Historical Overview Section
During this era, Rome, and others of the Latin League, clashed with foreign powers, and not always successfully. In 390 BC Gallic tribes from Gallia Cisalpina (modern Po Valley) under the leadership of Brennus defeated the Roman legions and sacked Rome itself requiring a huge ransom to be paid out to avoid completely destroying the city. The Punic Wars were a series of three wars fought between Rome and the Early Carthaginians and Later Carthaginians between 264 and 146 BC. They are known as the Punic Wars because the Latin term for Carthaginian was Punici. By the end of the third war, after more than a hundred years and the deaths of many hundreds of thousands of soldiers from both sides, Rome had conquered Carthage's empire and razed the city, becoming the most powerful state of the Western Mediterranean.
With the end of the Macedonian Wars against the Later Macedonians - which ran concurrently with the Punic wars — and the defeat of the Later Seleucid King Antiochus III the Great, Rome emerged as the dominant Mediterranean power having occupied many of the Hellenistic Greek states and Rome had become the most powerful city in the classical world.
Using the army in ADLG
- The restrictions on how this army can be fielded make list building easy!
- You don't need to group the troops of each Legion under separate commanders.
- The Latin allies and subjects may be a mistake. Better to fight in the open with high quality legions.
Useful Links
User-contributed links about this army:
- Video Podcast on List Building from the Madaxeman Podcast Team - how to make this list work on the tabletop
- Iowa Grognards painting of Old Glory 15mm Hastati & Principes
- MacPhees astounding painting of a MRR army
- Mid Rep Roman vs Successors Battle report from Devizes 2008
- 650 point match report from FoG learners - an immense table!
- 1000pt report, vs Carthage on the Slitherine Forum, with pictures
- 6000pt report, vs Gauls on the Slitherine Forum,
- 800pt report, vs Selucids on the Slitherine Forum
- Polybian Roman DBA Figure Gallery for this army - from Fanaticus
- Polybian Roman DBA Figure Gallery for this army - from Fanaticus
- Polybian Roman DBA Figure Gallery for this army - from Fanaticus
15mm Manufacturers supplying figures for this army
You can see some of the figures in the Mid Republican Roman Photo Gallery also on this site
- Blue Moon Sold in the UK by Old Glory UK (the normally 28mm people, different to the 15mm people above) a newly released (late 2012) near-18mm range with some excellent pictures on this blog
- Essex Miniatures - 8 figure Camillan Roman range
- Donnington - full range of figures
- Xyston The Early Romans are some of their larger figures.
- Vexilia Do sell some very early (ie Etruscan) era Roman / Italian figures
- Museum Miniatures Camillans only
- Black Hat Miniatures (previously Gladiator Games) Proper 3-type legions
- Old Glory 15's, Romans and Italian City States ranges
- Corvus Belli Marian Roman range
- Magister Militum Early Romans and Italians
- Lancashire Games Republican & Marian Romans
- Irregular Miniatures MRR
- QRF Models Nice Triarii. All of the figures currently going through remolding.
- AlainTouller Figurines Camillan Roman range
- Tin Soldier In-period range
- Minifigs MRR range
- East Riding Miniatures
- Fighting 15
- Outpost Wargame Services Republian range
- Pass o' The North.
- Viking Forge
- Lo Hobbi.t.Studio Army-sized packs, but apparently a little on the large side
- Warmodelling/Fantassin - newly released range, some nice kneeling Triarii
- Camelot Games Italian-based supplier with all the key figures
Army Lists
Sample army lists for this army
Beachhead 2024
2 Slingers
2 Crappy Spearmen
1 Elite Armoured Spear Triarii
3 HI Impact Armour Hastati & Principes
1 Medium Swordsman
Brilliant Commander
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2 LF Javelin
2 Crappy Spearmen
1 Elite Armoured Spear Triarii
3 HI Impact Armour Hastati & Principes
1 Heavy Cavalryman
Brilliant Commander
==
2 LF Javelin
1 Cavalry Javelin Included Allied General
4 MF Impact Elite
(Samnite Ally)
List 1 Madaxeman Podcast (Dave)
Competent Included
6 Hastati Armour Impact
2 Velites
1 Equites + General Medium Cavalry
2 Latins Javelinmen
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Ordinary
1 Triarii
3 Principes Heavy Spear
1 Velite
2 Ascensci Medium Spear Mediocre
==
Ordinary
2 Latins Medium Sword Elite
3 Latins Medium Sword
2 Javelinmen Mediocre
(Fortified Camp)
List 2 Madaxeman Podcast (Richard)
Brilliant
2 Hastati Armour Impact
2 Principes Spearmen Armour
1 Triarii Elite
2 Velites
1 Equites
1 Latin Javelinmen
==
Competent
2 Hastati Armour
2 Pincipes Armour
1 Triarii Elite
2 Velites
==
Competent Unreliable
1 Horseman Medium Cavalry
2 Latins Medium Sword
2 Javelinmen Mediocre
1 Javelin LF
(Fortified Camp)
Podcast List 3 (Tim)
Competent
2 Socii Equites Medium Cavalry
2 Socii Equites Medium Cavalry Elite
2 Principes Heavy Spear Armour
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4 Hastati Armour
4 Ascenscii Heavy Spear Mediocre
1 Triarii Elite
2 Velites
==
Samnite Ally Competent
1 Horseman Medium Cavalry
3 Warriors Ordinary Med Sw Impact
2 Warriors Med Sw Impact Elite
(Fortified Camp)
300 Points Challenge 2017
Brilliant
3 Hastati Heavy swordsmen armour impact ------
3 Principes Heavy spearmen armour ------
3 Velites Light infantry javelin ------
1 Equites Medium cavalry Elite
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Brilliant
3 Hastati Heavy swordsmen armour impact
3 Principes Heavy spearmen armour
3 Velites Light infantry javelin
1 Equites Medium cavalry
1 Rorarii Light infantry javelin
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Ordinary
1 Velites Light infantry javelin ------
4 Triarii Heavy spearmen armour Elite
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Ordinary
2 Latin auxilliary javelin skirmishers Light infantry javelin
1 Velites Light infantry javelin
2 Principes Heavy spearmen armour
2 Hastati Heavy swordsmen armour impact