Originally Posted by
Titus Marcellus Scato
I hate cheating too, but I have to say I disagree with you on the Seleucid reform. After all, if you're winning all your major battles, why would you need to update your army? It's obviously working fine the way it is. And if you only lose one major battle to a large enemy army with lots of cavalry, then most Seleucid leaders would blame the losing general for making a mistake, rather than blaming the troops themselves. After all, the Seleucid army is based on Alexander the Great's army, and he did fine with it, so if 'you' can't, there's more likely to be something wrong with 'you', not the army.
If the Seleucid Empire loses one major battle, it's probably a fluke occurrence, no need to worry, just assign a better general next time. If the Empire loses two major battles, especially two in a row, then that would call for a more thorough investigation as to the cause.
Oh, BTW, the eastern part of the Empire is underdeveloped, but the many available mercenaries make up for that. Just hire them before your enemies do.
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