My second army was Republican Roman. The Republican Roman army provides a historical opponent for the Carthaginian army. Whilst not offering a much variety as the Carthaginians, the Roman list is built around impact heavy infantry. Many players believe that impact heavy infantry is one of the best unit types in ADLG.
Once again I used Forged in Battle miniatures as I had been very happy with the figures I had bought previously.
I started with the Forged in Battle box set. With the Roman list I will be using nearly all the figures, with the exception of the surplus Velites, so its a 20% savings over buying the sets separately. The WE-BOX04 REPUBLICAN ROMAN gives the following miniatures.
1x General (Scipio)To this I added
12x Roman Cavalry, Punic Wars (from WE-RP01)
24x Roman Velites, Punic Wars (from WE-RP02)
24x Roman Hastati, Punic Wars (from WE-RP04)
24x Roman Princepes, Punic Wars (from WE-RP05)
24x Roman Triarii, Punic Wars (from WE-RP06)
3x Republican Roman Generals, 4x Lictors (WE-G24 )
24x Roman Hastati, Punic Wars (WE-RP04)
24x Roman Princepes, Punic Wars (WE-RP05)
24x Italians (WE-RA01 Etruscan Hoplites, pilum)
4x Numidian Cavalry (XY-20253)
Total cost for figures plus shield transfers was about AUD$ 220 (including postage). This enables me to field an ADLG army of between 235 and 275 points, plus generals.