Positions of the Armies

[Barry Goldwater]

Use this thread to detail the forces of Armies within the Realm, as well as to post movements. Please be specific with movements. If you lack detail, the shortest distance by simply drawing a straight line will be assumed. Post any additions to your forces other than your original levy. Total army sizes should be kept track of within home threads.

Map of the Late Roman provinces in the West

Movement times are simple:

• 1 hour from province to province
• 20 minutes from one location to another inside a province (ex. from Treverorum to a limitanei fort in Belgica I)

As for naval movements:

• 30 minutes to reach a port in the same diocese (ex. from Tarraco to Carthago Nova)
• 1 hour to reach a port in a neighboring diocese (ex. from Rome to Aquileia)
• Add extra hours for dioceses further away, 1 more hour per every diocese in the way (ex. from Carthage to London = 4 hours; 1 hour each for Hispania, Septem Provinciae, Galliae and Britanniae)

See this map for a more detailed look at the limitanei forts and other settlements of significance within each of the provinces: http://pelagios.org/maps/greco-roman/

[Barry Goldwater]

This post will be used to keep track of the standing Imperial Army & its foederati:

Existing legions at game start

(Each comital and palatine legion is approx. 2,000 strong, naturally consisting of 4 cohorts. By default, a pre-existing legion will have 2 cohorts of comital/palatine infantry, 1 of archers and 1 of cavalry) Britannia: Palatinae: Victores Iuniores Comitatenses: Britones Seniores Secundani Iuniores --- Gallia: Palatinae: Brachiati Iuniores Leones Seniores Mattiaci Iuniores Comitatenses: Flavia Victrix Constantina Geminiacenses Germaniciani Iuniores Lanciarii Gallicani Honoriani Menapi Seniores Secundani Britones Ursarienses --- Septem Provinciae: Palatinae: Herculiani Seniores Joviani Seniores Comitatenses: Armigeri Defensores Seniores Cortoriacenses Honoriani Felices Gallicani --- Hispania: Palatinae: Ascarii Seniores Ascarii Iuniores Felices Seniores Comitatenses: Fortenses Septimani Seniores Undecimani --- Italia Annonaria: Palatinae: Brachiati Seniores Cornuti Seniores Divitenses Seniores Leones Iuniores Comitatenses: Germaniciani Seniores Prima Alpina Tertia Iulia Alpina --- Italia Suburbicaria: Palatinae: Domestici (Imperial guard) Celtae Seniores Exculcatores Seniores Heruli Seniores Comitatenses: Mattiarii Iuniores Regii --- Africa: Palatinae: Celtae Iuniores Cimbriani Mauri Tonantes Seniores Comitatenses: Prima Flavia Pacis Secunda Flavia Constantiniana Secunda Flavia Virtutis Tertia Flavia Salutis Tertio Augustani --- Illyricum: Palatinae: Herculiani Juniores Joviani Juniores Latini Tungri Comitatenses: Catarienses Pacatianenses Secunda Iulia Tertia Italica Mauri Cetrati Lanciarii Lauriacenses

Existing limitanei forces

Each limitanei legion comprises of three cohorts: two of infantry and one of archers, for a total of 1,500 men per legion. The exceptions are the Gallic, African and Illyrian limes, which comprise of one infantry, one archer and one cavalry cohort to counter barbarian raids more effectively. Britanniae: 16x limitanei legions in Valentia - forts along Hadrian's Wall 9x limitanei legions in Maxima Caesariensis - the Saxon Shore forts Galliae: 30x limitanei legions in Germania I - Lower Rhenish forts 27x limitanei legions in Germania II - Middle and Upper Rhenish forts Illyricum: 5x limitanei legions in Noricum Ripense - Upper Danubian forts 5x limitanei legions in Pannonia I - Pannonian Danubian forts 10x limitanei legions in Valeria Ripensis - Middle Danubian forts 10x limitanei legions in Pannonia II - Lower Pannonian forts Italia Annonaria: 12x limitanei legions in Rhaetia II - Northern Alpine forts 5x limitanei legions in Raetia I - Central Alpine forts Africa: 5x limitanei legions in Mauretania Caesariensis - western Saharan forts 5x limitanei legions in Mauretania Sitifensis - central Saharan forts 5x limitanei legions in Numidia Militiana - eastern Saharan forts If besieged, each limitanei fort can hold out for one week, and provides +4 to the defender's rolls if stormed head-on. For a map of the forts, see this incredibly detailed map of the Late Empire provided by Lucius.

Foederati

Note that all foederati are free of upkeep, being instead sustained by the territories granted unto them. Salian Franks: Commander: King Marcomer (Battles +3, Personal Combat +3) Location: Tornacum, Germania II 4,000 Frankish Heriban (junior tribal warband with short spears, axes and hide-covered shields, equivalent to auxilia cohors) 2,000 Frankish Waldmanne (junior tribal warband with bows, equivalent to milites sagitarii) 2,500 Frankish Heriskara (senior tribal warband of armored axemen with shields and smaller francisca throwing axes, equivalent to cohors ripenses) 1,500 Frankish Antrostja-Scola (heavily armored noble infantry with longswords and shields, equivalent to pedites bucellarii) 500 Frankish Antrostja (heavily armored mounted nobles with lances, swords and shields, equivalent to equites bucellarii)

Fleets

Classis Ravennatium: Location: Docked at Ravenna, Flaminia et Picenum 30 liburniae 20 triremes Classis Misenatium: Location: Docked at Misenus, Campania 1 hexareme (unique ship, worth 75 points in battle, costs 10k in upkeep) 30 liburniae 20 triremes Classis Saxonici: Location: Docked at Londinium, Maxima Caesariensis 20 liburniae 10 triremes Classis Africae: Location: Docked at Carthage, Africa Proconsularis 15 liburniae 5 triremes

[Pontifex Maximus]

Palatine and Comital forces move to Hadrian's Wall.

[Barry Goldwater]

Germaniciani Iuniores, Lanciarii Gallicani Honoriani and four ripenses legions along the Limes Germanicus are to move into Chamavi territory under the command of the Camavi brothers (Richomeres taking precedence over Bauto, as both his elder and the official Dux Germanicae), to secure that tribe's safe arrival in Roman territory so that they may begin serving as foederati.

ETA: ??? (up to the mod really)

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The palatine and comital legions of Italia Suburbicaria & Septem Provinciae, as well as the Brachiati Seniores & Leones Iuniores palatine legions + Germaniciani Seniores & Tertia Iulia Alpina comital legions from Italia Annonaria, are to amass at Lugdunum in preparation for Emperor Theodosius' campaign against the Alamanni.

(OOC: If Oz wishes to alter or nullify this order, I suppose he should be able to, since I don't actually know how many troops or which ones he wanted for this campaign )

ETA: Too tired to calculate it, but since 1 prov = 1 hour, they should be done by about 8:00 AM EST tomorrow