Italian War Army Commitment Rules:
Each turn (starting with the first) an Italian state at war with Rome generates
two DBA armies. This newly raised Italian army marches together as a consular
army in its first battle on a die roll of 5,6 . This is +1 if the Italian
state is being invaded, i.e. a Roman player is attacking a city this round,
or has landed by sea in the Eastern Sector. Otherwise the Italian state’s
new armies march separately, but if in the same sector, they may join together
under rules for ‘Multiple Armies from the Same List.’
The sector that the Italian state deploys its army in is as follows – the state must send one army to the sector in which it is listed as ‘Potential Enemy’. If there are two or more such sectors, and the newly generated DBA armies are marching together, randomly determine the sector to which it is allocated. For example, the Picentii are listed as Potential Enemies in both the North and Eastern Sector. If the Romans have activated the Eastern Sector, then a Picentii consular army will roll with 50 percent chance of going as a group to either North or Eastern Sector.
If the Italian state’s two DBA armies march separately, then they must go to separate sectors if possible. If an Italian state is listed as a raider in another sector, one army can go there as well if the sector’s Roman player makes a Foreign War die roll that permits a raiding army. With three or more opportunities for raiding and potential enemy slots, randomly determine where each army goes. If there is only one Sector in which the Italian state is listed as a potential enemy, and no raiding opportunities, the Italian state sends both armies independently to the same sector. If there are only raiding opportunities (which typically happens if the Romans do not establish an Eastern Sector), then the armies are randomly allocated as raiders. If the Romans do not open an ‘Eastern Front’ and no raiding opportunities exist for and Eastern Italian state, then an Eastern Sector Italian state will lend its army to one of the principal Italian War states – the Samnites, Marsii, Paegelini, Picentii, or Etrurii. This normally happens as a result of an event.
A raiding Italian army will leave the sector after it is defeated. Italian war armies that form out of several Italian nations functioning as allies
Command of Italian armies
With the exception of the Marsii and the Samnites, the senior general of the first DBA consular army committed by an Italian state is its Praetor. He counts as C-in-C for that state should he become a casualty, causing a +3DRM to that country’s peace die roll. The senior general of the first army committed by the Marsii and the Samnites are the Consul of the Italian nation as a whole. The senior general of the second DBA army committed by the Marsii and the Samnites is the Praetor of those nations.
The death or capture of a Italian Consul in a round causes a +1 DRM to all Italian War peace die rolls that year. If both fall in the same round, then there is a +3 DRM to all Italian War peace die rolls.
After an Italian consul dies or is captured, randomly select one of the surviving praetors of any at-war Italian state to take his place at the beginning of the next round before any Foreign War die rolls. The senior general of the next DBA consular army produced by the nation is its new praetor.
For example, in the first round of the Italian war suppose the senior Marsii general is killed. This man is the Consul of the Italian nation. In the next round, two new Italian nations join the revolt. One state, the Etrurians, makes peace. So one of the praetors of the 4 surviving states of the first year (but not the two new states) becomes the next Italian consul. Suppose the lucky individual was the Paegelini’s praetor. The new praetor of the Paegelini is the senior general of the reinforcement DBA consular army.
When an Italian consul is present on the field, all Italian nations commands are subordinate. If both consuls are present on the field, the one that commands the most subordinate generals is C-in-C. If both have the same number of subordinates, then select by element count; if the same element count, randomly determine C-in-C.
When an Italian praetor is in the field, all commands led by generals of that army are subordinate to him. If two Italian praetors are on the field together, the same order of precedence is used to determine C-in-C as if two consuls were present.
If armies of the same Italian state led by non-praetors are involved in the
same battle, one becomes subordinate to the other on a 4,5,6. Otherwise they
are treated as ally commands.
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