how can i make my gameplay more historically accurate,and harder?

[VAE VICTUS]

ok i dont know if this is the right place for this post,but here goes.

i wont to play a campaign as realistically as possible,any suggestions?
(also could someone give me a layout of a typical rtw roman army thats as close to history as possible?)

[Knight Templar]

(also could someone give me a layout of a typical rtw roman army thats as close to history as possible?)

Roman army was made of legions, units of about 3000 (later 5000) men. Most of Roman soldiers were footmen, armed with spear, shield and sword as their second weapon. They also had archers and wooden catapults. The richer Romans were horseman (knights). For example, in the battle of Cana (Hannibal vs Romans), Roman army had about 55 000 heavy inf, 9 000 light inf and 6 000 cavalry on flanks.
In the early Roman history consules led the army. From the late 2nd century BC
army was lead by proffesional generals. Their soldiers were very loyal, and generals often used it to invade Rome when they weren't pleased with decision of the Senate.

[VAE VICTUS]

well yeah i knew that,but like usung the games units,what would it look like?

[cunctator]

To represent a pre marian Polybian legion I use armys consisting of 4 velites, 4 hastati, 4 princeps, 4 triarii, 1 general and 2 equites.
For post marian armys (in fact more an imperial army): 1 general, 1 first cohort, 9 legionary cohorts, 4 cavalry, 3 archers/slingers and 2 various units.

To improve gameplay and historical you can try some of Mods already released like R:TR +submods, SPQR, etc.. Also look in the forum of the very promising Europa Barborum mod. The open beta should be released "soon".
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=70