Historical Roman Legion Through Time

[Grey_Fox]

I typically like to use for my Camillian (or however it's spelt)

1 General
2 Hastati
2 Principes
2 Triarii
2 Ascensi (or however it's spelt)
2 Rorarii
1 Eqvites

This is for when I'm campaigning near Italy. Now that I'm campaigning further afield into Africa and deeper into Gaul my armies will not be receiving significant reinforcements anytime soon so I'm using

1 General
2 Eqvites
3 Hastati
3 Principes
2 Triarii
4 Rorarii (these also serve as garrisons)
2 Ascensii

As casualties are suffered I just start merging the units as the casualties mount. As it is, both my African armies are at 50% strenght (in terms of the original Roman troops).

And no, it doesn't make it a walkover - the Aedui managed to almost totally wipe out one of my larger armies in three battles.

One smaller legion (of the first tpe I described) was besieging Massellia whilst the larger legion was pulling security to prevent the Aedui interfering. Me being me, I sent the larger legion to besiege Georgova, which had a 500 man garisson.

The next turn the Aedui sent a 1000 man army to relieve the siege. We fought, my 1100 men killing about 1000 enemy for 500 losses. Not so bad you might say, and encouraged by this I continued the siege.

Then another 1100 Aedui appeared led by an evil family member with more stars than I can shake a stick at, and he attacked, and my army was crushed, with 200 survivors. The the 200 survivors were pasted by another Aedui army the very next turn, the end result being 80 men survived out of 1100.

Well, they made the arduous trek back to Italy where they formed the core around which I built another army which is now fighting a rebel held town in Spain in preparation for my final onslaught against the Carthaginians.