The General

Military Infrastructure:

Fortifications

Type of Town	Village	Town	Large Town	City	Large City
Type of Fortification	Palisade	Wooden Wall	Stone Wall	Large Stone Wall (Iron Gates)	Epic Stone Wall (Iron Gates)
Cost	400	800	1600	3200	6400
Bonus	+1 Defences	+2 Defenses	+3 Defenses	+4 Defense	+5 Defenses

Barracks

Type of Town	Village	Town	Large Town	City	Large City
Type of Fortification	Barracks	Town Barracks	Legion Barracks	Army Barracks	Urban Barracks
Cost	600	1200	2400	4800	9600
Bonus	Recruit: Town Watch	Recruit: Auxillia Specialty: Roman Cavalry and Light Auxilia	Recruit: Early Legionary Cohort Specialty: Auxillia Cavalry and War Dogs Range: Archer Auxiliary	Recruit Legionary Cohort & Praetorian Cohort   Cav: Legionary Cavalry and Incendiary Pigs Range: Scorpions Onagers	Urban Cohort Cav: Praetorian Cavalry Range: Heavy Onagers and Repeating Ballistae

Roman Units

Infantry:

Town Watch (500 men)

Attack: 3

Defense: 7

Price: 150 Denari

Auxilia (200 Men)

Attack: 5

Defense: 7

Price: 430 Denarii

Early Legionary Cohort (500 Men)

Attack: 9 (11 Missile)

Defense: 16

Price: 610 Denarii

Legionary Cohort (500 Men)

Attack: 9 (13 Missile)

Defense: 22

Price: 740 Denarii

Praetorian Cohort (500 Men)

Attack: 12 (16 Missile)

Defense: 23

Price: 810 Denarii

Urban Cohort (500 Men)

Attack: 14 (18 Missile)

Defense: 24

Price: 860 Denarii

Cavalry:

Cavalry Auxilia (300 Men)

Attack: 7 (7 Missile)

Defense: 9

Price: 470 Denarii

Roman Cavalry (300 Men)

Attack: 7

Defense: 15

Price: 520 Denarii

Legionary Cavalry (300 Men)

Attack: 9

Defense: 22

Price: 790 Denarii

Praetorian Cavalry

Attack: 12

Defense: 22

Price: 840 Denarii

Ranged:

Light Auxilia (200 Men)

Attack: 5 (7 Missile)

Defense: 7

Price: 430 Denarii

Archer Auxilia (200 Men)

Attack: 4 (9 Missile)

Defense: 7

Price: 430 Denarii

Scorpions (4 Units)

Attack: 43

Defense: 10

Price: 380 Denarii

Onagers (2 Units)

Attack: 53 (70 vs Buildings)

Defense: 10

Price: 830 Denarii

Repeating Ballistae (4 Units)

Attack: 33

Defense: 10

Price: 460 Denarii

Heavy Onagers (2 Units)

Attack: 63 (110 vs Buildings)

Defense: 10

Price: 1050 Denarii

Wardogs (50 Dogs, 10 Handlers)

Attack: 12

Defense: 3

Price: 570 Denarii

Incendiary Pigs (30 Pigs, 10 Handlers)

Attack: 7

Defense: 4

Price: 200 Denarii

Naval Recruitment

Type of Town	Town	Large Town	City
Type of Port	Bireme	Trireme	Quinquereme
Cost	800	1600	3200
Bonus	+1 Across water	+2 Across water	+3 Across water

Army Upkeep Costs:

Armies aren't cheap. While the Senate and the Family can raise an army with ease keeping it there is a bit more difficult. The cost of moving and training troops weighs heavy on the Tax Collectors mind. It is easier to Retrain a depleted unit from something rather than creating something entirely new. Veterans can replace dead Centurions and a unit can be rebuilt rapidly.The cost to retrain also doubles as the cost to upgrade a unit of the same type from one level to another.

Unit Name	Cost to Maintain Full	Cost to Retrain Depleted
Town Watch	100 Denarii	5 Denarii per 100
Auxilia	170 Denarii	10 Denarii per 100
Early Legionary Cohort	200 Denarii	20 Denarii per 100
Legionary Cohort	210 Denarii	30 Denarii per 100
Praetorian Cohort	320 Denarii	40 Denarii per 100
Urban Cohort	330 Denarii	50 Denarii per 100
Cavalry Auxilia	110 Denarii	50 Denarii per 100
Roman Cavalry	120 Denarii	55 Denarii per 100
Legionary Cavalry	190 Denarii	60 Denarii per 100
Praetorian Cavalry	240 Denarii	65 Denarii per 100
Light Auxilia	170 Denarii	20 Denarii per 100
Archer Auxilia	180 Denarii	30 Denarii per 100
Scorpions	100 Denarii	25 Denarii per Unit
Onagers	120 Denarii	60 Denarii per Unit
Repeating Ballistae	160 Denarii	40 Denarii per Unit
Heavy Onagers	130 Denarii	65 Denarii per Unit
War Dogs	50 Denarii	Free Dogs are Cheap
Incendiary Pigs	50 Denarii	Free Pigs are Cheap

