09-05-2008, 11:31 AM
Okay, here's what our team has decided on. From what it seems, the hastati and principes were mostly differentiated by age, experience, and equipment. Later in the 2nd punic war and beyond they seemed to more and more wear similar equipment, to the point where equipment wise there was not much different. A particular Wiki article ( I know, Wikipedia's evil) references the book Republican Rome, The Army and The Allies by Emilio Gabba when they state that the lines between Hastati, Principes, and Triarii became blurred due to demands of numbers of men and need for replacements. And apparently Polybius mentions something along these lines, though I have not read that myself (Yet).
SOOO we're going to go ahead and use the so-called "Polybian" units in place of separate Hastati and Triarii. Will this be good-to-go for the period of the second Punic war to the Marian reforms? All this help is greatly appreciated. I really want to be as right and accurate as the game engine will allow us to.
David
SOOO we're going to go ahead and use the so-called "Polybian" units in place of separate Hastati and Triarii. Will this be good-to-go for the period of the second Punic war to the Marian reforms? All this help is greatly appreciated. I really want to be as right and accurate as the game engine will allow us to.
David
Cpl David Graham
Member of the Roma Surrectum mod team
Member of the Roma Surrectum mod team
