he barracks is where new employees of both towers and military legions are trained to be soldiers. Each city can have just one barracks.

The barracks needs employees to work as trainers. Your Labor Advisor must assign labor to Military duty if guards are to man towers and walls, but soldiers will report to your forts regardless of his work orders . Barracks need road access and the usual maintenance services.

As soon as the barracks has labor, it can train recruits. When a new tower has labor access, it requests guards from the barracks, which give priority to training wall guards over troops for your legions. Forts also request recruits as soon as they are built. Legionaries are the top-priority troop type to be delivered, followed by auxiliary infantry and then auxiliary cavalry.

Legionaries, but not either type of auxiliary, require one cart full of weapons per soldier to provide the heavy armor and weapons so critical to their power. When you build a legionary fort, the barracks orders weapons from your warehouses. A legion contains 16 soldiers, so the barracks tries to keep 16 carts of weapons on hand to rapidly equip new legionaries. Few soldiers anywhere in the world can match a trained Roman legionary. Experience has shown the value of being prepared!

It takes time to train new soldiers. When the barracks trains a new soldier, you will see him make his way through your city to his post. Soldiers are trained, and graduate, individually, rather than waiting for the rest of their unit.