I generally use auxilia units that are easy to find, since I'm already having to deal with core units that have to be shipped in for replacements. For missiles, I usually use Celtic Slingers in Gaul & Germania, Balaric Slinger mercs in Iberia, Cretan Archer mercs in Greece/Thrace/Asia, and Persian Archers in the Middle East. Before Marian Reforms I ship Roman Cavalry everywhere, afterwards I use Iberian, Gallic, and Thracian Avxilia cavalry across Europe and Median Cavalry in the Middle East. Sometimes I use local levies or mercs to add a couple expendable infantry. (Africa and Eqypt are basically a recruitment void for the Romans right now, so you have to ship everything in to those places.)
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