Legendary Eagle?

I "captured" a Legendary Eagle when fighting the Senate. Does anybody know what this means? ~:confused:

Are you sure it was a "legendary eagle"? Not a "Legionary eagle"? Because thát would mean you destroyed 2 or more First Cohorts with your general, which gave him a good trait.

I have annihliated one Legionary First Cohort and gotten the trait.... Also it forces the Romans to attack that city a lot iirc, although since I have only gotten this trait once I could be wrong and it could just be a coincidence that they kept assaulting that one city.

You capture the Legionary Eagle Standard if you crushed (like, annihilated completely) the enemy's 1st cohort units. A general who succeeds this gains some "military reputation" (i.e. stars) based on the numbers of Eagle Standards captured (look on the trait files for the precise info). These standards attract AI's attention as they attempt to retake them.

Beware, though. If you have 1st cohort units in your service the enemies could do the same to you. Though I hardly find that possible, considering how powerful Legionary cohorts are, and how inept the AI is in the battlefield compare to the human player.

Yeah, I can't remember losing full units to the AI in campaign unless they were surrounded in a city and vastly outnumbered, outclassed or incorrectly matched. In field battles I may have lost a unit of Spartans when I let them get surrounded once, but they also might have fought their way free.

Anyone know if the AI actively attacks the city/general where the eagle was stolen?

The info text implies that, but I´ve never captured an eagle in plain Rome, only in Dath 5,8 mod because there the generals units have the eagle attribute. I can´t say I experienced above-average attacks on those cities where the eagles have been brought to.

Probably just where the godless Julii were going to focus their onslaught anyway then.

Thanks for the info ya'll!