
Originally Posted by
Red Baron
With Pyrrhus, I smashed the Roman armies to pieces and I now (260 BC) control Italy, including Rome. The city just reached 24000 inhabitants, so I've just started to build an imperial palace. The problem is that I can't train latin legionaries, even after building those three auxilia buildings and barracks. Do I have to wait for Marius' reforms or will I be able to recruit them if my imperial palace is finished? I was looking forward to fighting with the latin legionaries instead of the boring phalanx.
What do I have to do? Build an imperial palace? Wait for Marius? I don't wanna wait sixty years until I can get my hands on those latin legionaries.