Deride
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ORIGINAL: KaiserWilly A full strength legion contained 10 Cohorts of 480 men each, for a total of 4,800. So a FULL strength Legion had 4,800, not 10,000. A Roman Legion was made up of 10 Cohorts which was made up of 6 Companies which was made up 10 Contubernium. Normally, the Contubernuim were only 80% filled -- theferoe, resulting in 4,800, but capable of supporting 6,000 men. In TS:JC, we represent each legion as 3 infantry units and 1 mounted unit. The legion infantry units each have 6 stands, and each stand represents 500 souls. Therefore, each infantry unit has 3,000 souls. The mounted unit has 2 stands -- therefore, representing 1,000 souls. That gives us a total of 10,000 souls per legion for TS:JC. There is a descrepency between our numbers of the actual fighting numbers that the Romans would use on the field. We debated removing a stand from each infantry unit for better historical accuracy, but, frankly, the game didn't play as well since the legions did not get to display the might that they had against the Gauls. We also realized that, as the battle goes on, your legions would not likely be fighting at full strength. Ultimately, we ended up treating each Legion being made up of 10 companies (instead of 6) and started them at full strength. Again, not 100% historically accurate, but certainly right for game-play reasons. (BTW, legions are just treated as groups of units in the game, so you would never be exposed to the detail difference between our numbers of companies and those used in Roman times.) Deride
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