, i.e. 75mm or less.
Two handed cutting weapons (2HCW)
Add the following factors to the two handed cutting weapon section on the melee table on the
combat charts:
Present fighting Cavalry
Infantry
Elephant
Chariots
factor
801+
65
90
60
65
601 800
60
80
50
55
401 600
50
60
30
35
201 400
30
55
20
25
Less than 201
20
40
15
20
Note: Certain units such as the Viking Berserks have been classed as armed with 2HCW for
factor purposes and is not necessarily historically accurate.

Kontos armed cavalry

These will lose their kontos weapon after the contact round. Once the kontos has been lost
the cavalry will count as being sword armed only.
Pike armed infantry
Add the factors below to the melee table on the combat charts:
Present fighting Cavalry
Infantry
Elephant
Chariots
factor
1001+
120
125
115
125
801 1000
100
105
95
105
601 800
80
85
75
85
401 600
60
65
55
65
201 400
40
45
35
45
Less than 201
20
25
18
25
Pikes hit in the flank are not only unformed, but only half their present fighting factor may
fight to the front instead of the usual full factor. The usual quarter of the present fighting
factor may still fight to the engaged flank.
Crossbows
For purposes of the missile table class crossbows as Bow fire at under 75mm range but at all
ranges. Crossbow armed units may only fire at the end of the fire move due to the lengthy
loading time.
Maximum range will be 200mm.
Add 10 factors when crossbows are engaging armoured cavalry targets.
Halberds
Class these weapons as Pikes but deduct 20 factors when engaged by military units.
Rockets
Class as artillery (War engines) with a maximum range of 500mm.
A unit taking casualties from rocket fire will immediately take a morale test as will all mounted
units along the line of flight of the rockets.
Units taking casualties will be classed as under missile fire and unformed during that move.
Units along the line of flight will be classed as unformed for that move.
Poleaxe and mace armed units
Class these weapons as 2HCWs.

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Multi-weaponed units
Units armed with more than one stated weapon may choose which weapon they will use prior
to engaging in melee. If the unit changes weapons during that melee then it will have a -10
factor in that melee round.
Seleucid elephant units
These counters represent the basic elephant unit and also its escorting light infantry. The
combined units are armed with javelin and slings, and when using missile fire halve the units
present fighting factor for each type of weapon. When engaged in a melee use the units full
present fighting factor.

Indian
During the period 2000500 BCE, many regions of the subcontinent transitioned from the
Chalcolithic to the Iron Age. The Vedas, the oldest scriptures of Hinduism, were composed
during this period, and historians have analysed these to posit a Vedic culture in the Punjab
region and the upper Gangetic Plain. Most historians also consider this period to have
encompassed several waves of Indo-Aryan migration into the subcontinent from the northwest. The caste system, which created a hierarchy of priests, warriors, and free peasants, but
which excluded indigenous peoples by labelling their occupations impure, arose during this
period. On the Deccan Plateau, archaeological evidence from this period suggests the
existence of a chiefdom stage of political organisation. In southern India, a progression to
sedentary life is indicated by the large number of megalithic monuments dating from this
period, as well as by nearby traces of agriculture, irrigation tanks, and craft traditions.

literature flowered as well, and Indian science, astronomy, medicine, and mathematics made
significant advances.

