well barbarians still rout in about 5 seconds after melee starts against Roman hastati, but still I was pleased to see that the Romans actually used their cavalry to atttack my sides which caused an instant rout in some of the battles( versu warbands vh/h )
and I now know what a storm looks like.
and is it me, or is the senate a little more active, 5 years in to the game (as gaul ) I attacked/beseiged the last remaining Julii settlement with my army ( mostly warban with 2 units of swordsmen ) and the senate army actually attacked me...
however don't know if that is new , never played a barbarian faction before.

thank god the FF has been tuned down... was really decimating my own armies in my pre-patch Julii campain.