Index - Storm within the Empire

Updated:  19-11-2024

Project Rome - post 2nd Punic War

The Consular army First Legion done, the Allied Legions, in battle array, 
Timeline Hispania part one, part two
The Spanish the Iberians, the Celtiberian and Lusitanian armies, in battle array.
Campaign Rule Set  the Maps, the campaign system, 
Quick Play Campaign  testing the (revised) campaign, Sasan 459 AD, Eutropius 398 AD
Quick Play Campaign  uploaded to DBA Wiki   
Stratagems the Ambush, Rapid Deployment, Flank March, Choosing the Battlefield,
Optional rules Uneven sides, An assessment, Insubordination,

Historical Match ups

The Consular Army vs. Numidia, Numidia (pt.2), the Iberian, Lusitania, Lusitania (pt.2), Celtiberia, Celtiberia (pt.2), Gallic, Gallic (pt.2), Seleucid, Cimbri-Teutones,

The Seleucid Army vs. Nabataea, Pre-Islamic Arab, Parthia, the Seleucid, Armenia, Galatian, Greco-Bactrian
Other Rome vs. Carthage, day one, day two, Cimbri vs. Celtiberians, Toletum (193 BC), re-fighting Toletum, Battle of the Tagus (220 BC), Tagus, the re-fight, Ptolemy vs Nubia, Gracchus in Celtiberia, Rome and the Aquitani, Rome vs Dacia 71 BC, Histria 61 BC, 

Armies and Enemies of Early Imperial Rome (New)

Early Imperial Rome Pannonia Superior, Campaigns Augustus-Trajan, the collection, Conversions,

Nabataean the collection so far, 

Emesa the collection, 

Late Judaean refurbished, 

Commagene refurbished, 

The Batavian Revolt Battle Array, 

Jewish Revolt

Early Germans Refurbishment, 

Sarmatians Blue Moon cavalry, 

Ancient British Blue Moon figures, 

Historical Match ups

Arminius and Maroboduus 17AD,

Roman Tour:

Rome vs. Alamanni, the Marcomanni, Dacia, Sarmatae, Batavi, Meroitic Kush, Nabataea, Edessa, Parthia, Commagene, Late Judaean, Later Moorish, Alani, Jewish Revolt, Nomad Arab, the Ancient British

Roman Tour (24 elements)

Ancient British, Suevi, Marcomanni, Dacia, Iazyges, Batavi, Nobades,, Parthia, Alani, Jewish Revolt, 

Collision Course: the basics & test

Armies and Enemies of Rome, the Severan Dynasty (Eastern).

Rome: the Legions, the Auxilia, the Cavalry, the Artillery and Bowmen, Indigenous troops, the Generals and Battle Array, the Order of Battle.
Arabo-Aramean: Kingdom of Hatra, Kingdom of Adiabene
Pre-Islamic Arab: the Research, the Miniatures, two commands completed.
Parthia: the Miniatures, in Battle Array
Armenia: the Research, the Miniatures, Armies in battle array
Sassan: the Research, the Cataphract, the Elephant Corps, the Levy, the Asavaran cavalry, Nomad Horse Archers, in Battle Array
Armies of the Caucusus: Colchis/Lazika, Iberia, Albania
Sarmatia the Collection
Tervingi: the Tervingi
Alan: the Alani
Palmyra, 2nd century - a speculative list
Meroitic Kushite Background, Conversions, the Miniatures, Meroitic Kush and Noba

Armies and Enemies of Rome, the Severan Dynasty (Western).

