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    Posted: 11-Feb-2006 at 03:02
Now say if your a Roman emperor and the year is say 175A.D you're about to invade Parthia . What troops do you take with you and where in the Empire do you take them from,for example:
Slingers from the Baleric isles or from Rhodes
Numidian light cavalry or Illyrian light.
Heavy cavalry from allied Sarmatian tribes so on ,so on
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All of those units you described other than Sarmatians did not exist at 175 A.D. or were no longer active units at that time.

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They were just examples! thanks for the correction mate!
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I would take the legions from the iberian frontier for they were mostly needed in the front,as well as two more,the one from Armenia and one from Syria.Half the praetorian guard to encourage the other legionaries,and a newly-formed Roman legion,with roman citizens,trained like old days. I would use the light cavalry you mentioned to counter the Parthians' horsemen and hire some barbarian heavy cavalry to chop the lightly armed parthian infantry..For elephants i would use archers taken from the auxiliaries of the frontier. Well, with such an invasion and some good,loyial generals, Parthia would be Roman!
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