the Creative Assembly machinimas | polybian manipular legion vs cohortal legion: who wins? @theCreativeAssemblymachinimas | Uploaded November 2014 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
test made playing online. I am playing use a manipular polybian legion, with real numbers, since there are 5 manipula for both hastati and principes 320 men each (2 x160 for centuria), and 5 manipula of 160 men for triarii. This represents an about 5k men full numbers' manipular legion (who should have 10 manipula of 160 men -2 x80- each, though, but result is the same).
As you notice, cohortal legion is stronger, since it has well armored units, while polybian legion has hastati who are weaker. Then auxiliary cavalry is stronger than equites. But I was rather surprised to see how effective is polybian legion, having lost cavalry, to prevent being surrounded by cavalry. Triarii work very well to make a back wall of spears against cavalry, or even to prevent flanking from infantry. They are the last units standing...
test made playing online. I am playing use a manipular polybian legion, with real numbers, since there are 5 manipula for both hastati and principes 320 men each (2 x160 for centuria), and 5 manipula of 160 men for triarii. This represents an about 5k men full numbers' manipular legion (who should have 10 manipula of 160 men -2 x80- each, though, but result is the same).
As you notice, cohortal legion is stronger, since it has well armored units, while polybian legion has hastati who are weaker. Then auxiliary cavalry is stronger than equites. But I was rather surprised to see how effective is polybian legion, having lost cavalry, to prevent being surrounded by cavalry. Triarii work very well to make a back wall of spears against cavalry, or even to prevent flanking from infantry. They are the last units standing...
