When Fighting The Spanish?

[Conqueror]

What exactly is happening to your units when they start to rout? I don't recall the spanish being very tough to take on with romans.

[*Ringo*]

I also didn't have a problem with the Spanish, like most barbarians they seem to be weak against the power of the Roman military machine. What type of units are you up against & what units did you take? Were you fighting uphill, under missile fire, being flanked? All these things have an effect on morale & a soon as poor quality troops see their mates beaten to a pulp, they don't stick around. Try taking one of your better Generals and keep him in close support of your weakest troops.

Unit depth refers to the number of men deep each unit is. For example an 80 man unit of Hastati could be formed up 20 men wide by 4 men deep. In this case the unit depth would be 4! So unit depth can be useful when preparing to accept a cavalry charge or not so useful when in hand-to-hand melee (men at the back of the formation cannot hit anyone).