Elephants

Light Cavalry

CA Cavalry

CO Cavalry
O Infantry

In the late Vedic period, around the 5th century BCE, the small chiefdoms of the Ganges Plain
and the north-western regions had consolidated into 16 major oligarchies and monarchies that
were known as the mahajanapadas. The emerging urbanisation and the orthodoxies of this age
also created the religious reform movements of Buddhism and Jainism, both of which became
independent religions. Buddhism, based on the teachings of Gautama Buddha attracted
followers from all social classes excepting the middle class; chronicling the life of the Buddha
was central to the beginnings of recorded history in India. Jainism came into prominence
around the same time during the life of its exemplar, Mahavira. In an age of increasing urban
wealth, both religions held up renunciation as an ideal, and both established long-lasting
monasteries. Politically, by the 3rd century BCE, the kingdom of Magadha had annexed or
reduced other states to emerge as the Mauryan Empire. The empire was once thought to have
controlled most of the subcontinent excepting the far south, but its core regions are now
thought to have been separated by large autonomous areas. The Mauryan kings are known as
much for their empire-building and determined management of public life as for Ashoka's
renunciation of militarism and far-flung advocacy of the Buddhist dhamma.
The Sangam literature of the Tamil language reveals that, between 200 BCE and 200 CE, the
southern peninsula was being ruled by the Cheras, the Cholas, and the Pandyas, dynasties that
traded extensively with the Roman Empire and with West and South-East Asia. In North India,
Hinduism asserted patriarchal control within the family, leading to increased subordination of
women. By the 4th and 5th centuries, the Gupta Empire had created in the greater Ganges
Plain a complex system of administration and taxation that became a model for later Indian
kingdoms. Under the Guptas, a renewed Hinduism based on devotion rather than the
management of ritual began to assert itself. The renewal was reflected in a flowering of
sculpture and architecture, which found patrons among an urban elite. Classical Sanskrit

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Light Cavalry

CO

CO

CO

CO

CO

CO

CO

CO

CO

CO

CO

CO

CO

CO

CO

CO

Indian 1
Javelin / 2HCW
1057
Indian 2
Javelin / 2HCW
1057
Indian 3
Javelin / 2HCW
1057
Indian 4
Javelin / 2HCW
1057
Indian 5
Javelin / 2HCW
1057
Indian 6
Javelin / 2HCW
1057
Indian 7
Javelin / 2HCW
1057
Indian 8
Javelin / 2HCW
1057
Indian 9
Bow / 2HCW
1007
Indian 10
Bow / 2HCW
1007
Indian 11
Bow / 2HCW
1007
Indian 12
Bow / 2HCW
1007
Indian 13
Bow / 2HCW
1007
Indian 14
Bow / 2HCW
1007
Indian 15
Bow / 2HCW
1007
Indian 16
Bow / 2HCW
1007

