I'll remember this battle forever. After several years of war in Southern Gaul, Spain declares war feeling threatened by my ever encroaching Roman Soldiers. The initial attack is unexpected and cuts off my city/forts in Northern Gaul, leaving them isolated. After several turns of trying to keep NG under my control they fall to the Barbarian forces. It soon becomes a war of attrition, each side throwing wave after wave of soldiers at cities to try and take them and only have them recaptured a few turns later. 20 years go by and both sides exhausted are exhausted by the fighting. Though both sides are at war, fighting slowly becomes an uneasy stand off with both sides heavily militarizing their borders. With most of my cities ravaged by war, and my economy tanking I make one last order. All men are to be recruited into the army.

It takes around 6 years of training but I eventually amass around 8000 new soldiers. I sent 2000 of them to the front line and there with the other soldiers stationed there I launch a massive ground invasion and manage to strike deep into Spain/Gaul lands. The other 6000 sailed across from Italy to the Eastern Coast of the Iberian Peninsula. In an epic D-Day fashion the landing force lands and meets a large group of around 4000 Spanish soldiers. The landing force breaks though taking minimal casualties and starts to attack on two fronts. Slowly but surely my loyal roman legions start to retake the last that was lost 25 years ago. After several more years of fighting it culminates with the destruction of Gaul and the last battle being at the Spanish Capitol City. Both armies converged at the Capitol, it was 5000 versus the last 3500 soldiers Spain had. Both armies were incredibly battle hardened, and ready to end it once and for all.

After some initial skirmishes both armies charge into each other and tactics and strategy is no longer and option. It becomes a giant grinder, men falling and being slain several by the second. But things started to turn south and soon I found my self on the losing side. I only had around 60 Hastati, 27 Pricipes, and 19 Triarii left. The other 70 were various missile units who had run out of ammo. I had one last ditch plan in my head. I ordered all surviving infantry and missile units into the melee mode and had them charge the Spanish front lines. As they distracted the Spanish forces I took the remnants of my cavalry divisions and enacted a large counter charge into their rear flank. The Spaniards broke and fled, my horsemen chased them down slaughtering them. All prisoners were killed. We captured the city, razed it to the ground, and killed most of it's population. By the end of the night, if it wasn't Roman; it was dead. Spain was ours, and we would never let go.