Be careful, losing an Eagle can influence the morale of the troops and you general's attributes. Now you'll have to rely on them only to hold off attacks and crush your foes.Ī much better replacement of the Early Legionaries.Īn unusually big cohort with a golden eagle. Slightly better than the Hastati, I suggest you try to replace the first with these, but only if you got enough money.Īfter the great War Reform, this is the unit you get in place of your usual Hastati and Principes. You'll use this through the first half of the game - main workforce.

Spearmen aren't used for fighting infantry, though, but these will stop anything mounted coming your way. Personally I don't use spearmen a lot, but in fact, they're tough and awesome against any cavalry whatsoever. The town watch is very useful outside of the battlefield, when you need someone to guard a town (leave at least 4 regiments of Town Watch, they'll be okay), or on the battlefield, when you need to distract an enemy group, lure them into a trap or something.

However, it's useful if you want to 'transfer population' from one settlement to another (Show me How).

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