WHAT THE ***************** . IMPERIALS got 10 ARMOUR!!! you say they are weak and want to give them SHEILD. 10 armour you know whats that ??!?!?!?! Thats like trying to kill heavy infantry. oh and theyve got the excellent morale to go with that, so its completley impossible to rout them and IMPOSSIBLE TO KILL THEM. Change their name they are now roman royal infantry.

Do you know what the missile system of EB is ? Its like tanks firing at each other with twigs.
they are at a severe disadvantage compared to Cretans, Syrians, and especially Bosporans, though they should be inferior to all of these except Syrians).
This doesnt exist none of these are significantly inferior to the other. Its like saying hey this tank is inferior to this tank but both are firing arrows and both have enough armour to take no damage.