accurate Romani stack?

[Atilius]

hmm...in that case I'll avoid recruiting/retraining from Magna Graecia, except in emergencies.

Yeah, recruiting anything you can get in an emergency is OK. We have mentions of emergency recruitment in Sicily on a couple of occasions. In one case the troops were sent to Spain (Livy 35.2), in the other they were dismissed as soon as it was clear that Antiochos was not about to invade (Livy 35.23).

What qualifies as Magna Graecia though? I mean, obviously Rhegion and Taras, but what about Capua and Arpi?

The EB settlements representing Magna Graecia are Rhegion, Taras, Messana, and Syrakousai.

I just realized that my last post was a bit misleading: I meant to say greek infantrymen. We have a specific reference to a Lucanian unit serving with the Roman army in 294 BC (Livy 10.33) and others at later times. Lucania is in EB's Brettia, so there's no reason not to recruit Lucanian and Bruttian units there. In Vanilla EB, these can be the normal Roman infantry units, or you could mod in recruitment of the Lucanian, Bruttian, and Samnite units. Recruiting cavalry in Rhegion and Taras is fine too.

[Mulceber]

Ok, thanks for the info. -M

[sgsandor]

In my legions, I edited the number of men to the following (on huge settings)
for camillain
2 Triarii 400 total
2 Pricipes 400
2 Hastati 400
1 Roaraii 240
1 Leves 240
1 Slingers 120
1 General (over 30)
1 Junior (25 and under)

Polybian is
2 Triarii 320
3 Pricipes 600 total
3 Hastati 600
2 Velites 480
1 slingers 120

The number of Triarii is roughly half the number of Principes or Hastati. The number of Velites plus slingers = Principes or Hastati. Never anymore Roman troops, the rest are mercenaries especially for my campaigns in Spain Greece and Asia Minor. I do not know if this is historically accurate (probably not) but it does work well with RTW engine limitations. I have never played with Marian Legions but I think Quintus S's guide is pretty well thought out and would use it also