Indian 1
Javelin
M2 CO
567

Chariot 3
301

M2

140
Chariot 4

Indian 2
M2 Javelin
CO
567

M2

M2 Indian 3
Javelin
CO
567

Irregular 1
Javelin
M2 OO
420

M2 Indian 4
Javelin
CO
567
M2
Indian 5
Javelin
CO
567
M2

Irregular 1
Javelin
M2 OO
420
Scythian 1
Bow
M2 OO
400

M3

Indian 6
Javelin
M2 CO
567

Scythian 1
Bow
M2 OO
400

M3

Indian 1
Javelin
M2 AC
597

M2

M2

M2

M3

PB

RC

PB

Elephant 1

RC

PB

300
M1
Elephant 2

RC

PB

300
M1
Elephant 1

RC

PB

90

80

70

M2

M2

300
M3
Elephant 2

60

50

40

30

20

RC

PB
10

M3

Chariot 1

RC

PB

RC

PB

M3
Chariot 2
M3
301

C in C

M2

Irregular 2
OO Javelin / 2HCW 401 M3

110

100

301
M2

120
M3

RC

300
M2

130

Indian 2
M2 Javelin
AC
597
M2

M3
301

Irregular 1
Irregular 3
OO Javelin / 2HCW 401 M3 OO Javelin / 2HCW 401 M3

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150
M3

Macedonian
Prior to the 4th century BC, the kingdom covered a region approximately corresponding to the
Western and Central parts of province of Macedonia in modern Greece. A unified Macedonian
state was eventually established by King Amyntas III (c. 393370 BC), though it still retained
strong contrasts between the cattle-rich coastal plain and the fierce isolated tribal hinterland,
allied to the king by marriage ties. They controlled the passes through which barbarian
invasions came from Illyria to the north and northwest. It became increasingly Atticised during
this period, though prominent Athenians appear to have regarded the Macedonians as
uncouth. Before the establishment of the League of Corinth, even though the Macedonians
apparently spoke a dialect of the Greek language and claimed proudly that they were Greeks,
they were not considered to share fully the classical Greek culture by many of the inhabitants
of the southern city states, because they did not share the polis based style of government.
Over the 4th century Macedon became more politically involved with the south-central citystates of Ancient Greece, but it also retained more archaic features like the palace-culture, first
at Aegae (modern Vergina) then at Pella, resembling Mycenaean culture more than classic
Hellenic city-states, and other archaic customs, like Philip's multiple wives in addition to his
Epirote queen Olympias, mother of Alexander.
Another archaic remnant was the very persistence of a hereditary monarchy which wielded
formidable sometimes absolute power, although this was at times checked by the landed
aristocracy, and often disturbed by power struggles within the royal family itself. This
contrasted sharply with the Greek cultures further south, where the ubiquitous city-states
mostly possessed aristocratic or democratic institutions; the de facto monarchy of tyrants, in
which heredity was usually more of an ambition rather than the accepted rule; and the limited,
predominantly military and sacerdotal, power of the twin hereditary Spartan kings. The same
might have held true of feudal institutions like serfdom, which may have persisted in Macedon
well into historical times. Such institutions were abolished by city-states well before
Macedon's rise (most notably by the Athenian legislator Solon's famous
seisachtheia laws).
Amyntas had three sons; the first two, Alexander II and Perdiccas III reigned only briefly.
Perdiccas III's infant heir was deposed by Amyntas' third son, Philip II of Macedon, who made
himself king and ushered in a period of Macedonian dominance in Greece. Under Philip II,
(359336 BC), Macedon expanded into the territory of the Paeonians, Thracians, and Illyrians.
Among other conquests, he annexed the regions of Pelagonia and Southern Paeonia.
Philip redesigned the army of Macedon adding a number of variations to the traditional
hoplite force to make it far more effective. He added the hetairoi, a well armoured heavy
cavalry, and more light infantry, both of which added greater flexibility and responsiveness to
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the force. He also lengthened the spear and shrank the shield of the main infantry force,
increasing its offensive capabilities.
Philip began to rapidly expand the borders of his kingdom. He first campaigned in the north
against non-Greek peoples such as the Illyrians, securing his northern border and gaining much
prestige as a warrior. He next turned east, to the territory along the northern shore of the
Aegean. The most important city in this area was Amphipolis, which controlled the way into
Thrace and also was near valuable silver mines. This region had been part of the Athenian
Empire, and Athens still considered it as in their sphere. The Athenians attempted to curb the
growing power of Macedonia, but were limited by the outbreak of the Social War. They could
also do little to halt Philip when he turned his armies south and took over most of Thessaly.
Control of Thessaly meant Philip was now closely involved in the politics of central Greece. 356
BCE saw the outbreak of the Third Sacred War that pitted Phocis against Thebes and its allies.
Thebes recruited the Macedonians to join them and at the Battle of Crocus Field Philip
decisively defeated Phocis and its Athenian allies. As a result Macedonia became the leading
state in the Amphictyonic League and Philip became head of the Pythian Games, firmly putting
the Macedonian leader at the centre of the Greek political world.
In the continuing conflict with Athens Philip marched east through Thrace in an attempt to
capture Byzantium and the Bosphorus, thus cutting off the Black Sea grain supply that
provided Athens with much of its food. The siege of Byzantium failed, but Athens realized the
grave danger the rise of Macedon presented and under Demosthenes built a coalition of many
of the major states to oppose the Macedonians. Most importantly Thebes, which had the
strongest ground force of any of the city states, joined the effort. The allies met the
Macedonians at the Battle of Chaeronea and were decisively defeated, leaving Philip and the
Macedonians the unquestioned masters of Greece.
Philip's son, Alexander the Great (356323 BC), managed briefly to extend Macedonian power
not only over the central Greek city-states by becoming Hegemon of the League of Corinth
(also known as the "Hellenic League"), but also to the Persian empire, including Egypt and
lands as far east as the fringes of India. Alexander's adoption of the styles of government of
the conquered territories was accompanied by the spread of Greek culture and learning
through his vast empire. Although the empire fractured into multiple Hellenic regimes shortly
after his death, his conquests left a lasting legacy, not least in the new Greek-speaking cities
founded across Persia's western territories, heralding the Hellenistic period. In the partition of
Alexander's empire among the Diadochi, Macedonia fell to the Antipatrid dynasty, which was
overthrown by the Antigonid dynasty after only a few years, in 294 BC.

