
Originally Posted by
Epi
Since I had already acknowledged from the start I use more triariis than the historical proportion, I thought your comments regarded my choice of other units. Furthermore, I should note many of the stacks cited in this thread are 100% roman... In fact, in this thread I seem to be an odd minority in openly acknowledging I use local troops heavily.
On the second point, I agree. However, it seems what I consider the "core" is smaller than what most of you would call your core. My core is 40%, not 80% of my army. In the campaign map, long before the Marian Reforms, too much of my fighting was taking place very very far away from Rome...
Before you get the Marian Reforms, EB leads you to rely on local troops to expand far away from Rome. That is one of the things I like so much of EB (over RTW).
History is written by the victor. Romans relied on local allies for their conquests. Romans acknowledged this fact to some extent. But, my guess is that Roman historians may not have given full credit to the contributions of their allies. They may have, perhaps unconsciously, overplayed the role of the Roman troops and downplayed the role of their allies. Such is human nature...
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