Field Of Glory II: Wolves At The Gate

Eventually they settled down, and created important states in Normandy and the Kievan Rus. Constantinople endured a year long siege (717-718), and this proved to be the beginning of the end for the Umayyad Caliphate. Summary of features: 19 new factions 55 new units 76 new army lists 6 new Epic Battles 74 new Quick Battles Expanded Custom Battles module. In 800 he was crowned “Emperor of the Romans” by Pope Leo III. In the 9th century the nomadic Magyars erupted into European history. Six years later, in 634, the newly Islamized Arabs erupted forth from Arabia, quickly defeating the Byzantines and Persians. Their defeat by the Germans at Lechfeld in 955 ended their threat to Western Europe and in 1000 their High Prince accepted Christianity and was recognised as King of Hungary by Pope Sylvester II, ruling under his Christian name of István (Stephen) I. Charlemagne ruled as King of the Franks from 768-814 AD. 76 new army lists (which expands the total number of army lists to 281). The Byzantine Empire, after losing its Levantine and North African provinces, survived the initial Islamic advance. 55 new units: Huscarls (Spear), Huscarls (Axe), Mounted Huscarls, Berserkers, Well-Equipped Shieldwall (Offensive), Shieldwall (Offensive), Hirdsmen, Dismounted Hirdsmen, Picked Irish Foot (Axe), Irish Foot (Axe), Irish Kerns, (Dark Age) Armoured Lancers, Dismounted Armoured Lancers, (Dark Age) Lancers, Dismounted Lancers, (Dark Age) Armoured Cavalry (Light Spear), Dismounted Armoured Cavalry, (Dark Age) Cavalry (Light Spear), Dismounted Cavalry, Crossbowmen, Light Crossbowmen, Byzantine Kataphraktoi, Tagmatic Lancers & Archers, Thematic Lancers & Archers, Varangian Guard (Early), Byzantine Skutatoi, Byzantine Raw Skutatoi, Byzantine Massed Archers, Byzantine Light Archers,  Byzantine Skutatoi & Archers, Raw Byzantine Skutatoi & Archers, Light Horse Archers (Pecheneg/Cuman), Horse Archers (Pecheneg/Cuman), Muslim Spearmen, Raw Muslim Spearmen, Veteran Muslim Spearmen, 'Abid al-shira, Muslim Irregular Foot, Armoured Muslim Lancers (Superior), Dismounted (Superior) Armoured Muslim Lancers, Armoured Muslim Lancers (Average), Dismounted (Average) Armoured Muslim Lancers, Muslim Lancers, Ghilman, Dismounted Ghilman, Muslim Cavalry (Light Spear), Muslim War Elephants, Muslim Light Horse (Javelins),  Muslim Light Foot Archers, Muslim Light Javelinmen, Naffatun, Veteran Dailami Foot, Dailami Foot, Superior Indian Lancers, Indian Lancers. By 750, under the Umayyad Caliphate, the Muslim Arab Empire stretched from Spain to the borders of India. From 600 to 628 AD the Byzantines were locked in a titanic struggle for survival against the aggressive Sassanid Persian Empire, from which they eventually emerged victorious. Expanded Sandbox Campaign module. The kingdom he inherited already included most of modern France and parts of Germany. Alan 651-1049 AD Andalusian 756-1049 AD Anglo-Danish 1017-1041 AD Anglo-Saxon 600-870 AD Anglo-Saxon 871-949 AD Anglo-Saxon 950-1016 AD Arab (Conquest) 629-637 AD Arab (Conquest) 638-684 AD Arab (Umayyad) 685-750 AD Arab (Abbasid) 747-793 AD Arab (Abbasid) 794-814 AD Arab (Abbasid) 815-835 AD Arab (Abbasid) 836-873 AD Arab (Abbasid) 874-946 AD Arab (North Africa Superb sailors, they used their longboats to strike across the Baltic and North Seas against towns, farms and monasteries, and raid as far as Seville and Constantinople. After his death the Carolingian Empire split into two main states, West Francia (modern France) and East Francia (modern Germany). In Northern Europe, Viking raids started in the late 8th century. The great Islamic Empire was now split into many separate, and often competing states. Details: 19 new named factions: Andalusians, Bulgars, Croatians, Dailami, Fatimids, French, Ghaznavids, Khazars, Khorasanians, Magyars, Moravians, Navarrese, Normans, Pechenegs, Polish, Rus, Scots, Serbians, Vikings. Their invasions of the British Isles resulted in centuries of intermittent warfare with the English, Irish and Scottish kingdoms. This expansion extends Field of Glory II forward to 1040 AD, exploring the rich military history of the so-called “Dark Ages”, from the whirlwind Arab Conquest to the depredations of the Vikings and Magyars, the birth of England, France, Germany and Spain, and the long struggle of the Byzantine Empire to keep Roman civilisation alive in the east. Their western raids reached as far as Spain. Eventually, weakened by defeats on the frontiers of their vast empire and internal unrest, the Umayyads were overthrown by the Abbasid dynasty. 6 new historically-based campaigns. Both empires, however, were severely weakened. By his death in 814, his empire encompassed modern France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, northern Italy and a strip of northern Spain. New Allies feature added in accompanying game update. The Byzantines grew stronger under the Macedonian Dynasty (867-1056), and ended the period more powerful than they had been for many centuries.

Field Of Glory II: Wolves At The Gate