Are named Legions possible in RTW?

**dvk901** · August 15, 2006, 09:03 AM

Just thought I'd provide some pictures of a couple of the Legions in 'Roma Surrectum'. Legio Augusta II, Primigenia XII and Italica II. Also, II Augusta General and Cavalry standard:

**Praetorian** · August 16, 2006, 09:59 AM

I'll post my work soon.

**Pachinko** · August 20, 2006, 09:38 PM

Looks good for the Legion AOR project.

**Titus Terrasidius** · August 24, 2006, 03:08 PM

i really wanna do this! awesome idea.

**dvk901** · August 25, 2006, 11:53 PM

The Mod is nearly finished, unfortunately, I'm having a hard time getting permissions to use the 'non-roman' units I installed in it. I didn't think this would be an issue when I used them, and all the stuff said it would be OK, "Just ask first"...but I've been asking, and only one person has responded. (My thanks to Riczu for his beautiful models and strat characters!) So, I either wait or I start reskinning the @#$% thing myself....so I've started doing that...but have had to learn and fumble around. So far these are the legions I've added to RTW:

12 PRE-MARIAN LEGIONS, consisting of the historical hastati, principe, and triarri maniples. Each legion can only be recruited in a certain region...mostly in and around Italy.

Republican LegionI
Republican LegionII
Republican LegionIII
Republican LegionIV
Republican LegionV
Republican LegionVI
Republican LegionVII
Republican LegionVIII
Republican LegionIX
Republican LegionX
Republican LegionXI
Republican LegionXII

30 MARIAN REFORM LEGIONS, using Early, Late, Urban and Praetorian cohort models. They switch models every fourth time, so I was able to include brutii, scipii, julii and senate models. Each one also has the appropriate 1st Cohort and Eagle, it's own individual standard with it's name and symbol (wherever possible or known)on it, and a detailed history in it's unit description....
as much as I could dig up, anyway:

Legio I Adiutrix Pia Fidelis Constans (faithful, loyal and constant)
Legio I Parthica
Legio I Italica
Legio II Adiutrix Pia Fidelis
Legio II Augusta
Legio III Cyrenaica
Legio III Gallica
Legio III Italica
Legio IV Scythica
Legio IV Flavia Felix (serene Flavian legion)
Legio V Macedonica
Legio VI Ferrata
Legio VII Claudia Pia Fidelis
Legio VIII Augusta
Legio IX Hispana
Legio X Fretensis
Legio XI Claudia VI Pia VI Fidelis (six times faithful, six times loyal)
Legio XII Fulminata (The Lightning Legion)
Legio XIII Gemina(twin)
Legio XIII Primigenia(twin)
Legio XIV Gemina Martia Victrix VI Pia VI Fidelis (six times faithful, six times loyal)
Legio XV Apollinaris
Legio XV Primigenia
Legio XVI Flavia Firma
Legio XX Valeria Victrix
Legio XXI Rapax (Predator)
Legio XXII Deiotariana (Deiotarus)
Legio XXII Primigenia
Legio XXVIII Primigenia
Legio XXX Ulpia Victrix Pia Fidelis

Their recruitment is based (loosely) on the known Legion camps circa 80AD, in an AOR system, using the Mundus Magnus 3 map.
You'll note that there are no XVII, XVIII, or XIX legions...and for a reason. All three were destroyed by the Germans in the famous Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9AD. In their honor, the Romans never used the numbers again. So I didn't include them.

All this is part of the Mod I call 'Roma Surrectum', which means "Rome Arises". My intention is to produce this first mod and Provincial Campaign for RTW1.5, and then follow it with at least two more provincial campaigns (well in progress) for the periods 337-475AD, and then 475-700AD.....converting RTW, basically, into a BI-like campaign focusing on the reclamation of most of the Empire by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian...and then, who knows, a few 'what-if' campaigns just for fun to see if history can be remade and the Byzantine Empire can survive (game-wise) anyway.

And than you to Praetorian, who shared the thought that 'descr_model_battle.txt' is full of repetitive units.
By 'adjusting' and removing this junk, I was able to gain all the slots I needed, and still have 8 to play with.

**Kundich** · January 21, 2008, 06:34 PM

Okay, I'm curious. Is it possible to change the displayed string from

'Legio' + <FILL IN THE BLANKS>

to a string other than 'Legio', i.e. simply 'Army'? I looked through the bulk of the files, but I didn't see a string controlling the display of 'Legio'.

Thanks,
ADM