Legion Names ?

**Maksimus** · 03-24-2008, 07:11

Legion Names were not only used for Legionares right?

Some Roman units before the reforms had the Legion names too? Yes ?

And what about the Hellenic Units? did Hellenic units had legion names or not?ž

Or other faction units?

I am asking this because it is quite easy to implement a name for the unit in the files.. but I am not sure did all factions had some special names for the units or not? (like Hellenic elites etc.)

Thank you for your time!

**Ibrahim** · 03-24-2008, 08:05

Legions indeed had been numbered since the republic (consular legions being I-IV) and all other emergency one's being from V to almost infinity. titles (e.g LEGIO XX VALERIA VICTRIX (the bold part)) are mostly late republican onwards)

Auxilia were also numbered, but only from the imperial time onwards, with the units title typically being named cohors+#+region
hellenistic units were named after their taxis or ile commander, as far as I know (e.g Ptelemaios' Taxis)
Assyrians went purely by ethnicity, but I doubt you needed to know that...

**Maksimus** · 03-24-2008, 14:33

We need some help in implementing those names into the game *for legions and + for other factions, I know the trick how to add it but I dont know the historical side..

Can you help? At least with a source?

**L.C.Cinna** · 03-24-2008, 15:38

here

**Ibrahim** · 03-24-2008, 22:40

I was thinking about this place. sweet
Auxiliaries I believe are in wikipedia too-but I don't trust it too much...

**Maksimus** · 03-25-2008, 07:40

Thanks!

Will EB team implement some Hellenic or other ''Legion Names'' as if Ibrahim was talking about since I am sure legion names will be in!?

But if there were Hellenic lines like Legion Names why not?

**Spartan198** · 03-28-2008, 04:15

Originally Posted by Ibrahim

LEGIO XX VALERIA VICTRIX

How exactly do you pronounce Legion names?
20th Legion of Valeria Victrix?
20th Legion from Valeria Victrix?

**Gebeleisis** · 03-28-2008, 15:47

valeria victrix is the legions "nick" to say like that
as schools are!

Elementary school 2, "barack obama"(just an example)

**V.T. Marvin** · 04-05-2008, 22:31

Oh, I see now!

I have done a quick test - using your method, I have added a legionary name "Experimental" to akontistai trained in Antiocheia. The result: "Legio I Experimental".

The text "Legio/Number" indeed appears hardcoded

and that detracts a lot of appeal for using that for factions other than romans. Personally I am unsure. Would anybody be interested in having, say, a unit of Agyraspides named "Legio I Nikefora" or a unit of Grivpanvar named "Legio III of Margiana"??? Or is the word "Legio" unacceptable for factions other than roman?
Opinions welcomed.