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Release date: 14 November 2024

A sharp breeze surges across the Aegean. The dockyards of Athens thrum with activity, the air filled with the acrid smell of pitch, slathered across the hulls of a hundred waiting warships. In the mess halls of Sparta, wolf-eyed warriors slurp bitter black broth, their arms still aching from the day’s exercises. On the shores of the Hellespont, the Great King of Persia watches as a vast host assembles before him, drawn from a hundred different lands. The battle for Greece is about to begin.
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Battle for Greece is the titular grand campaign in Chronicles: Battle for Greece. It covers several era-defining events between the Hellenic world and the Persian empire, starting with the accession of Darius I to the throne of Achaemenid Persia, the Ionian revolt which set the stage for further conflict, and the beginning of large-scale invasions of Greece by Persia (which includes the legendary tales of Xerxes, Leonidas, and Themistocles), and then moves on to the formation of Greek alliances, which devolves into the Peloponnesian War, as the Persians play a political game of chess to pit the Greek city-states against each other, finally resulting in the Spartan conquest of the ancient city of Athens.

Scenarios[]

No Scenario Location Year Civilization Protagonist Historical event
1 Prologue: Gates of the Gods Mesopotamia 522 Achaemenids Chronicles Achaemenids Artaphernes Chronicles Artaphernes Darius I's subjugation of a rebellious Babylon
2 Greeks Bearing Gifts Ionia 499 Siege of Naxos
3 The Ionian Revolt Ionia 499 Ionian Revolt
4 A City Ablaze Sardis 498 Siege of Sardis
5 Chasing Smoke Ephesus 498 Battle of Ephesus
6 Death to Traitors Miletus 494
7 Earth and Water The Aegean Sea 490 Datis Chronicles Datis
8 The Battle of Marathon Attica 490 Athenians Chronicles Athenians Themistocles Chronicles Themistocles Battle of Marathon
9 Raise the Sails Attica 483
10 The Hot Gates Thermopylae/Artemisium 480 Battles of Thermopylae and Artemisium
11 Divine Salamis The Bay of Salamis' 480 Battle of Salamis
12 Across the Wine-Dark Sea Cyprus 478 Greek counterattack on Cyprus
13 Wrath of the Regent Byzantium 478 Greek counterattack on Byzantium
14 The Fruits of Empire Delos 471
15 Within the Long Walls Attica 431 Pericles Chronicles Pericles Archidamian War
16 I am Brasidas Methone 431 Spartans Chronicles Spartans Brasidas Chronicles Brasidas Athenian raid on Methone
17 Pyres on the Coast The Peloponnese 430
18 Speeches and Spears The Chalcidice 424 Capture of Amphipolis
19 To the Wall! Sicily 414 Lysander Chronicles Lysander Athenian expedition into Sicily
20 Blood and Gold Ionia 407
21 The Fall of Athens Attica 404 Fall of Athens and end of the Peloponnesian War

References[]

Campaigns in Chronicles
Battle for Greece
Achaemenids Chronicles Achaemenids Prologue: Gates of the Gods · Greeks Bearing Gifts · The Ionian Revolt · A City Ablaze · Chasing Smoke · Death to Traitors · Earth and Water
Athenians Chronicles Athenians The Battle of Marathon · Raise the Sails · The Hot Gates · Divine Salamis · Across the Wine-Dark Sea · Wrath of the Regent · The Fruits of Empire · Within the Long Walls
Spartans Chronicles Spartans I am Brasidas · Pyres on the Coast · Speeches and Spears · To the Wall! · Blood and Gold · The Fall of Athens
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