post-marian manipular formation

[daveoshea]

http://numbera.com/rome/strategy/legform.aspx

this website show differnt formations it shows different formations for different tactics etc

Marcus was right about the checkerboard, they seemed to deploy in checker board but also adapted many other formations to suit the battle

[Ibn-Khaldun]

That's a nice site you posted daveoshea

[rootje]

Very interesting indeed.Will implement the strategies in my roman campaign for roleplay uses mostly and also to test them out to efficiency in the rtw engine.

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

http://numbera.com/rome/strategy/legform.aspx

this website show differnt formations it shows different formations for different tactics etc

Marcus was right about the checkerboard, they seemed to deploy in checker board but also adapted many other formations to suit the battle

That's a nice site for a very general overview but it isn't very accurate, his numbers are sometimes way off, he lists a Legionary cohort as ~550 men, when it was 480. He list the first cohort as 1100 men, when it was 800. He also shows Triarii as a reserve in a Marian legion, when they were by this time contained within each cohort (every Marian Cohort contains two centuries for Hastati, Princepes and Triarii, or one maniple of each.)