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Ostrogothic Kingdom (The Last Roman) Military Tier 2

Functional Specialisation

It was Constantine the Great who, in the 4th century AD, reformed the Roman army from the system that had been in place since the 2nd. In many ways, Constantine built on the initiatives of earlier Emperors such as Gallienus and even Severus, more clearly defining the roles of the standing Imperial army, and increasing its overall size significantly. The reforms established firm roles, such as comitatenses and limitanei - roaming armies and frontier troops respectively. This, in conjunction with the general reduction in size of individual Imperial armies, indicated Constantine's trend of creating specialised function, also shown in the specific names of units such as lanciarii, clibinarii and balistarii. It also promoted regionalisation, as limitanei forces would dig in at their locations like a garrison force, whereas the smaller comitatenses forces would deploy as needed to provinces throughout the empire. Constantine's reforms further delineated the previously homogenous approach, instead creating smaller clusters that reduced his armies' logistical cost; each force was sent only where it was needed, reducing frivolous expenditure and placing it nearer to necessary production facilities.

Node Set Military Tier 2

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Effects

Requires
Requires Technologies	Professional Soldiery

Enables
Enables Technologies	Hereditary Service Military Provisions Military Standardisation
Enables Units Upgrade	Limitanei Borderguards Cost 100 Upgrade To Comitatensis Spears