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Under a strong Getai king, the Thracians might be united under a single banner, and the Greeks to their south will again fear the day, a horde of Thracians will descend upon them from the north. Their warriors are strong and with the teachings of Zalmoxis, they fear little. And north of these kingdoms, one of the Thraikian tribes, the Getai are showing signs of power. Pyrrhos desires himself to be the next Megas Alexandros and having almost been pushed out of Italia, he might regards his eastern neighbours an easier prey. And to the west of these two rivals Pyrrhos rules Epeiros, which forms a buffer between Hellas and the Romani. Still, being different does not mean being worse, and the new soldiers are still a threat. Hoplitai are still the mainstay, but they are different from the hoplitai that fought at Thermopylai and Plataia. Made up of Athenai, Sparte, and Rhodos they are but a shadow of the power they wielded two centuries ago individually. South of them the Koinon Hellenon is a new alliance of old states, and they ready themselves to defend their freedom against Makedonian tyranny, as they see it.
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Their phalangitai are still enough to turn the tide of most wars, and their cavalry is among the world's finest. Makedonia is not as powerful as before, but only a fool would underestimate them. In what has long been considered the cradle of European civilization, Hellas, the Greeks are at war. They might fight between themselves, but in the west the Lusotannan might take on the mantle of leadership and unite the peninsula under their rule, to protect themselves better from the encroachments of foreigners. The Iberians, who might get caught up in this conflict, either as mercenaries, as people to be conquered, or even as conquerors themselves, must be considered as well. Either the disciplined legions of the Romani will land in Africa, or the fat coffers of the Karthadastim will be enough to hire mercenaries and levy locals to take the fight to Italia and the Roman heartlands. The children of Aeneas and Dido are, according to legend, doomed to fight each other, and like eaglets in a nest only one will survive the encounter. In the western and central Mediterranean two nations live side by side, yet not peacefully. If Germania or Gaul is united under a strong line of kings, lands far away might tremble. Under a strong Kuningaz, the disparate tribes might be brought under a single Sweboz banner. One of hundreds of tribes, the Sweboz, is stirring and looks with covetous eyes on the rest of Germania and abroad. To the east of Gaul in the dark forests of Germania, things are not quiet either. If the civil war continues the Gauls will be weakened and their lands will be ripe for foreign invasions. The Arverni attacks on traders, both Gaul and foreign ones, is disrupting Gallic prosperity as a whole and the many battles ultimately deprive Gaul of skilled warriors. The Arverni alliance regards the Aedui as weak and has rebelled against their rule, lead by their god-king made flesh. In Gaul to the south, war rages across Gallic countrysides and forests. The Casse, however dream to become the strongest peoples, and with patience and wise leadership that goal may be achieved. In the Isles of Tin, or Britain, the different tribes trade or fight each other with none truly maintaing control. In northern Europe live the 'barbarians', and although they might look alike, there are more differences than similarities, certainly in the ways of war. In Europa Barbarorum you will either lead or face the peoples that most impacted history in ancient Europe and its neighboring lands. There are some peoples who have acquired what might be termed 'Empires', though none is assurred of long-term hegemony. There are many peoples poised to claim what they believe is rightfully theirs.
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In 272 BC, there is no single superpower.