The time limit in Battles is no sense. It encourage you to rush your decisions and exhaust your troops. I prefer a move cautions approach to battles. And as Duguntz said, that why I love fighting against barbarian factions, they simply rush at you with all their heroism and eager to war, until they are meet with a shower of javlins from the Hestati and the Velites, by the time the Principes charge in its all over. Naked bodies butchered on the blood soaked battlefield.

Cheers.

And by the way Duguntz, I sacrified a young bull in the temple of Mars to honour your nonsense topic