Quote Originally Posted by pezhetairoi
Sooo...what exactly is light infantry, then? Just a screen? My idea of light infantry is quite heavily coloured by images of tunic-clad unarmoured psiloi hurling pointy sticks and running away at high speed, i'm afraid.
Those are skirmishers. Light Infantry are really mobile hand-to-hand fighter who aren't quite tough enough to slug it out with lin infantry.

Hastati might be considered light infantry because they are the first to engage but are not usually expected to break the enemy.