Conquest: Asia Minor

**Conquest: Asia Minor** an important storyline quest for the conquest of Asia Minor which is started when the player character become legatus. After conquering Mytilene, the main objective is to conquer the rest of Asia Minor. This quest starts by gaining a foothold on Asia Minor, by conquering Mysia and two neighbouring area. The next goal is to become dominant, by conquiring nine areas. The final goal of the quest is then to conquer all eleven areas. This is combined with other quests and pacification quests for certain areas.

This includes the following storyline and side quests:

* Divide and Conquer
* Whack the Mole
* Morituri te Salutant
* Hostage Exchange
* The Smuggler
* Siege of Chalkedon, the final quest and five-in-a-row combat.

And the following pacification quest, which consists of sending a group of Praetorians to fight against resisting enemy troops and rebels:

* Pacification: Beach Village (Mysia)
* Pacification: Cavern (center region)
* Pacification: Mountain Villa (western region)
* Pacification: Mountainside Camp (southeastern region)
* Pacification: Forest Caravan (Heraclea, northern region)

## Mysia conquest and first objective

After restoring wounded legions and hiring new legionnaires, the player has to conquer Mysia first to gain a stepping stone for conquering the other sectors in the region. The player has the opportunity to talk to Theophilus, owner of the Temple of Appollon and rules of Mysia. The ruler can not be convinced to switch sides to Rome, but does start the quest Divide and Conquer, which is also an important storyline quest for the objective.

Before or after Divide and Conquer, take the city of Mysia. After conquering the city, you have to complete the pacification quest. Talk to the Primus Pilus Orestus Turius, located near the tent to start quest of finding the clandestine coastal shipyards, by burning down one coastal lumber production site. This mission must be done by a trusted companion and at least three Praetorians. When the twelve piles of lumber are burnt, the combat stops and the player can roam about the area and loot the dead and containers.

Then the region is conquered and pacified, which allows the legion to build production site for food, stone, iron and leather. From then on, it becomes possible to also complete legion mission for resources hunting for food, small amounts of experience and other things.

### Impending attack

Every now and then, an army will be sent to Mysia and other cities to retake the region. Have a strong enough legion there to fend off the assailants.

## Second objective, conquer three more regions.

After conquering six territories, Lucius Licinius Lucullus moves Legio Prima Italica to Mysia and he sends a group of speculatore to bring news of Thracia joining forces with Mithradites army. which is the start of Morituri te Salutant.

## Siege of Chalkedon

The strongest units should be transferred to the speculator group, which needs to fight in three phases of combat. They must first take out as many catapults as possible. As such, a good healer should accompany them as well. Then they need to free Marcus Aurelius Cotta from prison, along with his praetorians, who if they survive, will fight in the final phase of battle, along with all the other units controlled by the player character. Keeping those allies alive in the second phase of the speculatore group is handy.

A few torches can make the objective of destroying catapults, easier, but just hitting with powerful melee attacks can be effective as well.