Mercenary Iberian Swordsmen

The Iberians were a warlike collection of tribes and peoples, and this ensured their independence from both Carthage and Rome for many years. They supplied mercenaries to both sides, and were widely respected for their tactical skills and courage. Their use of the deadly falcata sword added to their reputation too. The Romans called the distinctive Iberian sword type the 'machaera Hispana' but these are now referred to as the 'falcata'. These were extremely sharp, slashing, single-edged weapons with curved back edges. The term single-edged is also slightly misleading, as the point was sharpened on the back edge as well as the front. The balance of the blade was towards the broad tip, making a blow from one of these extremely powerful. In the hands of a master, a falcata could easily dismember an opponent. The skills of Iberian metal workers added to the blade’s deadliness; their steel was generally of very high quality.

Unit Name Mercenary Iberian Swordsmen

Main Unit Key Mer_Ibe_Sword

Land Unit Key Mer_Ibe_Sword

Naval Unit Key barbarian_transport

Soldiers 160

Category Melee Infantry

Class Melee Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 350

Recruitment Cost 230

Upkeep Cost 170

Missile Damage 29

├ Missile Weapon rome_javelin_light

├ Projectile javelin_light

├ Missile Damage 20

├ Missile Ap Damage 9

└ Base Reload Time 10

Accuracy 5

Range 80

Reload 0

Shots Per Minute 6

Ammunition 5

Melee Attack 35

Weapon Damage 35

├ Melee Weapon rome_falcata

├ Melee Damage Base 30

├ Melee Damage Ap 5

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 0

├ Bonus vs Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 20

Melee Defence 60

├ Base Defence 20

├ Shield caetra

└ Shield Defence 40

Armour 15

├ Armour cloth

├ Armour Defence 10

└ Shield Armour 5

Health 50

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_medium

├ Man Health 40

└ Bonus Hit Points 10

Base Morale 40

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	rom_province_pool_lusitania	Lusitania	Ebora Olisipo	1	0.15	1	3
2	rom_province_pool_tarraconensis	Tarraconensis	Aracillum Brigantium Tarraco	0	0.15	1	3
3	rom_province_pool_baetica	Baetica	Corduba Gades Toletum	0	0.15	1	3
4	rom_province_pool_cartaginensis	Hispania	Ibossim Nova Carthago Numantia Saguntum	0	0.15	1	3

Grand Campaign Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
5	rom_province_pool_lusitania	Lusitania	Ebora Olisipo	1	0.15	1	3
6	rom_province_pool_tarraconensis	Tarraconensis	Brigantium Aracillum Tarraco	0	0.15	1	3
7	rom_province_pool_baetica	Baetica	Kartuba Gadira	0	0.15	1	3
8	rom_province_pool_cartaginensis	Cartaginensis	Ibossim Qart Hadasht Numantia Arse	0	0.15	1	3

Hannibal at the Gates Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
9	pun_province_pool_celtiberia	Celtiberia	Libisosa Numantia Toletum	2	0.4	1	3
10	pun_province_pool_gallaecia	Gallaecia	Asturica Lugos Pallantia Portus Amanum	1	0.4	1	3
11	pun_province_pool_hispania_citerior	Hispania Citerior	Cissis Emporiae Ilerda Salduba	2	0.4	1	3
12	pun_province_pool_hispania_ulterior	Hispania Ulterior	Carthago Nova Ibossim Ilici Saguntum	2	0.4	1	3
13	pun_province_pool_lusitania	Lusitania	Ebora Helmantica Olisipo	1	0.4	1	3
14	pun_province_pool_turdetania	Turdetania	Gades Kartuba	1	0.4	1	3

Faction Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Faction	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
15	rom_faction_pool_iberian	Cantabri (Imperator Augustus) Arevaci Tribal Council (Hannibal at the Gates) Arevaci (Hannibal at the Gates) Cantabri (Hannibal at the Gates) Carpetani (Hannibal at the Gates) Celtici (Hannibal at the Gates) Cessetani (Hannibal at the Gates) Emporion (Hannibal at the Gates) Gallaeci (Hannibal at the Gates) Illercavones (Hannibal at the Gates) Illergetes (Hannibal at the Gates) Lusitani Tribal Council (Hannibal at the Gates) Lusitani (Hannibal at the Gates) Oretani (Hannibal at the Gates) Celtiberian Rebels (Hannibal at the Gates) Turdetani (Hannibal at the Gates) Vaccaei (Hannibal at the Gates) Vascones (Hannibal at the Gates) Vettones (Hannibal at the Gates) Arevaci Tribal Council Arevaci Cantabri Celtici Cessetani Edetani Lusitani Tribal Council Lusitani Turdetani	1	0.4	1	3