The Historical Armies Thread

[m0r1d1n]

Can someone get me a troop list for Julius Caesar's army that he was given by the Senate?
(Not the subsequent troops he raised later on).

His four legions basically.

four veteran legions: Legio VII, Legio VIII, Legio IX Hispana, and Legio X

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typical legion of this period had 5,120 legionaries as well as a large number of camp followers, servants and slaves. Legions could contain as many as 6,000 fighting men when including the auxiliaries, although much later in Roman history the number was reduced to 1,040 to allow for greater mobility. Numbers would also vary depending on casualties suffered during a campaign; Julius Caesar's legions during his campaign in Gaul often only had around 3,500 men.

so i think we got...5000*4 legionaries and 1000*4 auxiliaries (light cavalry, light infantry or velites)

ummm...i don't think it would be correct to take 1 unit=1000 men..instead lets divide the total no. of men in a particular unit type by their unit size in EB...

like...20000/200 = 100 legionaries,
1500 cav / 100 = 15 units cav.
2500 L.I. / 160 = 15 units L.I. (approx.)

ratio = 6 or 7:1:1 (approx.)

OR

the previous way we got 20 legionaries 2 cav, 2 auxilia infantry

then we keep the ratio of units intact while scaling down the total no. of units for both caesar's army and megas's army (after determining the no. of units there too) to make the battle playable in MP EB...what say??

i know this is a rather approximate amount but....best i could get......