Rome: the Legions, the Auxilia, the Cavalry, the Artillery and Bowmen, the Generals and Battle Array, Order of Battle.
Early Germans  the Marcomanni,
Northwest Frontier  Picts, Caledonian, Britain (late 2nd c. rebellion)
Dacia  the Carpi
Africa  Later Moors

Historical Match ups

Severarn Army (Western) vs Sarmatian, Early German, Later Moorish, Caledonian, Tervingi, Pictish, Later Roman
Severan Army (Eastern) vs. Meroitic-Kushite, Arabo-Aramean, Armenia, Parthia, Carpi, Nobades, Middle Imperial Rome, Sassanid,

Late Imperial Rome and Early Byzantine

Introduction, the Late Imperial Roman Army, Administration, Timeline, the Barbarians, Sources and Recommended Reading, Barbarian Gallery, 

Second Time around (New) Draco Standards, In Battle Array, Late Imperial Rome - western

Scenarios Battle of Auha 291 AD, Auha Battle Report, Battle of Utus 447 AD, 
Late Imperial Rome, Patrician Rome, the Huns, Battle of Utus revisited, Attila vs the Visigoths, 

Historical Match ups

Late Imperial Roman (Western) vs. Pictish, Alan, Later Moors, Tervingi, Early Vandals, Ostrogoth, Burgundi, Suevi. Late Imperial Rome – East vs. the West

Late Imperial Roman (Eastern) vs. Sarmatian, Armenian, Carpi, Goth Alaric, Sassanid, Hunnic, Patrician Roman.

Early Byzantine vs. Nomad Arab, Nobades, Later Moorish, Sassanid, Gepid, African Vandal, Early Lombard, Italian Ostrogoth, The Burgundi
Sassanid  ('a' sub-list) vs. Arabo-Aramean, Pre-Islamic Arab, Armenia, Parthia, Middle Imperial Roman, Alani

The Hun (New) the Alani, the Gepid, the Tervingi, the Goths (Alaric), Blue Moon Huns, the Burgundi, 
Armenia (New) A busy few weeks.

Playing the Big Battle Option the Deployment , Composition of Commands , Tactics
Battle of Callinicum, 531 AD, the battle report, 359 AD, Rome and Armenia battle the Sassanid, Uprising in Perse-Armenia, Rome recrosses the frontier, LIR vs. the Hun, Rome vs Visigoths, Rome vs. Sassan, Late Imperial Rome vs. the Huns, Rome against the Goths, Rome vs. Sassan, After Strasbourg, 357 AD, Sassan vs.Nomadic Invaders, Battle of the Nedao 454, Battle of the Nedao, Alani raid Sassan , A Late Roman Civil War, 

Campaigns - Migration to Kingdom

Introduction,  407 AD, 408 AD, 409 AD, Franks and German Confederation, Battle of Calama, Bonifacius and Vandal Threat, Maximus the Usurper, 
Invasion of Hispania 409 AD. Timeline, 409 - 419 AD, 420 - 429 AD, Assessment
Roman Britain 410 AD, Campaign, An assessment
Kingdom of Francia, Merovingian Franks, Timeline, Armorica, Avars, Aegidius confronts Armorica

Under the Black Banner, (the Caliphate)

Introduction, Christian Nubian, Muslim North Africa, Tulunid Egyptian, Umayyad, Abbasid, Arab Indian, Baghdad Buyid, Nobades, Samanid,

Historical Match Ups

Christian Nubian vs. Nobades, Umayyad vs. Nobades, Christian Nubian, Later Moorish, Alan, Umayyad civil war, Khawarij, Umayyad vs. Sogdia, Sogdia vs. the Huns, 
Abbasid vs. the Christian Nubian, Early Muslim North Africa, Tulunid Egyptian, Arab Indian, Abbasid civil war, Zanj, Baghdad Buyid, Samanid.

