Late Imperial Rome - western

Deciding to add the western version of the Late Imperial Roman was not a difficult decision to make as a third of the needed elements were done. Adding the legionnaires, cavalry and generals arrived quickly, but painting was delayed pending which shield patterns to paint. In the end, the selection was based solely on unusual patterns and colour found among units serving in Gaul and Africa.

All figures are Old Glory with the exception of the equites Alani from Blue Moon manufacture. Two elements of legionnaires represent a palatine unit (with draco standard) with an optional third representing the limitanei. The mounted wing are two units of equitatae.

A second command are of different units but mirror the composition of the first. These will eventually clash with the many barbarians crossing the Rhine and Danube and engage the eastern Roman in the civil conflicts that punctuated the 4^th century AD.