@Gaanla37 they are AOR units if I'm not mistaken not part of the Roman units or auxilia.

@ oh okay, I’ve never taken Sicily as another faction besides Rome I just assumed it was a Rome exclusive bc you can get them through the barracks but also the city center so that makes sense, still Op as hell lol

@TopGun42069 the triplex aces is a hotly debated topic on how it really worked. As a Romaboo myself, if I had a time machine, my first destination would be a battle to witness it at work. However, I do believe it was used in a particular triple way, as stated by the source. And there is, after all , saying, "It has come down to the Triarii." This saying wouldn't make much sense if they all fought together. What's more is that the Triarii were noted to have been forced to kneel to curb their eagerness to join battle. There is a debate on whether the Roman's maintained the checkered formation in combat or whether they spread their lines just before engagement. Either belief is not wrong or right, it's just unknown. Technically a checkered formation would leave gaps intentionally for the principes to fill. If an enemy decided to go into the gap, they could potentially be surrounded on three sides. What's more is that the numbers make sense. Each Roman army consisted of two legions (a roman and social equivalent) totalling a width of 400m whilst in triplex aces, while in dense formation. At Cannae the Romans had 4 armies (8 legions) and the recorded width was around 1.6 km which sums up perfectly. What's more is that the Roman formation had more depth than width, something which Hannibal exploited.

@@maximeludaescher146 lol you made me conscious.

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@@TWSummary Thanks for all you do! Definitely helped me be a better player.

Glad you're enjoying the series!

AI Rome is quite OP yes. But the units themselves are not OP until of course the Marian reforms.

​@@TWSummary I don't know, i see No reason why basic Roman principes should have 35 (?) armor and be nearly on par with late game barbarian noble tier infantry. The Romans habe pretty much the best infantry from the start of the game, not even counting the auxilia Units.

@josephmasten7588 turn off the max battle zoom setting in the camera menu. I know right? Max zoom is actually less.

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I have seen people using them during singleplayer campaigns.

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@@RemusKingOfRome I guess not .

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@nikelaos5792 Artillery was not used that extensively and also the auxiliary setup is a bit too less. You are right about the 1 eagle 9 regular cohorts. However, with a 20 unit army, you can't really do this because the Auxilia to Roman ratio was actually 50 50.

@nikelaos5792 what I would say is 7 cohorts (1 of which is eagle) 5 auxilia cohorts (2 spear flank or screen 3 melee usually reserves) 1 general 3 auxilia cav 2 auxilia skirmishers 2 auxilia slingers/archers

​@@TWSummarywhat about the maniple era? I always wanted to make it as close to history as I can get haha

@@TWSummary Ok maybe in the beginning of the cohort marian system(after defeating cibrii) but in later decades?! In Gaius Julis Caesar Conquest of Gaul artillery in every legion was a standard. In the field battle and in defence of city or fort. Of course auxilia are all not explicit roman units so it mean cav to.(again) Ceasar used germanic cav to achieve victory of in final battle during siege of Alesia. But the basic should be 10 cohorts. if that dont leave enough space to diversity make 2 armies. Although in late republic early empire Marian legion is between 107 and 27 B.C. two consuls game were not as strict like in previous centuries. Thats the periods where military leaders gain more and more power over the state and its intitutions.

@@Wha2les Try my,(compositions in the other coments) and moreover: Polybian pair your armies 1 roman 1 socii(becouse 2 consuls). After conquest of Taras make - "allied capital" in there and build auxilia barracks -thats the way to have socii units, Also build auxilia barracks in Asculum. So in both provinces u can recruit socii. (Asculum during war with allies 91-88 B.C. was capital of anti-roman italian confederation - so... history :-) Marian: 10 cohort base with different auxilia (depends where is stationed) and x1artillery mostly scorpion. Imperial: 10 cohort base, recruit units -incuding legionary infatry- from provinces not in italy, becouse After roman civil wars, italians were reluctant twards military service. The last attempt to recuit army in italy was made by emperor Tiberius during wars with germanic tribes. Draft was intensively protested by the mob and droped. No one try to do that again to the end of empire. Only exempt was Pretorian guard. Also remember thet emperors were quite touchy and sensitive individuals. In order to protect their power any military force were not allowed to be stationed in provinces of Italian peninsula(incuding Galia Cisalpina) Makedonia/Hellas, Sicyly, Iliria and Galia Narbonensis. Why? So if any general revlolt, emperor would have time to bring to Italy troops loyal to him and fight of pretender to the trone. Ok, thats for start. Deal with that.👌 Roma Invicta!!!

