Some background:
I'm early on in my Romani campaign and have conquered the Italian peninsula but my economy is not a powerhouse yet. So, whatever I buy consider the bang for the buck. This is still the Camillan era.
So, I was comparing the hastati and principes.
Statswise and historically, principes are the more experienced troops,
and their superiority is noticeable on the battlefield. They also have better
equipment because of their standing/wealth in society.
On the other hand, they only cost 40 mnai more than hastati to recruit, and the upkeep is comparable. I try to have proportions of hastati/principes/triarii/other based on my imagination on how it might have been in Roman times. But based on recruiting costs alone, the motivation is to pick the pricipes over hastati (bang for the buck).
I know it varies, but what were approximate the ratio ranges in those times anyway? I'd imagine something like
1.2-1.5 hastati : 1 pricipe : 0.6-1 triarii
Was there a particular reason why principes are not significantly more costly than hastati? I'm just curious.
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