Imperial Legions of Rome

[Marcuss Crassus]

ok , since i have not played the CIG campaing yet i am considering making and exclusive pack for it. My idea is to recreate the legions ceaser used long with my castra-system.

I have Incorporated some of the work of kaziel along with my new models, helmets,scabbards, clasp, shields etc.. i created for this time frame. This is a very early model and there is still very much to do, but this should give idea on the direction i am going. if someone post would like to post information on the legions ceaser used for this campaign as well as shield patterns, i would appreciate it as it would save me some time

Leo, may be U can use this new armour for your augustan pack?

[M@x1mus]

Awesome news mate!
I wish i knew much about caesar's legions to help you..

[bobbyr]

Great news Leonardo, was waiting for proper Caesarian Legionaries all the time. So far there were only the Augustan Legionaries available.

Here are some shield designs of Caesar's legions, mostly taken from reenactors and as historical accurate as possible 2,000 years later with no drawings surving from that time.
Descriptions of shield patterns are derived from descriptions in texts, mostly 'De Bello Gallico'.

Without further ado:

Legio X (the Legion's symbol was a bull):

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Legio VII (the oldest Legion of Caesar's Campaigns):

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Legio VIII:

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Legio XIII:

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Legio IX:

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Legio XII:

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Legio XIV:

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To give a few examples. The allocation of shield patterns to specific legions has been randomly done by me (except for Legio X which has the bull confirmed), but ALL shield patterns are historically accurate by todays standards to have been used during Caesar's time by Roman Legions.

There is diversity, historical authenticity and I think they look cool. Hope this helps you to get an idea and I hope to see a couple of them in the mod

Cheers

[bruttus]

You forgot
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legio_XI_Claudia

and Pompey borrowed this legion, http://www.livius.org/articles/legion/legio-vi-ferrata/, to Ceaser

[bohema]

Any more buch style helmets in future releases?

[Zer0p4nic]

No-STEAM LInk?

[LEONARDO THE GREAT]

thanks to everyone who posted examples. Here is a possible first cohort shield

[Diocle]

thanks to everyone who posted examples. Here is a possible first cohort shield

Lo scudo nero della prima coorte, è .. è .. è da erezione!!! Belin che sballo!!!! Santo Cielo sei un Artista!

Engl. Transl.: "I like very much the black shield of the First Cohort! Awesome!!!! Holy crap, you are really an Artist!!"

[bobbyr]

Looks good.

Great that you are still working on this!

[Thyra13]

Omg!
That's awesome!!!

[Marcuss Crassus]

Leonardo, I have a small suggestion.
Can you peplace augustan shields, in your Augustan pack, to these awesome republican scutums, that you did, please?
A little strange to see Antony`s or Pompey`s legionnaires with augustan scutums, that used only from 10 B.C., after civil war)
And few images:

Mark Antony's Parthian War 40–33 BC

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Antony's retreat from Media Atropatene in 37 BC

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Early praetorians (not icluded in your aug mod yet)

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[Dermeister]

HOw can I download this with out steam? I prefer to manually install this and I hate when I accidently unsubscribe to a mod on steam and then I have to wait till it downloads again.

[paleologos]

Congratulations on all content released here!

[bohema]

LEONARDO THE GREAT

are you still adding content to this mod or have you found a stopping point just curious

[LEONARDO THE GREAT]

yes, i will still be adding new content to all three projects i am working on, however i have been pressed for time for the past month or so. i will probably compile my generals pack for upload before i add any new imperial or republican units.

[Falco]

Super glad you are making the republican legionaires, they look awesome already. This may be a dumb question, but will they be usable for DEI / will they be able to replace the DEI legionary model?

[Drag0]

Thanks, this is the best roman reskin mod!
Regards

[Maetharin]

Hey Leonardo, really nice work^^
Especially the new Praetorian shields

Btw: Are the new republican legionary shields your own work or did you have access to Kaziels models?
Because if the latter was the case, do you also have access to his ridiculously cool squamatas?

I´d really love to see these in game, but his thread has been silent for a while now...

Super glad you are making the republican legionaires, they look awesome already. This may be a dumb question, but will they be usable for DEI / will they be able to replace the DEI legionary model?

Why wouldn't they?
It's meshes and textures, those are always compatible, you just have to work on the variantmeshdefinitions.
And that really is the easiest part of modding unit appearance, just try it out!
It's rather self-explanatory...

I think the best start would be to import everything from variantmesh table into a pack of your own and fiddling with it^^

best regards

[LouisAquila]

Ciao LEONARDO.
Mi chiamo Luigi e sono italiano.
Quindi, se non è un problema, ti scrivo brevemente in italiano per un piccolo, ma indispensabile, ragguaglio sulla tua superba (e non scherzo..) Super Mod.
Premetto, in tutta onestà, che ho gia tentato di giocare una campagna (con la fazione di Roma) di RTW2 con la tua Mod per ben due volte.
La prima, dopo essermi accorto che era purtroppo incompatibile con DEI, l'ho accantonata intorno al 30 D.C..
La seconda e più recente volta, pur avendo disinstallato DEI ed installato soltanto piccoli sub- mod (rigorosamente non overhaul) l'ho accantonata anche in questo caso intorno al 40 A.C..
In entrambi i casi, non c'è stato verso di costruire il "Castrum" relativo ad una determinata legione storica, dopo averne ovviamente conquistato
la relativa provincia...e lì giù di frustrazione compulsiva!
Adesso riparto da RTW2 pulito.
Volevo solo chiederti se sia normale che, con Rome 2 TW senza alcun mod tranne il tuo (quindi pulito), sia normale trovarmi tra le fazioni impiegabili per le battaglie personalizzate anche quella relativa ai "Popoli del Sud".
La cosa a mio avviso piuttosto strana è che nelle battaglie personalizzate la fazione "Roma" non dispone affatto delle legioni storiche, ma unicamemente di quelle cosiddette
"standard".
E' normale ciò?
Te lo chiedo perché temo che a campagna inoltrata, giocata impiegando la fazione Iulia di Roma, pur giungendo al completamento di tutte le ricerche tecnologiche militari necessarie alla costruzione della caserma delle legioni, io non possa poi costruire
il "castrum" relativo alla legione storica appartenente ad una determinata provincia conquistata sotto il dominio della fazione di Roma.
Potresti fornirmi sinteticamente un ragguaglio tecnico al riguardo?
Spero tu possa darmi una risposta visto che sono settimane che cerco di raccapezzarmi su questa cosa prima di ricominciare (magari inutilmente) una nuova campagna.
P.S il mio interesse per Rome 2 TW, comperato con somma delusione in pre-order nel 2013, rimane vivo solo in funzione della recente scoperta della tua mod, senza la quale temo finirebbe
di nuovo tra i giochi comperati e mai giocati.
Grazie anticipatamente.
Luigi

[Punisher]

great mod