Hello everyone,

I am perplexed at the retraining of soldiers. I have been playing EB/RTW for quite awhile now and have always combined stacks of units recently used in combat. Browsing through the forums I've noticed people talking about retraining units, so I thought I would give it a try in my new Romani campaign.

I really do not understand what it does. I am in a very new campaign, year 270 I think and I just finished taking Taras. After the battle I sent my units that had been depleted to Capua to retrain. I had a cavalry unit of 5 and a triarii unit of 10. The next turn nothing was different with them. Is the reason because I do not have the right level barracks in Capua? If that is the case why does the game let me retrain them there?

I know this is a noob question and I have searched the forums. It seems most threads simply debate whether one should retrain units or combine partial stacks and retrain new troops.

Any help is much appreciated.