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Starting off their was very little i could do given the starting phalanxes are worse than the egptians, taking on horse archers from parthia is tricky, and cataphracts will destroy anything. I am playing H/H for the first time and maybe i chose the wrong faction but i'm having fun anyway. a rather poor econmoy but conviently placed cities close to rival factions. I know people are just voicing their opinions about the factions when people ask the question: 'What faction is the best?'. If you want a challenge as the Seleucids, Migrate. The Eastern Meditteranean(sp?) is as rich as Greece. Who cares? You have too put up with crap units in the start of the game, you deserve good units at the end. So they can get powerful armies in the late game. Given the Seleucids location and economy, however, money is fairly easy to come by. People also say that the late Seleucid armies are overpowered. Besides, Greek and Militia cavalry should be able to catch them, what do you need to worry about? Their horse archers and Persian cavalry are annoying when you have to catch them but the AI doesn't use them very well. By approximatley 260 BC, you should have a decent army to face Egypt, the other cities are very far behind but Armenia usually goes to war with Pontus, from my experience anyway, and Parthia is no real threat since I have never really seen them make a really powerful army and the only get 2 Cataphract units 2 start with. However, elephants can be made fairly quickly in Antioch. More people say that they get crap starting units. They don't really go so well with head-on charges into other units, particularly heavy infantry and heavy cavalry.Īll you need to do is to create an army of these units and you have a pretty damn good army. Companions are at their best when they flank other units. I have heard people saying that Companions suck. The Cataphracts and Companions are great. Obviously the Roman Legionaries are better. Sure, the Pikemen aren't as good as Greek Hoplites. However, the edge of the Great Steppe is a troublesome place for a Hellenic culture to settle Baktria finds it difficult to curry favour with the aggressive nomad tribes.You get Pikemen, Legionaries, Cataphracts, Companions, Elephants.
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Well-situated for trade, they enjoy enhanced commercial and industrial income, and with their popular Hellenic outlook, they find it easier to spread cultural influence with others. As a result, the Baktrian soldiery faces Hellenic armies with great confidence and courage. Immense wealth, and tough warriors, could take their armies all the way to the shores of the Mediterranean…Īs veterans of the Successor Wars, Hellenic states hold few surprises in battle for the warriors of Baktria. Under their new kings, the Baktrians could be a vigorous military power, benefiting hugely from any breakdown in Seleucid authority and inattention from Parthia. During the rule of Diodotus, and sometime between the Second and Third Syrian Wars of the 3rd century BCE, it became an entirely independent Hellenistic kingdom. With the Seleucid Empire locked in a series of wars against the other Successor states, Baktria was a satrapy with a degree of independence. As such, Baktria’s armed forces brought a rich and varied blend of warriors to the field, with hoplites, peltasts, fierce swordsmen and – unusually for a Hellenic nation – horse archers The region was heavily colonised by Greek settlers, more so than any other part of the east, and was largely Hellenised as a result, with Greek culture and influence paramount in all things. In the confusion of wars that followed Alexander’s death, Seleucus I Nicator established his control over the eastern parts of Alexander’s empire, including Baktria. Roxana, Alexander’s wife and the mother of his nominal heir who was born after his death, was a Baktrian princess. The land was a home to Greek colonists, Persians and many more peoples, and was a part of Alexander’s vast empire. It was wealthy thanks to those trade routes and the rich agricultural lands of its fertile valleys and plains. It lay in what is modern-day Afghanistan, and Kandahar itself was founded by Alexander the Great.Īs a protectorate of the Seleucid Empire, Baktria was famed as a province of a thousand cities. Baktria was a gateway to trade between east and west, to India, and to the far-off lands of China.