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Oppidum of the Sotiates as the game's campaign map draws it
56 BCAquitania

Oppidum of the Sotiates

Column 4 of 8 on the campaign map: Armorica and Aquitania, 56 BC

From the legate


56 BC. Young Publius Crassus leads us into Aquitania to subdue its tribes. Adiatuanus charges with six hundred sworn men who live and die with their lord. If you lose these slopes below their hill town, our young commander and his army will perish.

The briefing as the game gives it, before the battle.

The battlefield

Every new campaign generates this battlefield from its own seed: the same map for every retry, a new one for the next campaign.

Ground
Hillfort
Region
Aquitania
Year
56 BC
  • An enemy camp. A Gallic camp hides in the woods at the edge of the field and is found mid-battle. Until it burns it sends raiders at the houses and its own wave; its veteran guards never leave it. The battle is won only once it has burned.

You will face

  • Aquitanian Light Horse
    Cavalry
  • Warband
    Infantry
  • Noble Swordsmen
    Infantry
  • Skirmishers
    Ranged
  • Gallic Spearmen
    Spear

They come out of the mist in waves. How many depends on the squads you send, how far your campaign has come and its difficulty.

The chieftain

Adiatuanus, as the game draws him
Adiatuanus
Infantry

A named chieftain takes the field here.

Units that shine here

  • Legionaries

    vs Infantry:stand even with Gallic foot; take the high ground.

    vs Ranged:swords run down slingers and skirmishers.

  • Spearmen

    vs Cavalry:a pike wall breaks horsemen.

  • Archers

    vs Spear:arrows thin a spear line before it reaches you.

Meet the units

Fight it yourself

Oppidum of the Sotiates is one of 25 battles in Legio: Gallic Frontier. Free to start: the first three battles are free.

Coming soon to iOS and Google Play