ROME AND CARTHAGE FACTION(S)

[kataphraktoi]

Well, you know the deal.

Give us some real good insight into these great factions.

[scooter_the_shooter]

this is from a book i have on romans


here is the ranks i will go from lowest to highest

Signifer- A standard bearer who carried the emblem of a century

Cornicene -a horn blower

calvary soldier- a soldier on horse back

aquilifer- the standard bearer with the golden eagle

auxilary -a non citizen who fought in the army basically a mercenary

legionary -a foot soldier only romans could be one

centurion- the leader of a century

primus pilus - the senior centurion in a legion

praefectus castorum - senior officer in charge of training and organazation of a legion

Tribune- officer who helped the legatus run the legion

legate - comander of a legion





here is the organazation

contubernium- 8 soldiers who shared a tent

century-80 men

cohort- 480 men

legion 6000 men

hope this helps

[scooter_the_shooter]

what kind of stuff do you need i dont want to post somthing that has nothing to do with what you need

[kataphraktoi]

This thread is to collect as much information as possible. Somehwere along the line it will be relevant and useful. ITts the small things that make the difference. I mean just look at the damn Ptomeaic Pharoah caps

[scooter_the_shooter]

some pics from good old google

http://www.reformation.org/roman_soldier.jpg

http://www.caerleon.net/spectacular/photos/img19.jpg

http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/nettsch/time/armour.gif

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/timelines/britain/images/romansmarch.jpg


hope this helps

[Scipio]

well I have a bit of Roman stuff on my history web site found here (http://www.totalrome.com/ancientarchives/) just go to Rome section on the right hand navigation panel http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif I have armor, weapons, and battle write-ups

[scooter_the_shooter]

edit nothing in here was all that useful

[scooter_the_shooter]

i am back with carthage stuff

http://www.barca.fsnet.co.uk/army-carthage.htm

i had to use google for that so dont know how good it is

[Duke John]

Instead of just posting a bunch of links I would advise you to summarise the essential things. Pages full of links will not get any closer to a mod unless you take the next step of processing it.

Good luck,
Duke John

[scooter_the_shooter]

you mean like my first post ok http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif

[The Wizard]

Yeah, take a look at some of PSYCHO's posts, and some of the posts in Europa Barbarorum. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif



~Wiz

[scooter_the_shooter]

what year does the game start in so i dont go putting stuff to far ahead or to far behind

[The Wizard]

264 BC IIRC...



~Wiz

[scooter_the_shooter]

well my book says they had metal plated seige towers

[ah_dut]

good thread on the romans from a while back from Scipio linkhttp://www.totalwar.org/cgi-bin....Webpage (http://www.totalwar.org/cgi-bin/forum/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=3;t=12456)

[scooter_the_shooter]

what the heck was that link it wanted a new message or somthing

[scooter_the_shooter]

ok the romans also built siege ramps could we implement that some how.

[ah_dut]

Quote[/b] (ceasar010 @ June 18 2004,20:19)]what the heck was that link it wanted a new message or somthing
sorry will edit, it concerns scipio's thread on roman equipment a while ago.

[scooter_the_shooter]

good thread better than what i came up with