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    I'm far from an expert on Roman history, so please correct me if I'm wrong, but I would have thought they'd have a mix of shield colours as befits men who provide their own equipment, i.e. reds, beiges, browns etc.
    Edit: I realise this is probably a bit of a stupid question but they did still provide their own equipment in the Polybian era right?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Strategos Alexandros View Post
    I'm far from an expert on Roman history, so please correct me if I'm wrong, but I would have thought they'd have a mix of shield colours as befits men who provide their own equipment, i.e. reds, beiges, browns etc.
    Edit: I realise this is probably a bit of a stupid question but they did still provide their own equipment in the Polybian era right?
    until around 122 BC, they provided their equipment.
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    Thanks. I thought so but I wasn't certain.
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    Will there be differences between different regions of the legions in the imperial era? i read in a book
    (las legiones romanas de Peter Connoly)

    A passage from Tacitus, in describing the battle of Cremona, relates that legionaires collected 2 shields of fallen enemies, and hidden after they tried to infiltrate the lines contrary to disable a catapult.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mithick666 View Post
    Will there be differences between different regions of the legions in the imperial era? i read in a book
    (las legiones romanas de Peter Connoly)

    A passage from Tacitus, in describing the battle of Cremona, relates that legionaires collected 2 shields of fallen enemies, and hidden after they tried to infiltrate the lines contrary to disable a catapult.

    I doubt either shield you have here presented is good for the EB timeperiod-I know the one on the left is from Dura Europos, c.200-250AD.

    same for the Cremona deal.
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    We don't even know if we're going to have Imperial Units...its certainly not a top priority for the developers. If EB bins all the Augustrian units (as it should in my opinion), then there will loads of unit spaces freed up for other factions. And with the massive amount of factions EB II will have compared to EB I, and the basically the same amount of unit space, they're going to need all the spare unit spaces they can get.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Beanerz View Post
    We don't even know if we're going to have Imperial Units...its certainly not a top priority for the developers. If EB bins all the Augustrian units (as it should in my opinion), then there will loads of unit spaces freed up for other factions.
    well, if you bin the imperial units than you would have to give rome more specialized units (like some sort of ethnic heavy infantry, and same for other types)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mithick666 View Post
    Will there be differences between different regions of the legions in the imperial era? i read in a book
    (las legiones romanas de Peter Connoly)

    A passage from Tacitus, in describing the battle of Cremona, relates that legionaires collected 2 shields of fallen enemies, and hidden after they tried to infiltrate the lines contrary to disable a catapult.
    I don't think that's possible: it would require a unit for every province and that is simply too much. Anyway, if there are going to be regional differences between units, than the Romans with their standardized equipment are probably the last to get it.
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