Unique 'Area of Recruitment" Units

[UsulDaNeriak]

I think it would be stupid if Romans could recruit an unlimited amount of elephants or phalanxes only because they captured Carthage or Macedon.

Yes, that would be very stupid.

... of course considering that any german or nubian there was gived the citizenry .

And this did not happen before 238 AD.

[PROMETHEUS ts]

Not really ,perhaps you meant 212 anyway .....

The granting of citizenship to allies and the conquered was a vital step in the process of Romanization. This step was one of the most effective political tools and (at that point in history) original political ideas (perhaps one of the most important reasons for the success of Rome).

It was under particular conditins that some could get roman citizenry , , for example Caesar even brought in some Celts as senators lol .... so

[UsulDaNeriak]

Not really ,perhaps you meant 212 anyway .....

Mea culpa

Of course i mean the Constitutio Antoniniana in 212. 238 was the one and only big political revolt of the urban plebs in the context of usurpations. No clue, how I could mix that up.

Your point was, that you will get more blondes or dark skinned people into the roman army. You are right, that the roman awarded roman citizenship very generously in the provinces. Some emperors like Claudius more than others. That was one big key-success-factor of the roman empire.

But this did not lead so much to blonde legionnaires. The romans gave these rights to the local elite first, called Curiales or Decuriones. And these guys did usually not enter the army as a legionnaire. If they entered the army they became directly Centurio or started as Praefect if of equestrian rank ( e.g. Arminius).

The masses of the blonde citizens of a german city left of the Rhine had no civil-rights and therefore had to enter the auxilia. It took centuries to change that. One reason was that after 25 years of auxilia these blondes got civil rights and so the number of blondes in the roman legion should have increased over time, when their sons entered the legion. However, these blonde sons often prefered to enter the same unit, Dad was in. So the process was not so much blondes in legions but "new-romans" in auxilia.

The romans did of course gave civil-rights to entire cities, too. But this happened rather in highly romanized old provinces like Narbonensis and Baetica. And blondes in the Baetica were not so common before the Vandal and Visisgoths came.

In 212 this changed dramatically. That was my point

[Ngazi]

There were already resource dependent recruitment and mercenary recruitment in the original game. No point in capping recruitment or making it overly complicated and forcing players to look up a table to figure out where they can recruit units.

[fredtrotter]

Asterix and Obelix
North Gaul
Special event caused by roman invasion of Gaul
only Gaulish cultures can recruit
Magic potion must be researched
Unit cap of 1

They are a must have unit to be in the game

[weirdoascensor]

After some thoughts, This do brings the question of whether a faction unit roster uniquity be determined by its position or its inherent military doctrine?

[UsulDaNeriak]

After some thoughts, This do brings the question of whether a faction unit roster uniquity be determined by its position or its inherent military doctrine?

Both, and both could change over time.