Re: Ptolemaioi armies
Ah, somehow I knew it wasn't going to be as easy as with Rome.
My campaigns are not in any way historical, I don't use Force Diplomacy. I just liked using historical armies in my previous campaign.
About natives not used before Raphia, the book actually questions this by saying that Diodorus mentioned the Ptolemaic army at the battle of Gaza(312 BC) to have included "a large body of Egyptians, some employed in the transport service, and others armed and serviceable for fighting". Of course the book was published in 1927, so I have no idea whether this has later been proven incorrect.
Anyway, if we assume they didn't use them, would the hellenic units alone be enough to defend against the Seleukeia in the beginning of the campaign?
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