First cohort names

[Trithemius]

I was wondering if these are controlled by geography in some way, or are they purely random selections from the Notitia Dignitatum? Anyone know?

[Kraxis]

There is a bit of regional difference.

[lars573]

I was wondering if these are controlled by geography in some way, or are they purely random selections from the Notitia Dignitatum? Anyone know?

They are doled out by region. But some regions share the same name.

Comes from Carthage.


Comes from Constantinople


Comes from Antioch


Comes from Gaul.


Comes from Ancyra


Comes from Alexandria


Comes from Rome, Tarentum, Ravenna, and Mediolanium

[Trithemius]

They are doled out by region. But some regions share the same name.

Thanks for that! I might have to build toplevel barracks everywhere and see what names I get from different locations.

[lars573]

To save you some time. I lifted these from the game.

Legions with region names;

Africarum (Dimmidi)
Apollinaris (Kotais)*
Arabica (Dumatha)
Armeniaca (Artaxarta)
Asianae (Ephesus)
Barbaricorum(Vicus Saxones, Campus Barbaricum, Campus Sakae, Campus Sarmatae, Campus Burgundii, Vicus Vandali, Campus Frisii, Campus Lombardi, Vicus Franki, Vicus Sarmatae, Campus Marcomanni, Vicus Alemanni, Campus Quaddi, Campus Iazyges)
Britannica (Londinium)
Caledonica (Dal Raida)
Cretae (Kydonia)
Cyprica (Salamis)
Cyrenaica (Cyrene)*
Galatiae (Ancyra)
Gallicana (Samarobriva, Burdigala)*
Gallicia (Sidon)
Hibernica (Tara)
Hispana (Carthago Nova, Salamantica, Corduba)*
Illyricorum (Salona)
Italica (Mediolanium, Ravenna, Rome, Tarentum)*
Isaura (Tarsus)
Macedonica (Thessalonica)*
Mauretanica (Tingi)
Nabatae (Petra)
Palaestinae (Jerusalem)
Parthica (Phraaspa, Arsakia, Hatra, Ctesiphon)*
Pontica (Sinope)
Sardinica (Caralis)
Scythica (Campus Alanni, Campus Roxolani)*
Siciliae (Syracuse)

Legions with nicknames;

Adiutrix (Aquincum)* -The helpers
Augusta (Carthage)*
Claudia Pia Fidelis (Constantinople)* -Loyal and Faithful to Claudius
Concors Italica (Augusta Vindelicorum)* -Harmonius Italians
Ferrata (Philadelphaea)* -The Ironclads
Flavia Felix (Sirmium)*
Flavia Firma (Antioch)* -Steadfast Flavians
Flavia Gallicana (Lugdunum) -Flavian Gauls
Flavia Martis (Arles)
Flavia Salutis (Lepcis Magna)
Fulminata (Caesarea)* -The lightning Legion
Gemina (Colonia Dacia, Tarraco, Athens)* -the twin
Iulia Alpina (Massilia)
Minervia (Colonia Agrippina)* -after the Goddess Minerva
Primigenia (Augusta Treverorum)* -first born, a title of the Goddess Fortuna
Pia Italica (Carnuntum)* -The Faithful Italians
Traiana (Alexandria)* -Trajan's
Victrix (Eburacum)* –Victorious


Updated list that is much more accurate.

* For a brief history of that legionCLICK this.

[Kraxis]

Now the question comes... Which file contains this? I would love to be able to name other units (which I can in the descr file but that only gives them First Cohort names).

[lars573]

I dug throught the file that has the legion names this afternoon and updated the list with all the names and the settlements they come from.

Kraxis.
The legion names are a provincial attribute. It's contained in the descr_regions.txt file.

The file path is once in your RTW folders bi/data/world/maps/base IIRC. Don't take that as gosple I may be wrong.