04-25-2004, 03:09 PM
I am not sure what topic to post this under, but since it concerns historical tactics I will post it here.<br>
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Do we know where Caesar (or other generals of the late republican era) tended to place their auxillaries in the battleline?<br>
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I play GMT's SGBoH and the archers and slingers are generally palced in front of the legions in a long thin line with huge gaps between each unit. This has got me to thinking. Would the Romans do this all the time? Why not attach the archers to the legions, ie a certain number of archers would be placed to support a particular legion? Or, why not place the auxillaries on a flank that may need to be beefed up?<br>
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This is not a gaming question. Rather, playing a game has got me thinking about tactics of the era.<br>
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So I guess my question can be summed up as: where did Caesar (and other generals) put his auxillary missle troops? <p></p><i></i>
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Do we know where Caesar (or other generals of the late republican era) tended to place their auxillaries in the battleline?<br>
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I play GMT's SGBoH and the archers and slingers are generally palced in front of the legions in a long thin line with huge gaps between each unit. This has got me to thinking. Would the Romans do this all the time? Why not attach the archers to the legions, ie a certain number of archers would be placed to support a particular legion? Or, why not place the auxillaries on a flank that may need to be beefed up?<br>
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This is not a gaming question. Rather, playing a game has got me thinking about tactics of the era.<br>
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So I guess my question can be summed up as: where did Caesar (and other generals) put his auxillary missle troops? <p></p><i></i>
Tom Mallory
NY, USA
Wannabe winner of the corona
graminea and the Indy 500.
NY, USA
Wannabe winner of the corona
graminea and the Indy 500.
