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In the Army List book, Republican Roman Bolt Shooters [Heavy Artillery] are noted as being "drilled".
Roman bolt shooters often included a pivot/turntable in their design to allow off-axis firing.
Since Heavy Artillery can neither move or pivot after being placed on the board, what good is being "drilled"?
Or are "drilled" Bolt Shooters allowed to pivot and/or move in a drilled fashion?
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Sounds to me like it is purely window dressing and has no in game effect. Much like drilled or undrilled skirmishers. It just accurately represents their training even though there is no effect.

Especially as it doesn't cost anything for heavy artillery to be drilled rather than undrilled.

bddbrown wrote:Sounds to me like it is purely window dressing and has no in game effect. Much like drilled or undrilled skirmishers. It just accurately represents their training even though there is no effect.

Thats the long and short of it

The arc of fire of 2 base widths either side of straight ahead at long range allows for some pivoting of the bolt shooters without pivoting the actual bases. However, we would regard the more mobile types of Roman bolt shooters as Light Artillery.

Thanks for the clarifications
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