^ uhh, guys, I'm talking about pre-Marian Hastatis and Principes (the land owners), not post-Marian cohorts. lol

I'm asking why principes costs the same as hastatis to maintain while they have so much better equipment while they are also suppose to be the "veterans" who have seen some combat - as opposed to hastatis who are much poorer to have the same equipment and are usually fresh green troops.