: Um... actually, a Roman Legion was more like 5000
: Legionairres. Also, you're assuming that the troops we
: see in the games are representative of total Legion
: numbers. As I see it, Berserks, and (more so) Herons
: were very much elite troops, sent to the most
: dangerous missions where Warriors would fail.
You didn't see Dwarves a lot in Myth TFL either.
: Technically, it would probably be possible to work out a
: rough number of total Legionairres during the great
: war by comparing the number of 'pips' on the map at
: the battle of Rhi'anon (which we know to be 2200 men)
: with those at the siege of Madrigal.
Which they said in A Traitor's Grave were about 20000, right?
: Oh, and incidentally, my personal theory is that there
: was only one Legion during the Great War, which served
: as an elite corps of troops- Alric's Praetorian Guard,
: if you will. By the time of the war against
: Soulblighter, total Legion numbers /may/ have been
: increased, Alric having seen how effective they were
: during the Great War, although this may have been
: impossible, given the number of casualties in the war.
: Perhaps a better alternative is that a single standing
: army became impractical, given that it would have had
: to exert authority over such a vast area, and the
: Legion may have been split into several smaller
: strikeforces (each one of which acquired the title of
: 'Legion'), which would have served as rural police
: forces and rapid response teams in case of localised
: uprisings (like the Kildaer incident!)
Incidentally, I almost thought you said Kikaider.
