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Parthians Vs Seleucids

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 Deployment: The seleucid deployment zone is heavily encumbered with terrain. They place  their cataphracts  in the brush on the far left, phalanx behind the sand dune, and the elephant with medium infantry in the central plantation. The parthian's have a mix of medium and light horse archers strung out on the right, whilst on their left they have a few medium horse archers alongside a solid block of cataphracts. Their remaining cataphract command have been sent to outflank the enemy line.  Parthian Turn 1: Making use of the temporarily wide open battlefield, the parthian's ambitiously redeploy. They bring most of the medium cavalry from the right into the centre, whilst the cataphracts on the left about face and pull back to open up more room for manoeuvre. On both flanks horse archers advance far enough to fix the enemy in place and prevent any double moves.  Seleucid Turn 1: The strategist splits his command, keeping the elephant and bowmen to guard the flank of the phalanx