Oh look, a civil war! I have stated before, given the long, glorious and turbulent history of the Roman state, the most likely army for the Roman Army to face was the Roman Army! Geoff brought a lovely classical Roman army, a good mix of combined arms, auxilia, legions, heavy and light cavalry and skirmishers. You really could not ask for anything more as a Roman player, on either side! The terrain even looked like a classic Roman fight! Woods and rock ground secured the right, a town and a wood sat on the left, while the Campus Martinus was empty between. The scouting counters show a nice asymmetry too. Despite Geoff having four decent skirmisher units, I out scouted him by 20% which allowed me to get the slight drop on his deployment. By the end of turn 1 it was obvious to see our battle plans, line up and beat seven shades of hell out of each other! Perfect! I tasked my two cavalry units to take on one of Geroff's and one of his light horse. My 8 superiors and my exceptionals ...