User Guide

BATTLE
Battle will take place on the Province Level when you
do one of two things: send a Cohort to intercept a
barbarian army, or send a Cohort to subdue a local
Tribe. Before you go into battle with a tribe or an
advancing enemy, right-click on your Cohort and your
enemy on the Province map to compare the two.
In addition, any Cohort that is on patrol will
automatically intercept an advancing enemy,
provided the Cohort is battle-ready -- in other
words, it has at least 100 soldiers.
The terms “Barbarian”and “Enemy” refer to any
variety of foreigner, and you will probably run
into many types, including Etruscans,
Dalmatians, Greeks, Huns, etc. Each tribe or
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THE BATTLE SCREEN