From Line of March to the Line of Battle in the Time of Caesar: Circa 50 B.C.

Column of March

Here is the Roman Legion circa 50 B.C. in column of march. Note that the columns travel in three separate lines. The closest two columns are each of 4 cohorts. The column farthest away is of 6 cohorts. Each 4 figures represents a cohort, but in this period a player can use the legion cohorts as entire lines or individual cohorts. Here we are using the former. The axis of advance is the thin red line. This is explained in the next photograph.

The heavy red lines are the direction of movement. There are 10 cohorts in a legion. A legion can deploy very quickly. Deployment is done by simply making all lines do a simple right or left face should the enemy appear on either flank. Usually, the legion would attempt to travel with the presumed position of the enemy to be on the right. The legion could also go into action frontally. Note that the normal 4-figure bases have been cut in half to depict actual formations. This is a player's option and not required in Classical Hack. But it is things like this that make the rules more historical.