Post Marian Romani Units.

[Magister Militum Titus Pullo]

I didn't see them included in the factions factions army list, but do post marian units include Legionary cavalry or First cohorts? I was 27 years away from the marian reforms in the Roman campaign before a glitch caused the game to crash. Just wondering.

[MarcusAureliusAntoninus]

Marian Reforms give no cavalry. Actually you lose the generic "Roman Cavalry" and have to go with allies and avxilias. But that is the good news, you get cavalry avxilia in the reforms (Gallic, Iberian, Germanorvm, and Thracian).

There are currently no first cohorts in the game. There is a minimod to add them but requires you start a new campaign. First cohorts will probably be in the next EB release.

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

There are no Legionary Cavalry in EB, but you do get Auxillaries.

As MAA said, First Cohorts will be in the next public release, numbered and trainable only in Roma.

[Magister Militum Titus Pullo]

I suppose the Evocati Cohorts could fulfil the place of the First Cohorts. In RTW, I would normally use Praetorian units in place of First Cohorts since it takes ages to go to Rome to get them. and I raised the issue of legionary horsemen as a substitute for faction officers. I heard that post Marian legions would employ a 120-strong squadron of citizen horsemen, mainly for reconnaisance and logistical purposes. Although I suspect they were trained for combat like any other. Perhaps they provided a field escort for legionary legates, or otherwise detached auxilliary troopers were employed for that role. Anyway, thanks for telling me.

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

The fact is the Legionary Cavalry were insignificant in terms of their combat role. You are probably correct, in that they were attached to the Legate and they certainly were combat troops.

The problem is that given their insignificance we can't justify the sacrifice of a unit slot which could be used for a different unit.

I don't know what you mean by "Faction Officers" though.

[Magister Militum Titus Pullo]

I meant family members by faction officers.