Mercenary Gladiators

Gladiators were usually slaves, condemned criminals or prisoners of war but others did enter the arena. Those with debts or a lust for glory could sell themselves as gladiators, and soldiers who had given ground might be sent to the arena as punishment. A gladiator's life was arduous and brutal, even before fighting in the games. Trainees could, and would, be killed in practice if they fought beneath their abilities, as a way of encouraging the others. The ludus, the training ground and home of gladiators, was run by a lanista, and within its walls his word was law. Outside the arena he was considered to be on the bottom rung of society; some Roman cemeteries did not allow the bodies of lanistas to be buried inside their walls, even. Having said that, there was also a peculiar glamour about their business and some were famed amongst games fans as the men who owned and trained gladiators - the sports stars of the Roman world.

Unit Name Mercenary Gladiators

Main Unit Key 3c_Mer_Gladiators

Land Unit Key 3c_Mer_Gladiators

Naval Unit Key 3c_pel_transport

Soldiers 120

Category Melee Infantry

Class Melee Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 450

Recruitment Cost 450

Upkeep Cost 340

Melee Attack 67

Weapon Damage 39

├ Melee Weapon rome_gladius_elite

├ Melee Damage Base 34

├ Melee Damage Ap 5

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 0

├ Bonus vs Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 22

Melee Defence 60

├ Base Defence 25

├ Shield celtic_shock

└ Shield Defence 35

Armour 10

├ Armour none

├ Armour Defence 0

└ Shield Armour 10

Health 65

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_heavy

├ Man Health 40

└ Bonus Hit Points 25

Base Morale 50

Abilities

No Ability

Attributes

• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.

Strengths & Weaknesses

• Very poor hull strength
• Very slow speed
• Weak ramming

• Good attack
• Average defence
• Average damage but low armour penetration
• Normal morale

Empire Divided Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
1	3c_province_pool_italia	Cisalpina	Genua Mediolanum Patavium	0	0.5	1	1
2	3c_province_pool_italia	Corsica et Sardinia	Aleria Caralis	0	0.5	1	1
3	3c_province_pool_italia	Italia	Beneventum Brundisium Cosentia	0	0.5	1	1
4	3c_province_pool_italia	Latium	Ariminium Arretium Asculum Roma	0	0.5	1	1
5	3c_province_pool_italia	Sicily	Agrigentum Panormus Syracuse	0	0.5	1	1