Army Lists 100BC - 250AD

Compiled
By
Franco Antonelli

        If you find any of the following army compositions not to your liking or you want a larger battle or you want to field a particular army that isn't reflected in any of the pre-prepared armies here, please feel free to amend them. My research is by no means exhaustive. 

         Items in brackets are optional, depending on your take on history! EG. (Armoured) Hoplites Spearmen, if you feel Greek Hoplites of that period should be classed as Armoured fine, if not don't!  Also, the very top row of each army list has a number of blank cells.  To save space all of these should read; "bases or actual figures".

Tigranic Armenian (83-69 BC):

Troops

Morale    

%

Cataphracts

 Regular

20

Horse Archers Light cavalry LC

 Regular

30

Peltasts OR

 Regular

10
Skirmishers Slingers Regular 10
Skirmishers Archers OR Regular 10
Archers Regular 10
Ex-Seleucid Pikemen Conscript 20
Armoured Imitation Legionaries Conscript 5
Camp followers Peltasts Conscript 5

Sertorius Spanish (80-72 BC):

Troops

Morale    

%
Iberian, Thracian or Gallic cavalry HC or LC Regular 20
Armoured Legionaries Veteran 15
Armoured Legionaries or Regular 10
Achian Auxiliaries Veteran 10
And Iberian/Lusitanian Auxiliaries Regular 30
Galatian Barbarian foot or Veteran 10
Cretan or Syracusan Archers Regular 10
Armoured Legionaries or Regular 10
Galatian Barbarian foot Veteran 10
And Celtiberian Barbarian foot Veteran 30
Iberian Auxiliaries or Regular 10
Lusitanian Javelinmen Regular 10
Greek, Spanish, Numidian or German Javelinmen Regular 15

Revolt of Spartacus (74-72 BC):

Troops

Morale    

%
Rebel cavalry HC Regular 10
Armoured Ex-gladiator Legionaries Veteran 30
Other Rebel Auxiliaries Conscript 50
Herdsmen Slingers Conscript 10

Late Hasmonean and Herodian Jewish (63 BC - 6 AD):

Troops

Morale    

%
Armoured cavalry HC Veteran 10
Bandit Auxiliaries or Conscript 20
German, Gallic or Thracian Javelinmen  Regular 10
And Thracian or Jewish LC Regular 10
Judean Auxiliaries Veteran 30
Archers Regular 15
Slingers Regular 15
Rioting Mob or Conscript 10
Idumean Cohorts Legionaries Conscript 5
And Javelinmen Conscript 5

Dacian (60 BC - 106 AD):

Troops

Morale    

%
Nobles HC Veteran 10
Warriors Barbarian Foot Regular 40
Falxmen Barbarian Foot Regular 10
Archers Regular 20
Javelinmen or Regular 10
Sarmatian Allies Cataphracts Regular 10

Ancient British (55 BC - 75 AD):

Troops

Morale    

%
Light Chariots Veteran 20
Light Cavalry LC Regular 10
Barbarian Foot Regular 50
Slingers Regular 20

Scots-Irish (55 BC - 846 AD):

Troops

Morale    

%
Light Chariots or Veteran 10
Barbarian Foot Veteran 10
Warriors Barbarian Foot Regular 80
Javelinmen Regular 10

Numidian under Juba I. (55(?)-46 BC):

Troops

Morale    

%
Gallic and/or Spanish Bodyguard Veteran 10
Numidian Cavalry LC C or Veteran 35
African Elephant Special 5
Armoured Legionaries Conscript 15
Numidian Javelins, Slingers or Archers C or Veteran 35

Later Ptolomaic (54-30 BC):

Troops

Morale    

%
Armoured Cleurch cavalry HC Regular 10
Gallic Bodyguard HC or Veteran 10
Ethnic Light Cavalry LC Regular 10
Pikemen Regular 20
Remnent Armoured Legionaries Regular 10
Cilician or Syrian Thureophoroi Auxiliaries Veteran 20
Jewish or Bedouin Javelinmen Veteran 10
Egyptian Archers Regular 10
Rioting Mobs Barbarian Foot Conscript 10

Emesa (51 BC - 72 AD):

Troops

Morale    

%
Cataphracts Regular 10
Guard Auxiliaries Veteran 10
Horse Archers LC Regular 20
Swordsmen Barbarian Foot Regular 10
Auxiliaries or Javelinmen Regular 10
Archers Veteran 30
Slingers Veteran 10

Blemmye or Beja (30 BC - 1500 AD):

Troops

Morale    

%
Heavy Cavalry HC Regular 15
Archers Veteran 70
Spearmen Auxiliaries Conscript 15
200 AD onwards, may exchange foot for camels Regular Any

Nomades (30 BC - 1500 AD):

Troops

Morale    

%
Heavy Cavalry HC Regular 25
Archers Veteran 60
Blemmye Spearmen Auxiliaries Regular 5
Nodades or Kushite Spearmen Auxiliaries Conscript 10
200 AD onwards, may exchange foot for camels Regular Any