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Light Infantry

Hypaspists 1
LTS
1146

Hypaspists 2
LTS
1146

Hypaspists 3
LTS
1146

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Phalanx
Companion Cavalry
Phalanx

Light Cavalry

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O or CO Infantry

O or CO Infantry
Phalanx

Greek Infantry

Light Cavalry

Hypaspists 4
LTS
1146

Greek Peltasts 1
Javelin / LTS
1057

Greek Peltasts 2
Javelin / LTS
1057

Phalangites 1
M1 CO

M2
1092

CO
M1

Phalangites 2
CO

Thracian 1
Kontos
M2 OO

M2

M2
150

489

M3
140

M1

1092

Thracian 2
Kontos
OO

Phalangites 3

489

M3

484

M2

130

M1
M2 Thessalian 1

CO

OO

1092

120

M2
Thessalian 1

Phalangites 4

OO
M2 CO

M2

Thracian Peltasts 1
Javelin / 2HCW
970

Thracian Peltasts 2
Javelin / 2HCW
970

Thracian Peltasts 3
Javelin / 2HCW
970

M3

OO

Agrianian Javelin 1
296

M2

OO

Agrianian Javelin 2
296

OO

Agrianian Javelin 3
296

OO

Agrianian Javelin 4
296

M2

OO

Cretian Bow 1
290

M2

OO

Cretian Bow 2
290

OO

Rhodian Sling 1
296

M2

OO

Rhodian Sling 2
296

M2

110
484

M2
100

1092

RC

PB
90

Phalangites 5

M3
CO
M3

RC

PB

M2

80

1092

RC

PB
70

Phalangites 6
CO

RC

PB

RC

PB

50

RC

PB

40

RC

PB

30

RC

PB

RC

PB

RC

PB

M2
1092

60

Companion 1
M2
CO

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CO

Greek Hoplites 1
LTS
1067
Greek Hoplites 2
LTS
1067

603

M1

M2 Companion 2
CO

603

M1

Greek 1
CO

522

M2

M2 Greek 2
CO

522
C in C

20

M2

10

Persian
During the second millennium BC, Proto-Iranian tribes arrived in Iran from the Eurasian
steppes, rivalling the native settlers of the country.
As these tribes dispersed into the wider area of Greater Iran and beyond, the boundaries of
modern Iran were dominated by the Persian, Parthian and Median tribes, soon after
Zoroastrianism emerged as the main religion of the Iranian tribes.
The unification of the Median tribes under a single ruler in 728 BC led to the creation of a
Median empire, which by 612 BC controlled the whole of Iran as well as eastern Anatolia.
In 550 BC, Cyrus the Great from the state of Anshan took over the Median Empire, and
founded the Achaemenid Empire by unifying other city states. The conquest of Media
happened as a result of what is called the Persian revolt, which was initially triggered by the
actions of the Median ruler Astyages, and quickly spread to other provinces, as they allied with
the Persians.
Later conquests under Cyrus and his successors expanded the empire to include Lydia,
Babylon, Egypt and the lands to the west of the Indus and Oxus Rivers. Conflict on the western
borders began with the famous Greco-Persian Wars which continued through the first half of
the 5th century BC and ended with the Persian withdrawal from all of their European
territories. The empire had a centralised, bureaucratic administration under the Emperor and a
large professional army and civil services, inspiring similar developments in later empires.
In 334 BC, Alexander the Great invaded the Achaemenid Empire, defeating the last
Achaemenid Emperor Darius III at the Battle of Issus in 333 BC. Following the premature death
of Alexander, Iran came under the control of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire. In the middle of
the 2nd century BC, Parthia rose to become the main power in Iran and continued as a feudal
monarchy for nearly five centuries until 224 AD, when it was succeeded by the Sassanid
Empire. The Sassanids established an empire roughly within the frontiers achieved by the
Achaemenids, with the capital at Ctesiphon. Most of the period of the Parthian and Sassanid
Empires were overshadowed by the Roman-Persian Wars, which raged on their western
borders for over 700 years. These wars exhausted both Romans and Sassanids, which arguably
led to the defeat of both at the hands of the invading Muslim Arabs.

