The Battle of Chaeronea is a historical battle fought in southern Greece between King Philip II of Macedon, supported by his son Alexander, against a coalition of Greek city states in 338 BC. It is featured in Rome: Total War: Alexander as a historical battle. You take the role of Alexander as he supports his father in taking down the combined Greek army.
Description[]
Battle objectives
- Destroy or rout all enemies.
King Philip II had ruled the Kingdom of Macedonia for over twenty years. In the time he had taken it from a backwater state North of Greece to the most powerful military entity in the Aegean. He had intervened in the Third Sacred War amongst the Greeks and by virtue of force, brought peace to the region.
That peace was not to last. Philip attempted to expand his empire to the Sea of Marmara to the East. This caused consternation in both the Persian empire and the city of Athens, who relied on food imports through the area. Athens declared war on Philip and Thebes, bribed by the Persians, followed suit.
Philip broke off his assault to the East and moved South. His army made contact with the Greeks on the plain of Chaeronea, a town in central Greece. The coming battle would make or break Philip's authority in the Aegean, once and for all.
Units[]
While the Macedonians have two armies to the Greek's one, they are outnumbered by bodies if not total units. The Greek army is slightly more trained than the Macedonians and is made nearly exclusively of hoplites, which have excellent defence due to gold shield buffs that increase their defence by +3. The Macedonians have cavalry on their side but are similarly lacking ranged units.
King Philip II (Macedon)
Philip controls of the bulk of the army, consisting mainly of spearmen and a couple of javelin skirmish units. The army breakdown is as follows:
Alexander (Macedon)
Alexander is controlling the Macedonian cavalry contingency, which is made exclusively of heavy cavalry. The army breakdown is as follows:
- Alexander x1
- Companion Cavalry x4
The Greek Cities
Like Philip's army, the Greeks are formed nearly entirely of hoplites and other pike infantry. They have a few javelin units but lack any cavalry other than their general.
- Royal Squadron x1
- Javelin Skirmishers x2
- Hoplites x10
- Theban Sacred Band Spearmen x3
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