Fighting a Battle

Battles in Heart of Rome will be done on the battle map. This is where the generals will pit their forces against each other. The attack and defense values shown on Roman Units represents the quality of their training and is reflective of their potential in battle. If you were to put this in perspective of a D20 dice roll a unit has to roll under their attack value in order to inflict significant damage to an enemy unit. That unit would then have to roll under their defense value in order to stand their ground.

Exp:

Legionary Cohort vs. Iberian Infantry

Legionary Cohorts have an attack value of 9 and a Missile Value of 13 representing their pilum. The Legionaries will first throw their pilum into the Iberian Infantry. The D20 roll must be under or even to a 13 in order to disorganize the Iberians. The Iberians can resist the attack by rolling under or even to their defence value. The Iberian Defense value is an 8. In this example the Iberians fail their defense test. The are now disorganized. This inflicts a -2 modifier to future defense rolls. The Legionnaires now charge home into the Iberians. Julii Infantry have a +2 Modifier for their veteran status this is added to the Legion Attack value. The Legionnaires must now roll under an 11 in order to break the Iberians. The Iberians will get a chance to hold their ground but at a -2 modifier for being disorganized.

Battle Modifiers:

Veteran Status: +1 for every battle survived.

Family Bonus: Dependent on Family.

Pikemen/ Spear Men: +1 Attack +3 Defense against Cavalry

Wedge Formation (Cavalry): +1 Attack and Disorganize

Testudo: +3 Defense to Legionaries from Missile Attack

Inspiring Commander: +1 Defense

Disorganized: -2 Defense, -1 Attack

Fear: -5 Defense

Poor Training: -1 Defense

Friends Routing: -1 Defense

Fire Attack: -1 Defense Chance to Disorganize

General Killed: -3 Army Wide Defense

Rear Attack: -3 Defense

Flank Attack: -2 Defense

There can be infinite modifiers on a battlefield. It is up to the players to decide what they do to a unit.

Casualties:

The number of casualties sustained by a unit is counted up at the end of a battle. It is incumbent of the game master to realistically deduct casualties from units. Units that slaughtered the enemy before them are less likely to take casualties from units that can barely succeed in their attack rolls.

Recruitment Caps:

Each Faction is capable of recruiting up to ten legions. Each legions is made up of ten cohorts. But can be supplement with up to fifteen cohorts worth of auxiliary units, this includes cavalry, archers, artillery, and auxilia. Each city at a given level can only recruit a given number of units at any one time. Chart Below:

Level of Settlement	Number of Cohorts Recruitable	Number of Garrison Units Recruitable	Recruitment Queue
Village	2	4	1
Town	4	6	2
Large Town	6	8	3
City	8	10	4
Large City	10	12	5

Campaigning:

An invasion into a territory will involve at a minimum of two battles. One in which the defending territory will fight in the field and the other where the remaining defenders fight from the walls of the settlement. The number of defenders at each battle would vary depending on circumstances within the territory. A settlement in case of siege can hold out a number of turns equal to its level plus one.

Starting Armies:

Julii

Lvl 3 Settlement

x3 Early Legionary Cohorts

x1 Bireme

Lvl 2 Settlement

x1 Roman Cavalry

x1 Light Auxilia

Brutii

Lvl 3 Settlement

x3 Early Legionary Cohorts

x 1 Bireme

Lvl 2 Settlement

x2 Roman Cavalry

x1 Bireme

Lvl 2 Settlement

x1 Auxilia

x1 Light Auxilia

Scipii

Lvl 3 Settlement

x3 Early Legionary Cohorts

x2 Bireme

Lvl 2 Settlement

x1 Roman Cav

x1 Light Auxilia

x1 Bireme

Unit Movement Chart:

A note on this chart. An army can only advance as its slowest Unit type. That means in order to move an entire army as fast as a cavalry unit the entire army must be composed of cavalry units. But if that cavalry Army has even one unit of artillery then it can only advance 3 cm a turn. This does not however stop a commander from breaking up his or her forces and sending out recon elements.

These are all the base movement of each type. For example a Bireme gets +1 Naval Movement and thus moves 8cm.

Unit Type	Centimetres in Movement
Infantry	4cm
Cavalry	5cm
Siege Equipment	3cm
Naval Units	7cm