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Chariots

Light Cavalry

CO Cavalry

O Infantry

Greek Infantry

Persian Infantry

CO Cavalry

Light Cavalry

Greek Peltasts 1
Javelin / LTS
1057

Greek Peltasts 2
Javelin / LTS
1057

Persian 1
M2

AC

Persian 13
Bow
512 M3 OO
441

RC

RC

RC

RC

150

M3
140

Greek Peltasts 3
Javelin / LTS
1057

Cardace 1
STS
970

Cardace 2
STS
970

Cardace 3
STS
970

Irregular 1
Bow
856

Irregular 2
Bow
856

Irregular 3
Bow
856

Irregular 4
Javelin
896

Irregular 5
Javelin
896

Irregular 6
Javelin
896
Chariot 1

Persian 2
M2

AC
Persian 3

M2

AC
Persian 4

M3

AC

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Persian 15
Bow
512 M3 OO
441
Persian 16
Bow
512 M3 OO
441

130

M3

120
M3

R
110

M3

PB

PB
100

Persian 5
M3

AC
Persian 6

M3

AC

Scythian 1
Bow
512 M3 OO
411

M3

Scythian 2
Bow
512 M3 OO
411

M3

Persian 7
M3

CO

M3

CO
Persian 9

M3

CO

489 M3

CO

489 M3

Persian 11
M3

CO

489 M3

Persian 12
M3

CO

489 M3

Chariot 2
M3
201

90

80

M3

70

OO

Persian Bow 2
400

M3

60

OO

Persian Bow 3
400

M3

OO

Persian Bow 4
400

M3

OO

Persian Sling 1
400

M3

OO

Persian Sling 2
400

M3

Persian 10
M3

PB

Persian Bow 1
400

489 M3

489 M3

PB

OO

Persian 8

M3
201

Persian 14
Bow
512 M3 OO
441

Greek Hoplites 1
LTS
CO
1067
M2
Greek Hoplites 2
LTS
CO
1067
M2
Greek Hoplites 3
LTS
CO
1067
M2
Elephant
201
M3

C in C

50

40

30

20

10

Seleucid Empire
The Seleucid Empire (pron.: /slusd/; from Greek: , Selekeia) was a GreekMacedonian Hellenistic state ruled by the Seleucid dynasty founded by Seleucus I Nicator
following the carve-up of the empire created by Alexander the Great following his death.
Seleucus received Babylonia and, from there, expanded his dominions to include much of
Alexander's near eastern territories. At the height of its power, it included central Anatolia, the
Levant, Mesopotamia, Iran, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Pamir and present-day Pakistan.
Following his and Lysimachus' victory over Antigonus Monophthalmus at the decisive Battle of
Ipsus in 301 BC, Seleucus took control over eastern Anatolia and northern Syria.
In the latter area, he founded a new capital at Antioch on the Orontes, a city he named after
his father. An alternative capital was established at Seleucia on the Tigris, north of Babylon.
Seleucus' empire reached its greatest extent following his defeat of his erstwhile ally,
Lysimachus, at Corupedion in 281 BC, after which Seleucus expanded his control to encompass
western Anatolia. He hoped further to take control of Lysimachus' lands in Europe primarily
Thrace and even Macedonia itself, but was assassinated by Ptolemy Ceraunus on landing in
Europe.
His son and successor, Antiochus I Soter, was left with an enormous realm consisting of nearly
all of the Asian portions of the Empire, but faced with Antigonus II Gonatas in Macedonia and
Ptolemy II Philadelphus in Egypt, he proved unable to pick up where his father had left off in
conquering the European portions of Alexander's empire.
Antiochus I (reigned 281261 BC) and his son and successor Antiochus II Theos (reigned 261
246 BC) were faced with challenges in the west, including repeated wars with Ptolemy II and a
Celtic invasion of Asia Minor distracting attention from holding the eastern portions of the
Empire together. Towards the end of Antiochus II's reign, various provinces simultaneously
asserted their independence, such as Bactria under Diodotus, Parthia under Arsaces, and
Cappadocia under Ariarathes III.
Diodotus, governor for the Bactrian territory, asserted independence in around 245 BC,
although the exact date is far from certain, to form the Greco-Bactrian kingdom. This kingdom
was characterized by a rich Hellenistic culture, and was to continue its domination of Bactria
until around 125 BC, when it was overrun by the invasion of northern nomads. One of the
Greco-Bactrian kings, Demetrius I of Bactria, invaded India around 180 BC to form the GrecoIndian kingdom, lasting until around AD 20.
The Seleucid satrap of Parthia, named Andragoras, first claimed independence, in a parallel to
the secession of his Bactrian neighbour. Soon after however, a Parthian tribal chief called
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Arsaces invaded the Parthian territory around 238 BC to form the Arsacid Dynasty the
starting point of the powerful Parthian Empire.
By the time Antiochus II's son Seleucus II Callinicus came to the throne around 246 BC, the
Seleucids seemed to be at a low ebb indeed. Seleucus II was soon dramatically defeated in the
Third Syrian War against Ptolemy III of Egypt and then had to fight a civil war against his own
brother Antiochus Hierax. Taking advantage of this distraction, Bactria and Parthia seceded
from the empire. In Asia Minor too, the Seleucid dynasty seemed to be losing control Gauls
had fully established themselves in Galatia, semi-independent semi-Hellenized kingdoms had
sprung up in Bithynia, Pontus, and Cappadocia, and the city of Pergamum in the west was
asserting its independence under the Attalid Dynasty
The Seleucid Empire was a major center of Hellenistic culture that maintained the
preeminence of Greek customs and where a Greek-Macedonian political elite dominated,
mostly in the urban areas. The Greek population of the cities who formed the dominant elite
were reinforced by emigration from Greece. Seleucid expansion into Anatolia and Greece was
abruptly halted after decisive defeats at the hands of the Roman army. Their attempts to
defeat their old enemy Ptolemaic Egypt were frustrated by Roman demands. Much of the
eastern part of the empire was conquered by the Parthians under Mithridates I of Parthia in
the mid-2nd century BC, yet the Seleucid kings continued to rule a rump state from Syria until
the invasion by Armenian king Tigranes the Great and their ultimate overthrow by the Roman
general Pompey.

