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Jasper tackles this question from one of our patrons.

\\u2018Did Ancient Armies wargame in any fashion we would recognize? Either in the armchair sense, or practically in the fields or on the seas? Did the Romans have wargames exercises to counter barbarian armies or Persian fleets? On the armchair side watching \\u2018I Claudius\\u2019 episode 1 there Augustus is playing a board game he calls \\u2018Empire\\u2019 with Agrippa\\u2019s two young sons. I expect this is just a story telling invention of the author or TV adaptation, but is there any basis for such a wargame simulator having existed in Rome or other nation?\\u2019

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