1200 points of Gauls vs. 800 Points of Romans. It was not a fair fight. Rome proposed a terrain set up and Gaul negotiated until something was acceptable to both. It turns out that this was a mistake on the part of the Romans.

Deployment of the Gauls. The Gallic army deploys with their Lowland allies (heavy foot) and noble infantry in two lines behind fieldworks. The Medium foot deploy on the flanks preparing to move through the forests. One cavalry unit goes wide right while 3 units and light chariots cover the left flank.


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The Romans deploy with 4 cavalry units on their right, 4 groups of veteran legionaires in the center, and their auxilaries and slingers covering the left. 24 stands of med/hvy Roman foot vs. 78 stands for the Gauls.


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Problems on the Roman left become apparent. The slingers, having to split their fire between two groups, cannot hope to have any effect. Gallic slingers begin to have decisive effects upon the central Roman slingers.


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The Roman center advances steadily with the cavalry keeping pace with the infantry. The Gauls wait behind their fortifications


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Due to some wretched luck, the Roman left collapses alarmingly quickly. Pursuing evading slingers, the Gauls slammed into the flank of the auxilaries and broke them almost instantly. Their pursuit brought them into the flanks of the others who were facing a large unit of Gallic cavalry.


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The Roman infantry close in on the Gallic fortified positions. They begin to break up their formation as they drive back Gallic skirmishers.


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The Gauls send forward their light chariots in an effort to slow down the Roman cavalry but also to try to get it to commit and advance forward ahead of the infantry. As the warbands move to the edge of the woods, the Romans have one cavalry group pull back to try to pin them without committing.


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This overview shows how already the Gauls have used the forests to dominate both flanks and they are beginning to fold in on their enemies. The Roman center will press forward though.


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Three good Roman cavalry units hit a line of Gallic light chariots. Everyone would be surprised to see those chariots last for hours. They only would eventually break (not even ever disrupting) when they had lost 4 of their 6 bases. The durability of these chariots would frustrate the Latins.


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On the Gallic left, free of any opposing formed infantry, they turn themselves to face inward to intend flanking the advancing main Roman battle line.


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Problems begin to become apparent on the Roman right. The warband charged out of the forest and without a decisive result, the Roman cavalry broke off, thereby further shrinking the perimeter. When the chariots finally broke, the resulting pursuit brought the Romans into the intended Gallic trap. Gallic cavalry line up to flank the dangerously advanced Roman horse. Their attack would have devastating results.


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Problems begin to become apparent in the Roman center. The legionaire battle line refuses its left in the face of massive numbers of angry barbarians. The Gauls in the bottom left of the picture are elite noble infantry that have maneuvered over the course of the day from the rear rank to plug a gap in the front.


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A very blurry shot showing the climax of the battle. The barbarians have charged across their fortifications and 22 bases have slammed into the leftmost 4 bases of the Roman battle line in the open. At the other fortifications, Romans are grinding down the Barbarians who hold together for quite some time, even though fragmented. The Noble infantry though are causing serious pain to their opponents.


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Gauls break under the skill of the Roman swordsmen at the leftmost fortification but the Nobles drive off their enemies. The last intact unit of Roman cavalry is beginning to lose its fight and the Gauls commence to bypass it to move toward the rear of the Roman center.


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End Game. The only Roman successes on the day push toward the Gallic camp and manage to drive off a second large group of barbarians. It is too little and far too late though. Gallic cavalry is trying to find a way into the fortified Roman camp without success. The Gallic right flank finally managed to catch hold of Roman slingers and the slaughter can be seen at the top of the picture.


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The disrupted red caped Roman cavalry was, at the moment that the Roman army broke, was about to break off combat and be obliged to leave its flank exposed to armoured Gallic cavalry. It really was the infantry (and some luck) that allowed the Gauls to win the cavalry battle on that flank.