@nikelaos5792 correct. That's almost very accurate but slightly less on the cav. Also, it leaves no room for auxilia like archers or slingers, both of which Romans used. Historically, there is no set army composition but a lose template with some variations. What you described is one such template. For example, at Cannae, Roman cavalry was massively ratioed by their infantry. But at Zama, things were different. So within the same era itself, you see a huge difference in the composition. Personally, I would go for 1 general 3 cavalry (auxilia) 2 velites 4 hastati 4 principes 2 triarii (this is more the correct ratio of half strength) 2 archers/slingers (auxilia) 4 auxilia infantry (like Iberians or Celts who fought alongside Rome)

@@TWSummary Yes, however I did't mention that was composition of ROMAN mid-republican legion. That is important becouse there were another force fighting for eternal city; Socii "allies" of the republi. All this italian tribes forced by Rome during conquest of penisula to become its "ally". Socii were obligated by their patron to participate in its campaigns and bring to the fight same number of infantry and 2x more cavalry then Rome. We don't have many records about how Socii troops were organized or trained. But most propably it was similar or copy of the roman system(manipular system). SO! For historical autheticity sake I make always TWO 20 unit armies when play Rome. 1 "pure" roman like above and one Socii army in with the following composition: -5 socii hastati -5 principes samnitici -2 pedites extraordinarii -4 cav mostly socii equites and equites extraordinarii(but also others) -3 skimishers(slingers, archers etc. what is in the "menu" of AOR) -commander - remember romans have 2 consuls they send with army so thats why two armies it brings more options to the fight for example: 1 army sidges the hostile city and the other block or pushes away any relive attempts. I think this is the most historicaly close as possible in the game for the time period.

@@TWSummary "at Cannae, Roman cavalry was massively ratioed by their infantry. But at Zama, things were different." Right but U remeber that at Cannae consul Lucius Aemilius Paullus order his riders to dismount becouse they prefer to fight on foot(he pay with his life for this decision). Romans for most of their history were poor horse riders. So to be accurate we should dismount equites cav when the battle occured? Its no extraordianary to hire foreign units {in history to} (cav and skimishers) who now the terrain, local habits, water sources and so on... So if campainig in Africa take numidian cav mercs to your army even elephants(but not to crazy). This composition I presented are merely pattern for making historicaly accurate experience.

@@nikelaos5792 indeed hope you like it.

@@dominicjjones2000 haha lol thank you for the kind words Dominic

@K-Man123 Hey, how's it going? It's good to be back Happy New Year, bruv.

Apparently, it was an issue with an outdated submod.

@@Phobos1483 haha glad you found the bug. But that was probably gonna be my first hunch.

@riverblack565 that's the beauty of DEI. There is no right answer. You can play casually and more organic like you do. Or you can min max it. It's overkill tbh. But as a content creator, overkill is kinda good to showcase for those curious as to the in-depth mechanics.

@Alejandrokosmidis-q2j thanks getting better almost recovered. But going to see a doc soon.

@@andrijs1521 which one?

@@TWSummary this SWEBOZ playtrou

Thank you.

Yes will do!

Good to be back! Happy new year!

Thank you glad you enjoyed it 😁

@McChaddington what a wonderful write up of your experiences with total war. Thank you for the kind words. My first encounter with Total War was also RTW and the game has a special place in my heart too.