Quote Originally Posted by Silence Hunter View Post
The main problem I found while facing romans was that usually 50 or even more percent of the armies were composed of mercenaries. Romans simply stopped recruiting their factional troops, which I find highly ahistorical as romans had alae auxiliaries but not mercs. I also noticed that the percentage slightly depended on campaign difficulty. On VH it was higher than on H.
honestly, some of those alae, (especially foederati) were a form of mercenary wing of the army (serve part time(ish), when needed, and so forth.)

and honestly, the romans are not that difficult to beat: any well used and professionalized army, with the right tactics and experiance, can, just as Irish hitman made clear.