ah sorry didnt know that. I also think that there shouldnt be too strong hardcounters in games.
Yeah i believe it makes for easy balance, but it's overused and I wanna try something else and more realistic.
This page has some nice advice that inspited me to a point.
I know models are not that important but you could use this model as a priest
http://www.wc3c.net/showthread.php?t=109925
Could use that one, yes.
Just so you know, the Romans shouldn't have a strong swordsman until mid-late game, as that was when their longswords were first issued. They also had a battle line, with light troops up first, then medium troops, and finally, heavy spearmen, to grind the foe to dust. But in essence, my complaint is to the swordsman heavy issue.
I think i got it pretty good. Early legions had 4 infantry ranks:
1200 Velites - Skirmishers
1200 Hastati - Medium/light swordsmen. Poor people or new recruits fought there.
1200 Principes - Heavy Swordsmen. Kinda rich people who could afford more armor or experienced soldiers fought there. (Those were more or less armed as late legionaires)
600 Triarii - Veteran spearmen. Reserves of the legion.
Plus the Equites, a few of supporting cavalry for the wings, i think 300 or 300 for each wing.
As I have it Hastati promote to Principes by dealing kills and Principes to Triarii. Triarii are not traineable at all, only promotion can give them, since you can't recruit a veteran from the start. This leaves romans without early or mid game spears in numbers, but it's kinda ok since their military is powerful anyway and they can overcome cavalry with tough footmen in supperior numbers. Plus Romans very often had a real weakness against cavalry heavy armies so this choice depicts it.
Romans used no longsword. They had some kinds of Greco-Italian swords (those where short or medium at most) which they replaced with the Gladius Iberian Shortsword sometime in the 3rd century BC, which was more effective for their fighting style.
Then during the late game, they get their famous hollywood legionaries, with marian reforms. Those replace the early/mid melee infantry and are a tougher form of principes with some extra upgrades. Some auxiliary units, kinda weak for late game but usefull for various army combinations and support roles.
If you worry that the romans are too op (if they are a bit balance will fix this) comparing their infantry to the scythian's one, don't. Scythians have the weakest infantry of all factions. There will be factions with better early and mid game infatry than the romans, and even some with better late game. However these will often be subject to unit limits. After all, most factions had elite corps who could outmatch roman legionaries. The power of Rome mostly relied on being able to field large numbers of good warriors, while most other civs around there had a mix of weak, average, good and great troops.