Scenarios: Battle of Zab River, the analysis, the battle

Refurbishing the Arab Collection

The Fatamid, Dynastic Bedouin, Tulunid/Iqshidid Egyptian, the Abbasid, The Zanj, Time line Zanj Revolt, The Andalusians, Islamic Berber, North Africa & Sicily, The Tuareg 1000 AD

Dark Ages

Later Visigoths vs. the Suevi, the Byzantine, the Middle Franks, Theodoric II and Childeric I

The campaigns of Charles Martel Civil War, Composition of the Armies, The Frisians of  Radbod, Al-Andalus, the Saxons, Timeline, Martel vs the Frisians, Events in Frankia, 

481-511 The reign of Chlodovech, 

Historical Scenarios

Introduction, 760-  Battle of Hereford,  797- Battle of Rhuddlan, 825 - Battle of Ellendun, 838 - Battle of Hingston Down, 851- the Battle of Aclea, 881- the Battle of Conwy, 891 - the Battle of Leuven, 894 - the Battle of Buttington, 899 - the Battle of Brenta, 903 - the Battle of Hama, 923 - the Battle of Firenzuola,934 - Athelstan Invades Alba,  936 - the Battle of Trans-la-Foret 937 - Battle of Brunanburh, Brunanburh (option II), 1054 - Battle of Mortemer, 

Notations (technical and tactical tips)

Pre-Feudal Scots, Carolingian

DBA Terrain by Category

Introduction, Arable, Forest, Hilly, Steppe, Dry, Tropical, Littoral, Scatter Material, Celtic Village, Hellenistic Camp, Early Roman camp, Medieval Hamlet, East European Hamlet, Waterways, 

Refurbishing the Terrain

Terrain mat, the larger mat, the final terrain mat, Tropical foliage, 

Biblical Era (3000 BC - 1500 BC)

Biblical Refurbishment includes Bedouin, Libyan and Amorite armies, Old Kingdom Egyptian Village, Old Kingdom Egyptians, Early Elamite, The Nubian, Hyksos and Egyptians

Historical Match Ups

Old Kingdom Egyptians vs. Ammu Bedouin, Early Libyan, Later Amorite, Early Libyan (horde option), Egypt vs. Nubia, Hyksos, 

Enlarging the Single Command to 24 elements.

Overview, Demoralisaton, Seleucid vs. Graeco-Bactrian, Middle Imperial Rome vs. the Marcomanni, Parthia vs. the early Sassanid, the Sassanid vs. Later Imperial Rome, the Sassanid vs. Arab Conquest, the Sassanid vs. Alans, the Umayyad vs. the Abbasid. Early Byzantine vs. the Sassanid, Carthage vs. the Iberians, MIR vs. the Carpi, Consular Rome vs. Iberia, Consular Rome vs. Numidia, Umayyad vs. the Alani, the Nikephorian vs. Hamdanid, Seleucid-Mauryan, Seleucid-Bactrian, Bactria-the Shunga, Parthia-Bactria, 


The Late Medieval - Early Renaissance (formerly the Witcher and 1400 AD collections)

Refurbishing the Collection New Project, Test Games Series One, Series Two, Scots Common and Tudor English, Danish (Union) and Swedish Army, French Ordonnance and Italian Condotta, Medieval German, Free Canton Dithmarschen, Later Polish Army, Later Hungarian, Stretching the Collection, An Update, Lithuanian, the Teutonic Order, Saxony vs. Bohemia, Scots Common vs. Anglo-Irish, 

WOTR (project) Project Overview, Refurbishing the collection,  Late Medieval buildings, French,Burgundian Ordonnance and German armies, Medieval Ireland, 

Background Research

Timeline: 1400-1450, 1451-1499, Cities and Towns, Medieval Banking, Commerce and Trade, Geography of Northern Germany, Medieval German list, Low Countries, Assaulting a fortified position, DBA3 test corner-to-corner, Mounted infantry, Wedge formations, Unreliable allies, Kazan and Muscovy, Ostland 1495 - 1497, 

Historical Scenarios

1450 Battle of Formigny, Prequel to Formigny, 1453 Battle of Gavere, The refight,, 1453 Battle of Castillon,, The refight, 1462 Battle of Seckenheim, The refight, 1465 Battle of Montlhéry, Scenario tests,  

Collision Course

Late Medieval test, Novgorod vs Muscovy, A Burgundian Civil War, Ireland 1450

DBA Fantasy

An Orc-Goblin army, restoration project, Goblin-Orc encampment,