One level of variation which never seemed to be really incorporated into previous documents is how . . . uniform Legions are. In Roman Legion was infantry, and all other groups (cavalry, archers, etc) were never considered legionnaires, but were auxilia. Part of this was because of social class (Equestrians were the 'knight' class, while legionnaires were often plebian), stigma (Greeks, and to an extent, Romans viewed archers with a certain. Disdain), simple use (such as Immunes such as engineers being all grouped together), etc.
Do Coryani legions also have dedicated units? From ARPG and CoH we know Scouts and Equestrians are part of a legion, not an Auxiliary which is simply attached on an ad hoc basis. Does this mean we have mixed Centuries? Cohorts? Squads? How are Battle Mages assigned? Individually or as a unit? Priests or Divine casters? Would they be auxilia? Would each Legio have permanently assigned units as the 'legion' Battle tech style?
To clarify: Would you have a Legion of 10 Infantry Cohorts, followed by 1-10 Cohorts of support troops and Immunes? Would the Cohorts be made up of squads/lines of mixed people so each one could function as a whole unit, or would the Centuries have entire squads of dedicated troops? It all depends on what is considered the smallest 'maneuver unit' which would be expected to operate independently. If specialists, militia, irregulars, etc are assigned to the Legion on at the Legion level, they could simply be parcelled out as needed, but it all depends to what extent they are expected to operate together.
So, here is at least most of the issues I think an "Ideal" Legion needs to think about for structure:
Infantry Legion (10 Cohorts for ~5000 soldiers, plus command element)
Auxiliary (Cavalry) - 1 Cohort of 300-500 horsemen, mix of light and heavy cavalry, with maybe some archers.
Auxiliary (Missile) - 1 Cohort of Archers, slingers, and other 'ranged' troops which are assigned weapons aside from Pilum and javelins.
Auxiliary (Scout) - 1 Cohort, consisting of mounted and non-mounted scout troops.
Auxiliary (Immunes) - A 'catch all' unit of Surgeons, engineers, and possibly even Battlemages.
Auxillary (Religious) - Most Legions are dedicated to the Gods, which means that Priests and other 'divine' characters would probably have at least some clergy attached. Theses could be incorporated into the Legion itself with soliders simply wearing additional 'hats' as Divine casters/priests in addition to being soldiers, be part of a Cohort or Legion command staff and be attached on an ad hoc basis, or simply be an Auxillary force of Priests and Templars and whatnot, and basically act as 'religious mercenaries' for the Legion.
Auxillary (Battle Mage) - We know that Battlemages are considered part of the Legion, but again, would they be considered 'grunts' or even 'immunes' in the front lines, or would they be attached to specific units from a given pool? I would assume you wouldn't have more than a Century of Battle Mages per Legion (due to the rarity of the gift), but would they be considered Auxilia, or main line?
I would expect an overall structure for an 'ideal legion' to look like this:
Legion of [Insert Title Here]
Cohort 1-10, Infantry Cohort 11, Cavalry Cohort 12, Scout Cohort 13, Missile Cohort 14, Support (Religious, Battle Mage, Immunes) Cohort 15, Training Cadre?
Seem reasonable?
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