13. Wrath of the Regent | The Grand Campaign | AoE2: DE

[@alexandersturnn4530]

I do like the slowly building Bromance between Themistokles and Aristides in this campaign, going from hated Enemies, to reluctant Allies, to admitting that the other is pretty good with affectionate ribbing, to finally being a full on team.

[@gaurabgupta3985]

Aristides and Themistokles are like Goku and Vegeta of Athens. Started off as enemies and now are almost sworn brothers.

[@jonathetank501]

Wait till you see Brasidas and Lysander in the Sparta act.

[@mryes413]

The aftermath of the siege was to prove troublesome for Pausanias the Regent. Exactly what happened is unclear; Thucydides gives few details, although later writers added plenty of lurid insinuations.Through his arrogance and arbitrary actions (Thucydides says "violence"), Pausanias managed to alienate many of the Allied contingents, particularly those that had just been freed from Persian overlordship.The Ionians and others asked the Athenians to take leadership of the campaign, to which they agreed.The Spartans, hearing of his behaviour, recalled Pausanias and tried him on charges of collaborating with the enemy. Although he was acquitted, his reputation was tarnished, and he was not restored to his command.

[@hardric6284]

12:15 Ornlu reminding everyone he's Aristagoras' reincarnation. Also, this mission illustrates beautifully a simple formula: Ancient Greeks were actually bad at X, And the Spartans were the worst of the lot. Today, X can be replaced with Diplomacy.

[@George-ur8ow]

When you click on a villager sometimes you'll hear "Tee they-lays?" - in modern Greek, this is equivalent to "What do you want/what would you like?"

[@inductivegrunt94]

What a grueling siege. Having to race to preserve as much of the city as possible while also having to deal with Pausanias launching his own attacks puts some much welcome pressure on the player instead of booming and then sieging like most siege scenarios tend to be.

[@connorwilliams8904]

So happy to watch your videos of the campaign and sub to the channel to see you’re still making current content!

[@teddyhaines6613]

Good thing nobody told the Persians they can just delete their buildings.

[@gebhard128]

The spartans never really cared about something else then the greek mainland and were not interested in an own empire yet, so soon after the battle of plataiai they decided withdraw their forces, giving athens the opportunity to become the leader of the soon formed delian league, a league of equals in the first place, but thats soon to be changed...

[@budwyzer77]

I had to spam heavy cavalry and pause a lot to beat this level with 4 buildings burned. It was nice to see another Byzantium level, though.

[@mryes413]

The Greek fleet then sailed to Byzantium, which they besieged and eventually captured. Control of both Sestos and Byzantium gave the allies command of the straits between Europe and Asia (over which the Persians had crossed) and allowed them access to the merchant trade of the Black Sea.

[@milekordic3745]

Spartan leader get out control

[@mellow7938]

Tried my heart out to get the achievement

[@-AkhilTej-]

✅✅Auto scout option is there for scout cavalry

[@DisneyXDOmniverse]

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