Bastenae1 - Roman Civil Wars

Marcus Licinius Crassus the Younger, grandson of the Triumvir defeated at Carrhae by the Parthians, had fought in the civil wars initially with Sextus Pompeius and then Antony before defecting to Octavian (the emperor Augustus). In 29 BC Crassus led a Roman army against the Bastarnae a tribe that inhabited the region between the eastern Carpathian mountains and the Dnieper river (modern Moldova and southern Ukraine). The Bastarnae were probably Germanic in language and culture, but they had cultural contacts with the Sarmatians and Dacians. Crassus fought a pitched battle against the Bastarnae near the river Cedrus and, according to Dio Cassius, killed their King Deldo in single combat. (12 turns, 5,000pts a side)