Early Imperial Roman (25 BC - 193 AD):

Troops

Morale    

%
Equites Alares HC Veteran 20
Armoured Legionaries Veteran 30
Armoured Legionaries or Regular 10
Auxiliaries or Veteran 10
Symmachiarii Barbarian Foot Regular 10
Auxiliaries Veteran 25
Archers Veteran 10
Spanish Slingers or Regular 5
Numidian LC Regular 5

Later Moorish (25AD-696AD):

Troops

Morale    

%
Bodyguard HC Veteran 10
Moorish LC Regular 40
Moorish cavalry LC or Regular 10
Moorish Javelinmen Veteran 10
Moorish Javelinmen Veteran 30
Moorish Slingers & Archers or Conscript 10
Mob of slaves, women & children Javelinmen Conscript 10

Alan (50AD-1500AD):

Troops

Morale    

%
Armoured Nobles  Veteran 20
Horsemen LC Veteran 50
Armoured Nobles HC or Veteran 20
Horsemen LC or Veteran 20
Axemen Barbarian Foot Regular 20
Archers Regular 10

Jewish Revolts (66-70 and 132-135):

Troops

Morale    

%
Zealot Auxiliaries Guard 20
Picked Men Auxiliaries or Veteran 10
Barbarian Foot or Guard 10
66-70 onwards Josephu's Bodyguard HC Regular 10
Archers & Slingers Regular 20
Warriors Auxiliaries Regular 25
Warriors Auxiliaries Conscript 25

Revolt of Julius Civilis (69/70):

Troops

Morale    

%
Batavian Deserters HC Regular 15
Gallic Allied Barbarian Foot Regular 30
Germanic Barbarian Foot or Veteran 15
Batavian Barbarian Foot Regular 15
Batavian Auxiliaries Veteran 20
Germanic Javelinmen Veteran 10
Germanic Javelinmen or Veteran 10
Armoured Legionaries Regular 10

Caledonian (75-211):

Troops

Morale    

%
Light Chariots Regular 15
Warriors Barbarian Foot Regular 70
Warriors Barbarian Foot or Regular 15
Javelinmen Veteran 15

Abyssinian and Horn of Africa (100-1529):

Troops

Morale    

%
Elephant or Special 5
Cavalry HC Regular 5
Spearmen Auxiliaries Regular 60
Sword or Axemen Barbarian Foot or Regular 15
Archers Regular 15
Javelinmen Regular 15

Middle Imperial Roman (193-324):

Troops

Morale    

%
Roman Cavalry HC Regular 15
Moorish LC or Regular 10
Armoured Legionaries or Veteran 10
Legio Lanciarii Javelinmen Veteran 10
Armoured Legionaries Regular 30
Auxiliaries Regular 30
Archers or Regular 10
From 275 in the East HC become Cataphracts Regular Any
From 312 in the army of Maxentius HC become Cataphracts Regular Any

Early Goth (200-493):Early Visigoth (200-419): see Vandals (200-442).
Early Ostrogoths (200-493): see Herul, Sciri and Taifali (200-493 AC).
Early Gothic (about 200-280):

Troops

Morale    

%
Armoured Noble HC Veteran 10
Warriors Barbarian Foot Regular 70
Archers Regular 20

Later Gothic Armies (about 280 AC until settling of Visigoths in Spain in 419 AC or
until the invasion of Italy by the Ostrogoths in 493 AD):

Troops

Morale    

%
Armoured Noble HC Veteran 20
Ostrogothic HC or Regular 10
Barbarian Foot or Regular 10
After 454 Ostrogothic Armoured HC Regular 10
Barbarian Foot Regular 40
Barbarian Foot or Regular 10
Javelinmen or Regular 10
Only Visigoths after 388; Roman Auxiliaries Conscript 10
Javelinmen or Archers Veteran 20

Vandal (200-442 AD):

Troops

Morale    

%
Armoured Nobles HC Veteran 10
Barbarian Foot Regular 80
Javelinmen Veteran 10

Herul, Sciri and Taifali (200-493 AD):

Troops

Morale    

%
Armoured HC Veteran 70
Archers Regular 30

Pictish (211-846 AD):

Troops

Morale    

%
Before 500AD Light Chariot Special 10
After 500AD HC Regular 10
Light Horse LC Regular 10
Barbarian Foot Regular 50
Archers Regular 10
Light Horse LC or Regular 10
Archers or Regular 10
Before 500AD Caledonian or Attecotti Barbarian Foot Veteran 10
Javelinmen or Veteran 10
Before 500AD Caledonian or Attecotti Barbarian Foot Veteran 10

Sassanid Persian until Chosroes I. (220-531 AD):

Troops

Morale    

%
Cataphracts Veteran 25
Armoured HC or Regular 20
Before 400AD Cataphracts Regular 20
Levy Spearmen Barbarian Foot Conscript 20
Light Horse LC Regular 20
Archers Regular 5
Javelinmen or Regular 5
Elephant Special 5

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