JNR
01-25-2009, 13:42
First I have to say that I know there are many threads about it. However there are also many opinions how to build a historical roman army. The problem is not the relation between Hastati - Principes and Triarii.
I think a roman legion consisted of:
10 cohorts - 30 maniples - 60 centurias, each 100 [80;60] soldiers
10 of these maniples are hastati, 10 principes and 10 triarii, with only have the usual size. So we have:
2000 Hastati, 2000 Principes and 1w000 Triarii.
But how to realize this in EB?
If you play on huge-sized units, one maniple has 160 soldiers + centrion + antesignatus (?)
This would correspond to a historical maniple with 2 centurias, each 80 soldiers (common for a long time I think)
The only problem now is, that a stack in RTW has a maximum capacity of 20 units...
At the moment my complete army consists of:
1 legion for every province (not cities, for example Sicily is only one province, not 3) and one Ala for every legion.
My legions are made up of:
1 General, + 1 spy and 1 dimplomat
1 hastati maniple
1 principes maniple
1 half-sized (EDU) triarii maniple
1 unit Velites
The Alae are made up of:
2 local infantry units
1 local skirmisher unit
1 local elite unit
1 local cavalry unit
If possible, a recruited general replaces one of these units (for example the Celtic Lesser King replaces the Neitos, the elite unit in my gallic alae)
If I want to conquer lands, I build up a full consular army of 2 legions and their alae
How historical is this army system? And is there a way to use the tactics the romans used? I don't have 10 whole cohorts which can operate seperatly, in fact every legion has only 1 cohors...
I think a roman legion consisted of:
10 cohorts - 30 maniples - 60 centurias, each 100 [80;60] soldiers
10 of these maniples are hastati, 10 principes and 10 triarii, with only have the usual size. So we have:
2000 Hastati, 2000 Principes and 1w000 Triarii.
But how to realize this in EB?
If you play on huge-sized units, one maniple has 160 soldiers + centrion + antesignatus (?)
This would correspond to a historical maniple with 2 centurias, each 80 soldiers (common for a long time I think)
The only problem now is, that a stack in RTW has a maximum capacity of 20 units...
At the moment my complete army consists of:
1 legion for every province (not cities, for example Sicily is only one province, not 3) and one Ala for every legion.
My legions are made up of:
1 General, + 1 spy and 1 dimplomat
1 hastati maniple
1 principes maniple
1 half-sized (EDU) triarii maniple
1 unit Velites
The Alae are made up of:
2 local infantry units
1 local skirmisher unit
1 local elite unit
1 local cavalry unit
If possible, a recruited general replaces one of these units (for example the Celtic Lesser King replaces the Neitos, the elite unit in my gallic alae)
If I want to conquer lands, I build up a full consular army of 2 legions and their alae
How historical is this army system? And is there a way to use the tactics the romans used? I don't have 10 whole cohorts which can operate seperatly, in fact every legion has only 1 cohors...