Quote Originally Posted by Wonderland
Nice. It would be cool if examples of historically accurate armies for EB were posted in this thread for all factions, or at least those that are possible. For example there was a nice guide for an accurate Roman legion for RTR. I believe it was something like:

1 General
1 Velites
1 Hastati
1 Principes
1 Triarii
1 Equites
5 mercenary or allied units, preferably similar to each of the Roman ones. Like 1 skirmisher, 1 cavalry, 3 sword or spear.

Worked out pretty good, you would basically be outnumbered most of the time as you would have an 11 unit stack. More of a challenge, accurate, fun. Other examples?
Too many horsemen for a Roman legion, there should be 300 horsemen for 4200 men in a legion, which is less than 1/10th. This is more in line:
1 General
2 Velites
2 Hastati
2 Principes
1-2 Triarii
1 Equites
Rest allies.

For combination between game effectiveness and roleplay, I use:
6 Hastati
6 Principes
1-3 Triarii
2-4 Equites (extrodinarii, prefferably)
1 General
Rest allies (usually archers)

It's close to what a Roman legion should look like, minus skirmishers, though you can use them instead of allies. They're useful against elephants, at least.

My personal favorite:

1 General
8x Velites
10x Hastati
10x Principes
10x Triarii (reduce base size to 3/4, so 120 men per unit at huge units)
3x Equites

Unfortunately this doesn't fit in an army. But at huge unit size, this would amount to (almost exactly) 1 legion.

Imagina Cannae, when the Roman army would be 16 legions strong (with 8 of them having 3x cavalry)...

McHrozni