AOE Campaign Expansion 3 Pax Romana mission 2 Year of four Emperors, mission 3 Ctesiphon Hardest.
Channel: Dzung Nguyen
Date: 2015-09-09

AOE Campaign 
Expansion 3 Pax Romana mission 2 Year of four Emperors, mission 3 Ctesiphon Hardest.

Ctesiphon, 262 AD
Scenario Instructions:
After 500 years of gradual recovery from Alexandrer's conquest and Greek rule, Persia has revived as a world power and now threatens the eastern flank of the Roman Empire. Emperor Valerian ,  "Restorer of the Orient," set out to conquer the Sassanids, who now rule nearly all the land between Mesopotamia and India. After a brief campaign against the Persian King Shapur I, Valerian was captured and held prisoner in the Persian capital of Ctesiphon.

A caravan of gold and precious goods was dispatched to Ctesiphon to ransom Valerian and ease tensions between the Persians and Romans. The caravan was ambushed, however, and the ransom stolen. Parthian and Palmyran bandits still hold hidden enclaves in the Zagros Mountains. You are to restore order in this area, recover the ransom, and deliver it to Ctesiphon.

Objective:
 - Recapture the  three wagons (Artifacts)  and deliver it to the palace (foot of the Wonder) in Ctesiphon.
- Destroy all Palmyran and Parthian Stables.

Year of the Four Emperors is the second scenario of the Pax Romana campaign in Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome. The Romans must defend a Wonder, while replacing an enemy Wonder with their own.

Scenario Instructions 
The Emperor Nero has died and left no heir. A number of claimants to the throne have appeared, but the sensible leaders in Rome are convinced that it should be yours. Use your forces to remove the usurpers who have claimed the throne while defending the empire from invaders seeking advantage during this time of turmoil. Place a monument in Rome to mark your ascension to the throne.

Objectives
- Protect the Blue Wonder.
- Destroy the Red Wonder.
- Build a new Wonder where the Red Wonder stood

Strategy
You start off in the Stone Age with a few Villagers, so train a few more and start gathering, and age up as soon as possible. Send a Villager to the Wonder while you age up, and start building Towers as soon as you can.

There's three enemy forces on this map: Galba (red, Greeks), Vitellius (yellow, Palmyrans), and Otho (brown, Macedonians). All of them are a threat to your Wonders.

Build up until you reach the Iron Age, as there's no reason to attack the Wonder until you can build a new one. You can attack the enemy bases and weaken them - it's not necessary, but every one you destroy means fewer soldiers going after your Wonder. Remember that the Roman Legions are very effective. When you feel safe, destroy the red Wonder, and start building a new one.