City garrisons

**stumpff** · 09-12-2007, 02:23

I'm curious as to what sort of a garison you guys leave in cities that have long since been conquered. I typically will leave a 1-4 unit stack (counting general) in each town bordering another nations providence. In addition I assign a 10 unit stack along borders which have mountains along them to guard the passes and divide it up amongst various forts.

At any one given time i don't field more than 3 full stacks against any one given nation, this makes getting replacements easier as when one stack is depleted to half strength I redeploy them back to the homeland and replenish their numbers, also keeps veteran armies intact.

**Xehh II** · 09-12-2007, 03:29

I don't garrison my cities unless the are on a border.

**Bootsiuv** · 09-12-2007, 04:45

The cheapest possible troops for my heartland cities....pantadapoi work nicely for garrison duty, as do Hoplatai Haploi.

I haven't messed with the other factions enough to really know too much about them, but I would simply use the largest unit for the smallest price available.

Now, in cities bordering other nations, it really depends on several factors like am I at war with them, is the city strategically important, etc.

**pezhetairoi** · 09-12-2007, 04:55

I use akontistai wherever possible, and leave the absolute minimum needed to keep it on a green face at low taxation. All have at least one unit. Even border towns are only garrisoned to the minimum as the way I play it, the enemy often doesn't even get a chance to besige my towns for more than the AI turn takes to end since I always have legions lurking around the border at possible conflict areas.

**Decimus Attius Arbiter** · 09-12-2007, 04:58

Around 4 or less unless its an emergency. I don't keep huge amounts sitting around unless a province has an enemy stack heading for it. Then I raise levies to defend. I focus more on building public order and happiness buildings so I can leave it without an army or governor if I need to. Heck don't tell anyone but Roma is defended by 2 skirmishers and some teenage family members having raging toga parties at the Ludus.

**Cash Staks** · 09-12-2007, 05:42

I follow the general format most people here seem to. Cheap to no garrison in heartland cities. Although if the heartland can be threatened easily I usually have a roaming force to deal with rebels and any enemies that may pop up.

An example I can give for this is in my current Makedonia campaign. I am neutral with the Getai and they border a number of my provinces. They are also allies with the Seleucids whom I am at war with. So as a precautionary measure I have an almost full stack just chillin on our border with a nice network of watchtowers and spies just in case. Yes, I am a very conservative player. But I don't want to have to divert forces from Asia if the Getai decide to invade.

As for frontier cities, it depends on the importance of the city and the risk of attack that it faces. Usually though I find a roaming force to be a bit better than a garrison. I hate defending, or even assaulting cities, for that matter. I would much rather face the enemy on the open field. This stems from the fact that I can't really get my forces in the deployment I want from a city as I have to sally them out if it gets under seige. I'd rather avoid that headache. I'll only garrison it if the city has a chance of rebelling and I want to keep it.

**MarcusAureliusAntoninus** · 09-12-2007, 06:32

I always garrison my towns with the cheapest per-man units available to them. This usually turns out to be skirmishers or lugoae. I'll try to have one unit in every city when I start the game, then I'll increase it to two once I have money and the towns start getting unruly. I'll usually have to increase the amount to 4 unit in distant provinces.

I try to keep decent sized garrisons in my border town, as it will deter enemy/ally attack.

**SesostrisVIII** · 10-06-2007, 01:57

Well, I am new so Im asking this, how many max amount of soldiers are you allowed to have in an army?

**Parkev** · 10-06-2007, 03:36

Playing as Casse, 15 provinces. Don't tell the Sweboz, but there's not a single unit in Britian or Ireland, except for 600 men outside Camulosadae. Gaul on the other hand has one regional levies on border cities with response troops stationed within a season's march (unless its winter).

**Centurio Nixalsverdrus** · 10-06-2007, 04:13

Originally Posted by SesostrisVIII

Well, I am new so Im asking this, how many max amount of soldiers are you allowed to have in an army?

Theoretically 4841 in 20 units.

**Parkev** · 10-06-2007, 06:25

Actually every unit can have 3 officers, I think I read it in the edu. Here it is

; officer Name of officer model. There may be up to 0-3 officer lines per unit

So that would make it 4861. Unless there is a disparity between EDU and hard code that I'm unaware of.

**Centurio Nixalsverdrus** · 10-06-2007, 19:48

I think the third is always the Captain, and there is only one captain in one army. Of course, if an army is attacked, and is sorrounded by 8 friendly armies, you have 8 reinforcement armies, and so 9 captains. So 4849 would be the absolute maximum.