Roman Garrison troops

**Cal** · January 04, 2011, 08:52 AM

what kind of troops are you using to garrison a city and how many?

**Nota'** · January 04, 2011, 08:56 AM

Local Mercs or Ally Troops. Post Marians, usually auxillia, sometimes still local mercs.
I use as many as needbe to maintain public order and protect settlements. If a settlemnts are under i station a legion near them as well (my legions only retrain in settlemtns, not stay there)

**Fridericus Rex** · January 04, 2011, 09:25 AM

I use 2 or 3 Latin Slingers - they are cheap and do the job just fine.

**The Emperor of Down Under** · January 04, 2011, 09:36 AM

Lol I just merge two full units of whatever legion it is and leave two in the city.

**Carrebalo** · February 27, 2011, 09:09 AM

Hello, I have downloaded and installed RSII, but, although the campaign works, the battle map doesn't work, the videogame goes down when I start a battle (after half or one minute). Can someone help me?
Thanks a lot

**Ferdiad** · February 27, 2011, 09:14 AM

Originally Posted by Carrebalo

Hello, I have downloaded and installed RSII, but, although the campaign works, the battle map doesn't work, the videogame goes down when I start a battle (after half or one minute). Can someone help me?
Thanks a lot

Go here mate http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=420 maybe someone can help you out

**ImperatorCaesar** · February 27, 2011, 10:27 AM

Pre-Marians: If available, I will use 2 polybian cohorts, and 2 velites. Most times these aren't available, so I will use some kind of heavy infantry, and ranged units. Example, are Arevaci Spearmen, and Balearic Slingers.

Post-Marians: I try to get every settlement to eventually have two Evocatii, and two Antesignani.

**rory o'kane** · February 27, 2011, 12:45 PM

I use polybian cohorts and velites and/or any locally available archers or slingers (Cretan Archers/Balearic Slingers/Rhodian Slingers preferentially), then Legionary Cohorts and antesignani and those missile troops when the reforms hit, and then when I build the Curia Hostilia (i try to synchronise construction across large chunks of my empire) in a place, a mixture of auxiliary infantry, auxiliary archers, and evocati, or, in some places, like Antioch and Alexandria, I might actually station a legion there as the Romans did. Jerusalem gets one, for example, to keep the peace.

**Dramatic Cat** · February 27, 2011, 04:53 PM

lulz, how can people afford to leave polybians or regular legionaries sitting doing nothing in their settlements??? The cost an eye per turn!!!!!

lulz, i only use ONE general and if the public order is below 80% i might station a pair of AOR or mercs units untiil the little face becomes yellow. then i say bye bye garrison.

**Hunterbear** · February 27, 2011, 05:10 PM

@Cal

Also, the amount of units to use will vary from city to city. It depends on if you have a governor there and if he is good or crap (sometimes a settlement is better off without a governor). Also the amount of public order and happiness as well as squalor and unrest affect how many units are required to maintain order and keep them happy. The tax level also controls if the people love you or are ready to slit your throat and rebel.

**Globalhead** · March 01, 2011, 03:41 PM

I tend to use the cheapest and fewest as possible, since, for the most part they sit there doing nothing. Post reforms, I'll use Antesignani...but also like cheap AoR missile troops as well. Also, I'll periodically go through the entire empire and reduce garrisions to the fewest possible as city happiness improves. 99% of my cities have governors. A few cities near the front lines will have Legion and Auxilia replacements as garrisions, until the front line moves on. Lastly, each region I control (i.e. Iberia, Gaul, Germania, N Africa, etc...) will have a smallish Auxilia Force(say 8-10 units) and a older or crappy General/Family Member as a roving patrol againgst the random rebel stacks that spawn...

**MemphisRex** · March 02, 2011, 09:49 AM

Hay buddy..I do the same...!!! perfectly the same...And My "Roving"Auxilia will contain more cavalry and possibly some to none kind of Infantry so I can get the maximum available movement points...!