weird-ass units

**Teleklos Archelaou** · 06-04-2005, 17:14

And, three....two....one.... (shields eyes, pauses, waits)

**Sarcasm** · 06-04-2005, 17:40

Don't worry I won't go into another of these discussions. They are like the flue, they come in seasons.

**Big_John** · 06-04-2005, 17:41

Originally Posted by Teleklos Archelaou

And, three....two....one.... (shields eyes, pauses, waits)

is it going to get bloody?

**Ranika** · 06-04-2005, 18:24

I believe we were considering Galatian imitation legionarres for a Roman regional, as the Galatians had actual imitation legionarres, though they tended to use Celtic equipment. They were more or less just organized in the Roman manner, but Celtic heavy infantry equipment was already fairly similar to Roman equipment, aside from the sword, though Celts used a number of types of shortswords and longswords. I do hope we can include that unit, it'd be pretty neat. I don't know enough about the Numidians to comment.

The Theurophoroi are sometimes mistaken by wargamers as imitation legionarres. Why I don't know; they seem to be more an imitation (if of anything) of Celtic soldiers (with the adoption of Celtic equipment and such).

**bodidley** · 06-04-2005, 19:14

Originally Posted by Ranika

The Theurophoroi are sometimes mistaken by wargamers as imitation legionarres. Why I don't know; they seem to be more an imitation (if of anything) of Celtic soldiers (with the adoption of Celtic equipment and such).

On the same basis that one could call non-Romans equiped like legionaires "imitation legionaires", one could argue that legionaires were "imitation Celts"

**Ranika** · 06-04-2005, 19:37

Roman legionarres weren't that similar to Celtic warriors. They used Celtic equipment, to an extent, but also Celtiberian and other equipment. Greeks in this period adopted more than equipment. They had men who fought like Celts did. That's actual imitation. Just looking like something or using the same equipment doesn't make an imitation; it also means operation.