Spring 960: the Romans did it again. Fires light up the Cagliari skies.
And the Burgundians find another SC they just conquered destroyed by the defeated and disbanded Roman navy.
Worse, the Romans also take Pisa at the cost of the Burgundese army. But since Pisa was already set on fire earlier, there is little harm the Romans can do. Or perhaps not?
And it won't come as a surprise that the majority of the fighting is between Burgundian and Roman forces. What may be a surprise is that the, what now seems to be former, ally of the Romans, Sweden loses its army in Ruthenia to a joint Roman attack from Cumania with support from Transylvania.
And thus the Romans are on their own again.

Adjudication
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Burgundy:
F Barca - Alexandria (*Bounce*)
A Bavaria - Graz (*Fails*)
A Flanders - Verdun
A Frankfurt - Bavaria (*Fails*)
A Genova Supports A Pisa
A Koln - Hessen
F Ligurian Sea - Cagliari
A Lombardy - Venezia (*Bounce*)
A Marseilles Supports A Genova
A Pisa Supports A Lombardy - Venezia (*Disbanded*)
A St. Gallen - Tirol (*Fails*)
F Western Mediterranean Sea Supports F Ligurian Sea - Cagliari
A Zurich - Lombardy (*Fails*)

EasternRomanEmpire:
F Abruzzi Hold
A Ancona Supports A Venezia - Pisa
A Beograd - Buda (*Fails*)
A Buda - Venezia (*Bounce*)
F Cagliari DES Cagliari (*Disbanded*)
A Cumaniya - Ruthenia
F Eastern Mediterranean Sea Supports F Libyan Sea
A Graz Supports A Pest - Praha (*Cut*)
A Jorsal - Alexandria (*Bounce*)
A Kaffa Hold
A Khazar Empire Hold
F Libyan Sea Supports F Tyrrhenian Sea - Strait of Sicily (*Cut*)
F North Black Sea Supports A Khazar Empire
F Palermo Supports F Libyan Sea
A Pest - Praha (*Fails*)
F Roma Supports A Venezia - Pisa
F South Black Sea - Cherson Bight
A Tirol - Lombardy (*Fails*)
A Transylvania Supports A Cumaniya - Ruthenia
F Tyrrhenian Sea - Strait of Sicily (*Fails*)
A Venezia - Pisa

SlavicNations:
A Burta Supports F Vladimir - Khazar Empire
A Gardarike - Smolensk
A Holmgard - Ingermannland
A Kjonugard Supports A Burta
A Mordvin Supports A Burta
A Smolensk - Przemysl
A Vitebsk - Memel
F Vladimir - Khazar Empire (*Fails*)

Norge:
A Auvergne - Tours
A Bretagne - Hafrsfjord
A Catalonia - Toulouse
F English Channel Convoys A Bretagne - Hafrsfjord
F Gulf of Lyons - Ligurian Sea
A Lapland - Jemtland
F Mid Atlantic Ocean - Gulf of Cadiz
F North Sea Convoys A Bretagne - Hafrsfjord
A Savoie Supports A Zurich - Lombardy
F Sea of England Convoys A Bretagne - Hafrsfjord
F Serkland - Tunis (*Fails*)
A Skiringssal Supports A Lapland - Jemtland
F Strait of Sicily - Tyrrhenian Sea (*Fails*)
A Toulouse - Nantes
F Tunis - Libyan Sea (*Fails*)

Sverige:
F Baltic Sea - Gulf of Finland
F Bornholmer Sea - Baltic Sea
A Brandenburg - Breslau
A Goteborg Hold
A Groningen - Hamburg
F Gulf of Bothnia Convoys A Uppsala - Osterbotten
A Hessen - Brandenburg
A Pommern - Gdansk
A Praha Supports A Bavaria - Graz (*Cut*)
A Ruthenia - Pest (*Disbanded*)
A Tiundaland - Uppsala
A Uppsala - Osterbotten

No retreats required so we're at the start of Fall 960.
Another DIAS was proposed, so please submit your votes with the Fall 960 orders.
Deadline for Fall 960 orders is Monday Jan 5 at 23:00 GMT.

Maps and RealPolitik files are attached. As usual the Viking.MAP and Viking.BMP go into the RP Viking Variants folder.

Have a great New Years Eve everyone. Enjoy the champagne but be careful with the artillery.
Frank