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Logistics
The science of supplying armies on the march was called logistics. The Assyrians were the first great army to employ logistics consistently, and this allowed them to operate regularly at great distances from their home bases. Armies on campaign needed food, forage for animals, equipment, armor, and weapons. In most cases, food was acquired from the countryside through which the army was moving. But if an army paused to besiege a town, it exhausted local supplies quickly. Food and forage had to be brought in or the army was forced to retire. The tools of logistics were supply wagons, pack animals, depots, and troops to keep the roads open. The great conquerors of antiquity, especially the Romans and Alexander's Macedonians, mastered logistics.
Benefit: Barracks units (except Slingers) only count as half units toward your population, so you can essentially exceed the population limit by building Barracks units. For example, if the population limit is 50 and you build 20 normal units, you can build 60 Barracks units (for a total of 80 units) without exceeding the population limit.
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