Quote Originally Posted by moonburn View Post
well i believe that fleets should cost 100 times more in population cause it wasn´t just the gold wasted it was also a great deal of manpower being used there

the 1st punic war was very costly in terms of men for both sides due to the constant naval batles
The numbers on the unit cards can either represent ships, or men. Since ships are both more practical, and it makes more sense, that's what the EB team have decided to do.