1
Argyraspid
1020

M2 1
Pike Asiatic
CO 775

2
Argyraspid
1020

M2 2
Pike Asiatic
CO 775

3
Argyraspid
1020

M2 3
Pike Asiatic
CO 775

4
Argyraspid
1020

M2 4
Pike Asiatic
CO 775

M3 1
Bow
Galatian
OO
366
M3
Bow 2
OO
Galatian
M3
Bow 366
OO
Companions
M3
Bow
585
OO

5
Argyraspid
1020

M2 1
Pike Cretan
CO 252

M2 1
Bow A/Cavalry
OO 560

6
Argyraspid
1020

M2 2
Pike Cretan
CO 252

M2
Bow 2
A/Cavalry
OO
560
M3
Javelin
1
A/Cavalry
OO
540

1
Galatian
597
2
Galatian
597
1
Roman Argyraspid
1010
1
Roman Argyraspid
1010
1
Thracians
775
2
Thracians
775
3
Thracians
775
1
Peltast
772

M2
Javelin
Selucid
O
265
M2
Javelin 2
O
Selucid
M2
HTS 265
CO
1
M2
HTS Dahae
CO 265

M3
2HCW & Javelin 2
O

Dahae

265
M3
2HCW & Javelin Successor
O

M3
Javelin

2
A/Cavalry

OO

540

M3
Bow

Arab

M3
Bow
OO

M3
Javelin & LTS

3
O Peltast

M3
Javelin & LTS

OO

johnny okane (order #7172889)

