58BC is a mod for RTW-BI set in the last days of the Roman Republic. It covers the most important victories and campaing of Julius Caesar from the battles against the Helvetii to the final victory at Munda. This is a one-faction only mod. Caesar must survive every battle or the game will end.
At the beginning of 49 Pompeius Magnus has under his command in Italy only the two legions (I and XV, the latter now renumbered III) which Caesar has sent for the Parthian war. He has authority to raise 130,000 men in Italy but the speed of Caesar’s advance prevents him from forming more than three new legions. After crossing the Mare Superum the new legions are supplemented by Italian settlers living in Greece and Epirus and are present at Dyrrachium and Pharsalus. After the disaster at Pharsalus the survivors are either pensioned off or incorporated into the three or four new legions formed by Caesar.
Legionarii are equipped with two pila, a gladius and an elliptical scutum. They are protected by a lorica hamata (chain mail) coat and a Montefortino helmet.\n\nThe Legiones of the late Republic are now organised into ten heavy infantry cohortes each with a paper strength of 600 men. These cohortes offer greater tactical flexibility than the older maniples and additionally allow troops to operate independently from the main army. The composition of the recruits is also very different. Peasant land owners have largely been replaced by the urban proletarii. The latter’s personal loyalty to the military dynast best providing for their needs insidiously threatens the fabric of the established order.