How looks right consular army and praetor army composition?

[Pius Curus]

Could you anybody write me how looks right Consular army (after Polybian reform) and Praetor army composition?

Roman path of Consular army
Consul
Tribun
1x equites romanii
1x triarii romanii (or 2 triarii romanii?)
2x principes romanii
2x hastati romanii

Allied parth of Concular army
1x equites extraordinarii
1x pedites extraordinarii
1x milites samnitici
4x hastati samnitici

Light units
3x velites
1x accensi

Could you write me then, how should looks Praetor army composition, pls?

[Reno Melitensis]

To represent a Consular army in EB I take the following units:

Consular Army

1 Equites Consularis
5 Hastati Maniples
5 Principes Maniples
3 Triari Maniples
4 Velites
2 Accensi


Praetor or Quaestor Army

1 Equites Consularis
3 Hastati Maniples
3 Principes Maniples
2 Triari Maniples
3 Velites
2 Accensi

If there is a need to strengthen the ranks of the later I would do so with local allies, does that where historically Roman allies. I dont use the Equites because they are to weak when compared with other cavalry and the Extraordinarii are not available yet, I have to make another upgrade that cost to much. When facing phalanx heavy armies it is more wisely to take infantry than cavalry, and there are many phalanxes in EB.

Cheers.

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

It depends on the era. In the Camillian era all five classes of Roman infantry should number the same, with a unit of each type of extraordinari (infantry and cavalry.)

In the Polybian era the Triarii number half that of the other two infantry classes, who are one third bigger.

So for Camillian:

3 Hastati
3 Princepes
3 Triarii
3 Accensi
3 Rorarii
1 Leves
1 Equites
1 Equites Extraordinarii
1 Pedites Extraordinarii
1 General

Polybian:

4 Hastati
4 Princepes
2 Triarii
4 Velites
1 Equites
1 Equites Extraordinarii
1 Pedites Extraordinarii
1 General

You can exchange the last two classes of the Camillian army for other troops and you have two spare slots with the Polybian.

[alatar]

How can you have the Extraordinarii with out using local allies?

I use two armies,
Consular (one is always in italy)
(Camillian)
1 General
1 Tribune
2 Triarii
4 Princeps
4 Hastati
2 Equties
2 Level
2 Acseni
2 Rorarii

Questor
1 General
1 Tribune
2 Triarii
4 Princeps
4 Hastati
3 Italian Troops (Samnites or other mercs)
2 Extraordinarii
3 Local troops (Hipies and greeks for example)

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

Fundamentally the "Roman" units are really "Latin Allied" units. At game start only Latium and Campania have significant numbers of citizens.

[iceman7291]

For my Polybian army I use :

1 general
5 hastati
5 pricepes
3 triarii
2 pedites extrodianarii
2 velites
2 equites

[Sirfiggin]

For Polybian armies I prefer:

3 each of Hastati, Principes and Triarii,
1 consular guard cavalry
1 equites extraordinarii,
1 equites cavalry,
the rest mercs and/or velites