There are a few reasons I don’t like the official II/39 Ancient Spanish 240BC-20BC army list for DBA:
DBA
De Bellis Antiquitatis (DBA) was the first of the DBx family of rules. Like HOTT it is light on simulation but quick and fun. The one day campaigns included in the book are brilliant, e.g. Britannia 600 AD. In fact I’ve got a bunch of DBA campaigns. With some tweaks I’ve managed to make DBA work for the New World – my variant is called New World DBA. I have revised a few of the army lists I care about and also specified Troop Identities in DBA Army Lists to facilitate building an army.
DBA IV/68 Medieval Spanish Or Portuguese 1340AD-1485AD
The DBA army list IV/68 Medieval Spanish Or Portuguese 1340AD-1485AD is the Christian army at the tail end of the Reconquista. Mostly the armies this list represents fought each other. This post is part of my series on Troop Identities in DBA Army Lists.
DBA III/34 Andalusian 710AD-1172AD
The DBA army list III/34 Andalusian 710AD-1172AD is one of the two main Muslim armies of the Reconquista. I think the standard DBA list is pretty rubbish due to the high number light infantry. I don’t like it because it makes for a very weak army in DBA but also because it isn’t particularly historical. I’ll post a revision in due course. This post is part of my series on Troop Identities in DBA Army Lists.
DBA III/35 Feudal Spanish 718AD-1340AD
The DBA army list III/35 Feudal Spanish 718AD-1340AD is the main Christian army of the Reconquista. This post is part of my series on Troop Identities in DBA Army Lists.
DBA III/74 Fanatic Berber 1039AD-1529AD
The DBA army list III/74 Fanatic Berber 1039AD-1529AD is one of the two main Muslim armies of the Reconquista. This post is part of my series on Troop Identities in DBA Army Lists.
DBA II/39 Ancient Spanish 240BC-20BC
The II/39 Ancient Spanish army list for DBA represents those tribes of Spain and Portugal who fought the Romans and Carthaginians in the period 240BC-20BC, before, during and after the Punic Wars . This post is part of my series on Troop Identities in DBA Army Lists.
DBA II/18 Macedonian Early Successor 320BC-260BC
The II/18 Macedonian Early Successor DBA army list represents those Macedonians successor states based in Europe during in the Macedonian Wars. Just after Alexander died. This post is part of my series on Troop Identities in DBA Army Lists.
DBA II/32 Later Carthaginian 275BC-146BC
The Later Carthaginian army fought the Romans in the of the Punic Wars. Represented by DBA army list II/32 Later Carthaginian 275BC-146BC. This post is part of my series on Troop Identities in DBA Army Lists.
DBA II/33 Polybian Roman 275BC-105BC
The Roman army list for DBA during the Macedonian Wars, Punic Wars and Iberian Wars is II/33 Polybian Roman. This looks like a Consular army with two legions and two allied wings (ala). So roughly half of each troop type would be Roman and the other half Latin. This post is part of my series on Troop Identities in DBA Army Lists.
DBA II/19 Seleucid 320-83BC
I’ve got a Seleucid army for DBM but I don’t particularly like the DBA list (II/19). There are four variations (a to d) but the different DBA variants don’t align too well with the DBM lists. The first two variants (a and b) established the Seleucid empire. The latter two versions (c and d) fought the Romans in the Macedonian Wars. This post is part of my series on Troop Identities in DBA Army Lists.
DBA II/27 Pyrrhic 300BC-272BC
Pyrrhus, the King of Epiros, was the only Hellenistic general to defeat the Romans in battle. As far as I’m aware he is the only Hellenistic general to fight the Carthaginians. That means Pyrrhus is the point where the wars of Alexander successors met the Punic Wars. Pyrrhus campaigned in Epiros, Greece and Macedonia during 306-281 BC, in southern Italy against the Romans in 280-275 BC, against the Carthaginians in Sicily in 278-275 BC, against the Romans again in 275 BC, and back in Greece 275-272 BC. This post is part of my series on Troop Identities in DBA Army Lists.
DBA I/61 Early Carthaginian 550-275BC
The Early Carthaginian army conquered parts of north Africa, Spain, Sardinia, and western Sicily. It is represented by the DBA army list I/61 Early Carthaginian. This post is part of my series on Troop Identities in DBA Army Lists.
Troop Identities in DBA Army Lists
I play DBA quite a lot and with my current enthusiasm for Big Bases I’m rebasing my ancients and medieval armies for Big Base DBA. To help with that process I wanted to know what nationalities the DBA elements correspond to.
How Other People Recreate the Macedonian and Punics Wars with DBA
DBA is fun but pretty rubbish at simulating the Macedonian and Punic Wars so I wondered what other people are doing to deal with the issues.
DBA II/35 Later Macedonian 260BC-148BC
The II/35 Later Macedonian DBA army list represents those Macedonians who fought the Romans in Greece during in the Macedonian Wars. This post is part of my series on Troop Identities in DBA Army Lists.