Quote Originally Posted by navarro951 View Post
Blasio stands...

"Legio I and II will proceed to attack Patavium simultaneously. Legatus Cotta will be the overall commander. Legio III will be ready next season, Legatus Longvs be prepared to march north. Drill your men to the bone."
Surely your not going to insult Romans like this are you? To say that we need a whole 3 legions just to crush one measly tribe of barbarians is tantamount to saying the gauls are stronger then us! Even if they do call their brethren across the mountains 2 legions should be more then enough. 1 legionarre is worth 3 measly gauls!

That, and theirs also the logistical problem. Do the barbarians north even have the farming infrastructure in place to support so many soldiers? Do they even have official granarys at all? Even an uncompleted legio III has had to buy grain all the way from taras to support its belly.

(OOC theres a reason Caesar didnt keep his army in one place while in Gaul. The local communities just couldnt support so many soldiers at once)