Mercenary Hillmen

Eastern hillmen tended to be light infantry skirmishers that excelled in mountainous and difficult terrain, as a result of defending their homelands against outsiders. Many hill tribes, including the Bithyni - after whom Bithynia was named - were descended Thracian migrants who crossed the Bosporus into Asia Minor; each had a fierce attachment to their own lands and a suspicion of plains folk and outlanders. Equipped in much the same manner as peltasts, they carried spears, javelins and daggers and their only protection was a shield, made from wicker, wood or hide. As a fighting force, they were fast moving and extremely manoeuvrable and not above trickery and deceit.

Unit Name Mercenary Hillmen

Main Unit Key Mer_Eas_Hillmen

Land Unit Key Mer_Eas_Hillmen

Naval Unit Key pel_transport

Soldiers 160

Category Melee Infantry

Class Melee Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 220

Recruitment Cost 150

Upkeep Cost 110

Missile Damage 32

├ Missile Weapon rome_javelin_precursor

├ Projectile javelin_prec

├ Missile Damage 20

├ Missile Ap Damage 12

└ Base Reload Time 15

Accuracy 5

Range 40

Reload 0

Shots Per Minute 4

Ammunition 2

Melee Attack 20

Weapon Damage 26

├ Melee Weapon rome_eastern_axe

├ Melee Damage Base 16

├ Melee Damage Ap 10

├ Armour Piercing Yes

├ Bonus vs. Large 0

├ Bonus vs Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 10

Melee Defence 36

├ Base Defence 11

├ Shield pelta

└ Shield Defence 25

Armour 15

├ Armour cloth

├ Armour Defence 10

└ Shield Armour 5

Health 45

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_medium_fast

├ Man Health 40

└ Bonus Hit Points 5

Base Morale 25

Abilities

No Ability

Attributes

• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
• Resistant to Heat
  This unit tires less quickly in the desert.

Strengths & Weaknesses

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

• Average attack
• Poor defence
• Low damage but good armour penetration
• Poor morale

Empire Divided Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
1	rom_province_pool_galatia_et_cappadocia	Galatia et Cappadocia	Ancyra Iconium Mazaca Side	1	0.15	1	4
2	rom_province_pool_syria	Palmyra	Dura Palmyra	0	0.15	1	4
3	rom_province_pool_syria	Syria	Antioch Samosata Tarsus Thapsacus	0	0.15	1	4
4	rom_province_pool_armenia	Armenia	Arsamosata Artaxa Carana Tigranocerta	1	0.15	1	4
5	rom_province_pool_bithynia_et_pontus	Bithynia et Pontus	Amaseia Nicomedia Sinope Trapezos	0	0.15	1	4
6	rom_province_pool_caucasia	Caucasia	Gabala Mtskheta Phasis	0	0.15	1	4

Grand Campaign Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
7	rom_province_pool_galatia_et_cappadocia	Galatia et Cappadocia	Mazaca Samosata Ancyra Iconium	1	0.15	1	4
8	rom_province_pool_syria	Syria	Palmyra Dura Tyros Antioch	0	0.15	1	4
9	rom_province_pool_armenia	Armenia	Armavir Tushpa Arsamosata	1	0.15	1	4
10	rom_province_pool_bithynia_et_pontus	Bithynia et Pontus	Nicomedia Sinope Amaseia Trapezos	0	0.15	1	4
11	rom_province_pool_caucasia	Caucasia	Gabala Phasis Mtskheta	0	0.15	1	4

Faction Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Faction	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
12	rom_faction_pool_assyrian	Ardhan (Imperator Augustus) Armenian Nobles (Imperator Augustus) Armenia (Imperator Augustus) Cappadocia (Imperator Augustus) Kartli (Imperator Augustus) Pontus (Imperator Augustus) Ardhan Armenian Nobles Armenia Bithynia Cappadocia Colchis Kartli Pontic Nobles Pontus Sardes	1	0.15	1	4