Historical Overview Section
Hatra was probably built in the 3rd or 2nd century BC by the Seleucid Empire. After its capture by the Parthian Empire, it flourished during the 1st and 2nd centuries AD as a religious and trading center. Later on, the city became the capital of possibly the first Arab Kingdom in the chain of Arab cities running from Hatra, in the northeast, via Palmyra, Baalbek and Petra, in the southwest. The region controlled from Hatra was the Kingdom of Araba, a semi-autonomous buffer kingdom on the western limits of the Parthian Empire, governed by Arabian princes.
Hatra became an important fortified frontier city and withstood repeated attacks by the Roman Empire, and played an important role in the Second Parthian War. It repulsed the sieges of both Trajan (116/117) and Septimius Severus (198/199). Hatra defeated the Iranians at the battle of Shahrazoor in 238, but fell to the Iranian Sassanid Empire of Shapur I in 241 and was destroyed. The traditional stories of the fall of Hatra tell of an-Nadira, daughter of the King of Araba, who betrayed the city into the hands of Shapur. The story tells of how Shapur killed the king and married an-Nadira, but later had her killed also.
Using the army in ADLG
- Almost a Parthian/Palmyran croww, but with more desert stuff
- hint 2
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Codgers 2024 74 Hatra Sewell
Ordinary
4 Horsemen Cataphract
2 Horse Archers Light cavalry bow
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Brilliant
2 Cataphact on Camels Cataphract camelry ------
2 Bedouin Light camelry bow Mediocre
3 Warriors Heavy swordsmen ------
2 Bowman Bowmen ------
2 Skimishers Light infantry bow ------
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Competent & Unreliable
2 Roman Auxiliaries Medium swordsmen impact
1 Warrrior Medium swordsmen
2 Bowmen Bowmen
3 Skimisher Light infantry javelin
1 Horse Archer Light cavalry bow
200 Points
Hatra
Bril General 6
8 x LC Bow 48
Comp General 3
3 x Cat. Camels 36
2 x MCm Bow 20
3 x LI Bow 12
2 x LI Jav 8
Ord General 0
1 x HC Elite 11
1 x MC Bow 9
4 x Bowmen 28
2 x MSwd Impact 16
TOTAL 197 (doubles)