Quote Originally Posted by SMZ
it seems the unit is well within the parameters created by history. If anyone claims otherwise, the burden of proof is upon them.
Er, no, sorry, you can't prove a negative. If you claim that such units existed then the burden of proof is on YOU to support that claim.

I've certainly never heard of bands of chanting priests accompanying Roman armies - or medieval ones for that matter. Probably some priests did accompany armies to bless them before a battle and so on but I've never read a single instance of what is being proposed here, of "battle priests" armed with clubs and chanting stuff to encourage fighters. Heck, Christian chanting itself only began in the Middle Ages, didn't it?

On the plus side, Intrepid tells us they are only a unit 12 strong, and with mainly a supporting role, I was envisaging them as a standard combat unit.

It would perhaps make a little more sense if you're going to have such a unit to have it made up of monks rather than priests. Priests do not normally work together in groups at all, they work alone. Monks on the other hand do live together in communities, and monasteries played an important role in the early Christian era.