Rome teaches Dacia a lesson

With the war correspondent away it was down to his trusty sidekick to take up the typewriter and report on the Roman invasion of Dacia.

The Dacian plan was to hold the right flank behind the river and make the legion come to them, whilst attacking the Auxilia on the Dacian left flank. The Dacian left flank advanced to the river only to find it held by Auxilia and cavalry.

The Dacian cavalry skirmished with the legion, but unfortunately only brought the rubber tipped javelins.

The Roman cavalry attacked on the other flank and managed to get across the river, forcing a warband to retire. The Dacian plan was going awry already.

Especially since Chris had clearly got bored and advanced the Dacian right flank across the river and stared straight at the orderly Roman legion.

With some fine shooting and a bit of luck the Dacians managed to break the Roman line on the left flank.

To help their brothers out the Dacian fanatics attempted to cross the river but the Roman cavalry stood fast and held...

But not for long and we ended up with the unusual sight of a warband chasing the cavalry.

It was starting to look bad for the Romans as the Dacian left flank now turned their attention to the legion. 

However, the Legion marched forward munching their way through the Dacian right flank. Chris possibly now had second thoughts about crossing that river.

The final straw was the Roman cavalry charging down the warband on the left flank, after it had failed in the attempt to drive the cavalry from the hill.