Mass production in the early-middle republic?

[Jesper D]

I am trying to find info on how mass production of military equipment in the third century B.C. would be organised?
Were a myriad of small workshops employed or did the romans use any form of larger central units like the "fabricae" in the late republic?

[Dante]

From what I read about the Romans, they used barges to haul finished and un-finished goods through-out the Empire. Sites were selected near rivers and streams ( and their outstanding road system ), and of course mining sites for iron and wooded areas for shield making amongst other things. I'm sure that there were legions posted for protection of the Empire's goods!


Dante

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

I think it would have been different in the 3rd centurey BC though.
Rome was not yet an empire, but a city state, which was starting to dominate the Italian peninsula, and starting to expand its influence to Sicily and beyond

[M. Demetrius]

GJC, you mean like when the Senate orders the Scipii to take the settlement at Syracuse within 10 turns?
:lol:
You're quite right, though, about the expansion statments. 8)