Introductory Remarks
by Steven Phenow, Editor

The following scenarios in Spain are taken from Philip Viverito's "Classical Hack" scenario book for Rome, and are reprinted with the permission of Phil Viverito and L.M.W. works. It covers the Spanish Civil War fought between two Romans, Quintus Sertorius, a supporter of Gains Marius, and Gnaeus Pompey Magnus, a supporter of Lucius Cornelius Sulla, the dictator of Rome.

Scott Holder did a great job on the scenarios, which are diverse enough to be played more than once. He suggests naming the units and playing the scenarios as part of a campaign, subtracting losses from the units as the campaign continues. We included only three out of the six scenarios that Holder researched. We thought these were most interesting. If there is a large enough response to these three we could publish the other three.

Converting "Classical Hack" to other systems is pretty straight forward. In this scenario the figure scale is 1 figure to 125 men. The ground scale is 1 inch to 100 feet. Morale classes are old WRG. 'A' = Super Confidant, 'B' = Veterans, 'C' = Average, 'L' = Levy and 'T' Tribal. Tribal units in "Classical Hack" respond well until faced with adversity. Then they fall apart. We all know about levies.

Enter Pompey

When Sulla became Dictator of Rome, certain generals in Rome's provinces rebelled. The most talented of these was Sertorius in Spain. After defeating a four legion army under Lucius Fufidus in 80 B.C., Sertorius' position seemed secure. Sulla sent one of his allies, Metellus Pius, to govern Far Spain and defeat Sertorius. In 79 B.C. Sertorius defeated one of Pius' legates, Thorius, and mauled three legions in the process.

Meanwhile, the governorof Near Spain, Marcus Calvinus, was defeated and killed on the battlefield by one of Sertorius' lieutenants, Hertulius, and six more legions were hurt badly. In 77 B.C. the Roman governorof Gaul, Lucius Manlius, led an army into Spain and Hertulius beat him decisively and pursued Manlius and beat him again.

By now Sulla had died and the Senate wanted to end the Spanish rebellion. The problem was they didn't want to actually pay to end the rebellion. Therefore, in 77 B.C. the senior consul, Lucius Marcus Philippus, wrangled a "special command" for Gnaius Pompieus (otherwise known as Pompey the Great). Pompey would raise many of his own troops thereby letting the Senate deal with Spain "on the cheap". Since the defeats in 79 B.C. Metellus Pius had not engaged Sertorius on the battlefield, respecting the man's generalship and his own lack of support from home. Pompey was to "assist" Pius in defeating Sertorius.

When the campaign began anew in 76 B.C. Sertorius ran circles around Pompey in their first meeting although the Roman army survived, damaged but intact. Pompey and Pius met Sertorius or his lieutenants on the battlefield five additional times by the end of 75 B.C. and although Sertorius was unquestionably the superior general, his lieutenants let him down and Pompey and Pius began a campaign against the rebel towns, an effective strategy aimed at undermining Sertorius' ability to fight a long term carnpaign. However the end of the campaign came when Perperna, one of Sertorius' disaffected generals, assassinated him. After a short campaign to mop up the remaining rebels (still led by Perperna). Spain was again secure.

A noted aspect of the respective armies was the fact that the Spanish rebels were highly trained in Roman drill and tactics and yet remained loose order. The Roman armies had an almost total lack of auxiliary troops except for some Gallic cavalry.

More Spanish Campaign

Introduction
Scenario 1: 76 B.C.E. Pompey vs Sertorius
Scenario 2: 76 B.C.E. Metellus vs Hertulius
Scenario 3: 75 B.C.E. Pompey vs Sertorius