CO
1

M2

M1
Javelin
CO

Phalanx
Pike
CO

1090

M2
Kontos 2
CO

M2
Phalanx

M2
Kontos 1090
CO
3
M2
Kontos
CO

Pike
CO
M2
Phalanx
Pike
CO

1090
M2
4
Kontos
CO

M2
Phalanx
Pike
CO

M2
Engine

M3
Bow

200

347

OO

OO
Bow / Javelin

M3
Elephant

M2
410
350

M3
Elephant

Bow / Javelin
2

M2
350

772

M3
Javelin

Arab

M2
Javelin

M3 335
2HCW & Javelin
2
O Peltast
M3
Javelin & LTS 772

CO

M3
Javelin 1090
CO

235

OO

M3
Javelin

410

O
C in C

Appendix 1 Army Cards on Letter size

Indian

CO

CO

CO

CO

CO

CO

CO

CO

CO

CO

CO

CO

CO

CO

CO

CO

Indian 1
Javelin / 2HCW
1057
Indian 2
Javelin / 2HCW
1057
Indian 3
Javelin / 2HCW
1057
Indian 4
Javelin / 2HCW
1057
Indian 5
Javelin / 2HCW
1057
Indian 6
Javelin / 2HCW
1057
Indian 7
Javelin / 2HCW
1057
Indian 8
Javelin / 2HCW
1057
Indian 9
Bow / 2HCW
1007
Indian 10
Bow / 2HCW
1007
Indian 11
Bow / 2HCW
1007
Indian 12
Bow / 2HCW
1007
Indian 13
Bow / 2HCW
1007
Indian 14
Bow / 2HCW
1007
Indian 15
Bow / 2HCW
1007
Indian 16
Bow / 2HCW
1007

Indian 1
Javelin
M2 CO
567

Chariot 3
301

M2

140
Chariot 4

Indian 2
M2 Javelin
CO
567

M2

M2 Indian 3
Javelin
CO
567

Irregular 1
Javelin
M2 OO
420

M2 Indian 4
Javelin
CO
567
M2
Indian 5
Javelin
CO
567
M2

Irregular 1
Javelin
M2 OO
420
Scythian 1
Bow
M2 OO
400

M3

Indian 6
Javelin
M2 CO
567

Scythian 1
Bow
M2 OO
400

M3

Indian 1
Javelin
M2 AC
597

M2

M2

M2

M3

PB

RC

PB

Elephant 1

RC

PB

300
M1
Elephant 2

RC

PB

90

80

70

M2

M2

300
M1
Elephant 1
300
M3
Elephant 2

60

50

40

30

RC

PB
20

RC

PB
10

M3

Chariot 1

RC

PB

RC

PB

M3
Chariot 2
M3
301

C in C

M2

Irregular 2
OO Javelin / 2HCW 401 M3

110

100

301
M2

120
M3

RC

300
M2

130

Indian 2
M2 Javelin
AC
597
M2

M3
301

Irregular 1
Irregular 3
OO Javelin / 2HCW 401 M3 OO Javelin / 2HCW 401 M3

johnny okane (order #7172889)

150
M3

Macedonian

Hypaspists 1
LTS
1146

Hypaspists 2
LTS
1146

Hypaspists 3
LTS
1146

Phalangites 1
M1 CO

M2
1092

CO
M1

Phalangites 2
CO

Thracian 1
Kontos
M2 OO

M2

M2
150

489

M3
140

M1

1092

Hypaspists 4
LTS
1146

Greek Peltasts 1
Javelin / LTS
1057

Greek Peltasts 2
Javelin / LTS
1057

Thracian Peltasts 1
Javelin / 2HCW
970

Thracian Peltasts 2
Javelin / 2HCW
970

Thracian Peltasts 3
Javelin / 2HCW
970

M3

OO

Agrianian Javelin 1
296

M2

OO

Agrianian Javelin 2
296

M2

OO

Agrianian Javelin 3
296

M2 Companion 2

OO

Agrianian Javelin 4
296

M2

OO

Cretian Bow 1
290

M2

OO

Cretian Bow 2
290

OO

Rhodian Sling 1
296

M2

OO

Rhodian Sling 2
296

M2

Thracian 2
Kontos
OO

Phalangites 3

489

M3

484

M2

130

M1
M2 Thessalian 1

CO

OO

1092

120

M2
Thessalian 1

Phalangites 4

OO
M2 CO

M2

110
484

M2
100

1092

RC

PB
90

Phalangites 5

M3
CO
M3

RC

PB

M2

80

1092

RC

PB
70

Phalangites 6
CO

RC

PB

RC

PB

50

RC

PB

40

RC

PB

30

RC

PB

RC

PB

RC

PB

M2
1092

60

Companion 1
CO

johnny okane (order #7172889)

