About homeland-recruited legions...

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Ave!

Correct me if I'm wrong but I understand that if I recruit a legion in Roma city and then ship it to, say, Africa and they suffer casualties the only way to rebuild their strength (retrain) is to put them on a boat back to Roma. This means that distant provinces will feature few, if any classical Roman legionaries as those will have to be withdrawn very often because we don't want them to bleed white.

I like my legionaries and the advantage they enjoy over their foes. I tend to be hesitant to hire barbarian mercenaries but I guess in this expansion pack I won't have other choices unless there's something I'm not aware of. Also, I have noticed many barbarian units are very tough and should perform at a level comparable to legionaries.

I'm very early in the campaign and haven't seen all the military buildings yet.

Thanks in advance for your thoughts and ideas.