Gaul

Difficulty: medium Winning chance: low

Faction: Roman
Land fields: 113
Starting population: 513,000
Provinces: 2
Cities: 3
Growth material: Stone
Starting treasury: 2,000,000
Starting ships: 5
Starting trains: 2

Historical background

Gaul covered the land between the Rhine, the Alps, the Pyrenees and the Atlantic, inhabited by Celtic tribes. Rome made the south the province of Gallia Narbonensis around 120 BC; Caesar conquered the rest in 58–50 BC and crushed the revolt of Vercingetorix at Alesia in 52 BC. Under Augustus Gaul was organised into provinces, with Lugdunum (Lyon) as its centre, and was quickly Romanised. In the 5th century Visigoths, Burgundians and Franks divided the land among themselves.

Strategic overview

Gaul is surrounded by Roman realms: Belgica, Hispania and Rome are its only land neighbours. With food deposits on plains, high taxes and two coastal cities it is a quiet, economically strong starting position.

As a Roman realm you raise Legions, up to 3 a month, the last of them at a surcharge. Your troops cost more but are of higher quality. You can only form a friendship with other Roman realms.

What to watch

Friendship is possible with all your neighbours. A quiet back lets you invest early in economy instead of border troops.
Put Latifundia on the food deposits, where they yield more.
No salt deposit: salt comes by sea or from your neighbours.
Ore, oil and gold make you a good supplier of armour, fire missiles and coin.

Provinces

Province	Land fields	Share of province	Starting population
Aquitana	68	100%	259,000
Gallia Lugdunensis	45	100%	254,000

Terrain

Terrain	Land fields	Share
Plain	46	41%
Hill	31	27%
Forest	25	22%
Mountain	11	10%

Resource deposits

Resource	Fields
Food	11
Ore	2
Oil	1
Gold	1

Cities

City	Starting building	Province	Position (x / y)
Lutetia	Trade centre	Gallia Lugdunensis	19 / 21
Portus-Nametum	Trade centre	Aquitana	16 / 25
Narbo-Martius	Trade centre	Aquitana	20 / 31

Army

This realm's legion types and unit types, with its own values. Compare all troops

Legion types

Legion type	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Infantrielegion	MSI	MSI	MSI	MSI	MSI	MSI	MSI	MII	LEI	LEI

Unit types

No.	Name	Class	MK	HG	Rüpu	EW	SW	Pla	Hil	Stp	Sav	For	Des	Swa	Mtn	FK	RW	Wt.	MP
5	Römische Infantrie	SWI	RB	170	6	6	110	7	6	6	7	3	4	2	4	—	—	280	36
15	Legionsinfantrie	MSI	RB	85	6	5	110	6	6	6	6	4	4	2	4	—	—	200	36
23	Auxiliarinfantrie	MSI	IA	70	4	4	80	4	4	4	4	5	3	2	3	3	9	200	32
33	Gallische Infantrie	MII	RB	40	2	3	40	4	4	3	4	5	2	3	3	—	—	200	36
37	Keltische Infantrie	MII	RB	45	2	3	40	4	5	2	4	4	2	3	2	—	—	200	36
44	Speerwerfertruppen	MII	IB	40	2	3	40	4	3	3	4	2	2	3	3	3	9	200	32
45	Leichte Legionsinfantrie	MII	RB	100	6	5	110	5	5	5	5	4	3	3	4	4	9	200	36
68	Bogenschützen	LEI	IB	45	1	3	30	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	14	200	32
69	Schleuderer	LEI	IB	30	1	3	25	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	12	200	32
74	Röm. Pfeilgeschützkohorte	LEI	RB	350	30	5	115	6	5	5	6	4	4	2	4	5	26	200	36
75	Röm. Steinschleuderkohorte	LEI	RB	450	45	5	115	6	5	5	6	4	4	2	4	6	20	200	36
80	Palmyrische Bogenschützen	LEI	IA	95	2	4	40	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	5	14	200	32
82	Balearische Schleuderer	LEI	IA	64	1	3	30	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	5	12	200	32
93	Römische Bogenschützen	LEI	RB	100	6	5	100	4	4	4	4	3	4	2	4	4	14	200	36
132	Gallische Fürstenkrieger mounted	SWR	IA	60	4	3	70	6	5	5	6	3	2	2	2	—	—	450	40
134	Equites Singulares mounted	SWR	RB	125	7	5	110	8	6	6	8	3	3	2	3	—	—	450	40
145	Römische Legionskavallerie mounted	MIR	RB	115	7	5	110	7	5	5	7	3	3	2	3	3	9	420	40
146	Gallische Reiterei mounted	MIR	IB	50	3	3	50	5	4	4	5	4	2	2	2	—	—	420	40
148	Speerwerfer beritten mounted	MIR	IB	45	3	3	50	4	3	3	4	2	3	2	2	3	9	420	40
151	Batavische Reiterei mounted	MIR	IC	65	3	3	50	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	—	—	420	40
154	Römische ber. Bogenschützen mounted	MIR	RB	120	6	5	100	4	4	4	4	3	4	2	4	4	14	420	40
155	Auxiliarkavallerie mounted	MIR	IA	90	5	4	80	4	4	4	4	5	3	2	3	3	9	420	40
161	Germanische leichte Reiterei mounted	LER	IB	55	2	3	40	4	3	3	4	3	2	3	3	—	—	400	40

MK Moral class · HG Bounty per man · Rüpu Armour points per 25 men · EW Highest experience through training · SW Protection value · FK Ranged combat points · RW Range of ranged combat · Wt. Transport weight per man · MP Movement points · The eight columns in between are the melee points per terrain.