CO

Greek Hoplites 1
LTS
1067
Greek Hoplites 2
LTS
1067

603

CO

603

M1

M1

Greek 1
CO

522

M2

M2 Greek 2
CO

522
C in C

20

M2

10

Persian

Greek Peltasts 1
Javelin / LTS
1057

Greek Peltasts 2
Javelin / LTS
1057

Greek Peltasts 3
Javelin / LTS
1057

Cardace 1
STS
970

Cardace 2
STS
970

Cardace 3
STS
970

Irregular 1
Bow
856

Persian 1
M2

AC

Persian 13
Bow
512 M3 OO
441

RC

RC

RC

RC

150

M3
140

Irregular 2
Bow
856

Irregular 3
Bow
856

Irregular 4
Javelin
896

Irregular 5
Javelin
896

Irregular 6
Javelin
896
Chariot 1

Persian 2
M2

AC
Persian 3

M2

AC
Persian 4

M3

AC

johnny okane (order #7172889)

Persian 15
Bow
512 M3 OO
441
Persian 16
Bow
512 M3 OO
441

130

M3

R
120

M3

R
110

M3

PB

PB
100

Persian 5
M3

AC
Persian 6

M3

AC

Scythian 1
Bow
512 M3 OO
411

M3

Scythian 2
Bow
512 M3 OO
411

M3

Persian 7
M3

CO

M3

CO
Persian 9

M3

CO

489 M3

CO

489 M3

Persian 11
M3

CO

489 M3

Persian 12
M3

CO

489 M3

Chariot 2
M3
201

90

80

M3

70

OO

Persian Bow 2
400

M3

60

OO

Persian Bow 3
400

M3

OO

Persian Bow 4
400

M3

OO

Persian Sling 1
400

M3

OO

Persian Sling 2
400

M3

Persian 10
M3

PB

Persian Bow 1
400

489 M3

489 M3

PB

OO

Persian 8

M3
201

Persian 14
Bow
512 M3 OO
441

Greek Hoplites 1
LTS
CO
1067
M2
Greek Hoplites 2
LTS
CO
1067
M2
Greek Hoplites 3
LTS
CO
1067
M2
Elephant
201
M3

C in C

50

40

30

20

10

Seleucid Empire

1
Argyraspid
1020

M2 1
Pike Asiatic
CO 775

2
Argyraspid
1020

M2 2
Pike Asiatic
CO 775

3
Argyraspid
1020

M2 3
Pike Asiatic
CO 775

4
Argyraspid
1020

M2 4
Pike Asiatic
CO 775

M3 1
Bow
Galatian
OO
366
M3
Bow 2
OO
Galatian
M3
Bow 366
OO
Companions
M3
Bow
585
OO

5
Argyraspid
1020

M2 1
Pike Cretan
CO 252

M2 1
Bow A/Cavalry
OO 560

6
Argyraspid
1020

M2 2
Pike Cretan
CO 252

M2
Bow 2
A/Cavalry
OO
560
M3
Javelin
1
A/Cavalry
OO
540

1
Galatian
597
2
Galatian
597
1
Roman Argyraspid
1010
1
Roman Argyraspid
1010
1
Thracians
775
2
Thracians
775
3
Thracians
775
1
Peltast
772

M2 1
Javelin
Selucid
O
265
M2
Javelin 2
O
Selucid
M2
HTS 265
CO
1
M2
HTS Dahae
CO 265

M3
2HCW & Javelin 2
O

Dahae

265
M3
2HCW & Javelin Successor
O
M3 335
2HCW & Javelin
2
O Peltast
M3
Javelin & LTS 772
3
O Peltast

M3
Javelin

2
A/Cavalry

OO

540

M3
Bow

Arab

M3
Bow
OO

johnny okane (order #7172889)

CO
1

M2

M1
Javelin
CO

Phalanx
Pike
CO

1090

M2
Kontos 2
CO

M2
Phalanx

M2
Kontos 1090
CO
3
M2
Kontos
CO

Pike
CO
M2
Phalanx
Pike
CO

1090
M2
4
Kontos
CO

M2
Phalanx
Pike
CO

M2
Engine

M3
Bow

200

347

OO

OO
Bow / Javelin

M3
Elephant

M2
410
350

M3
Javelin & LTS

M3
Elephant

O
M3
Javelin & LTS

Bow / Javelin
2

M2
350

772

M3
Javelin

Arab

M2
Javelin
OO

CO

M3
Javelin 1090
CO

235

OO

M3
Javelin

410

O
C in C