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Mercenary. Hired from a regional pool, not recruited from a building.
Class: spearmen · Category: infantry · Men per unit: 60
Tacitus wrote that the Bastarnae had debased themselves through intermarriage with Sarmatians. Apparently, there was some substance to that allegation, as Strabo had earlier counted the Sarmatian Roxolani as a Bastarnae subtribe. Given the intermingling of blood, there must also have been a mixing of a fighting styles and armaments.
| Rank in roster | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men per unit | 60 |
█████████· 87% |
| Attack | 5 |
█········· 0% |
| Charge bonus | 4 |
██········ 21% |
| Defence | 31 |
█████····· 45% |
| · armour | 3 |
██········ 21% |
| · defence skill | 23 |
███████··· 65% |
| · shield | 5 |
██████···· 57% |
| Morale | 7 |
█········· 10% |
| Discipline | Low | |
| Training | Trained | |
| Upkeep per turn | 531 dn |
██········ 24% |
| Primary | Secondary | |
|---|---|---|
| Attack | 5 | — |
| Charge bonus | 4 | — |
| Type | melee · blade | — |
| Damage | piercing | — |
| Properties | Light spear (braced against cavalry charges from the front) · +8 attack against cavalry | — |
| Primary | Secondary | |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 31 | — |
| Armour | 3 | — |
| Defence skill | 23 | — |
| Shield | 5 | — |
| Hit points | 1 |
| Ground: scrub / sand / forest / snow | -1 / 0 / -2 / 0 |
| Charge distance | 30 |
| Formations | Square |
Technical stats
| Time between blows (primary / secondary) | 2.5 s / — |
| Extra fatigue in hot climates | 0 |
| Collision mass per man (1.0 is normal) | 1.12 |
| Spacing between men: close / loose | 0.8 × 1 m / 1.6 × 2 m |
| Default ranks | 5 |
In battle: Very good stamina
Mercenaries are hired from a regional pool, not recruited from a building. This unit is offered by 2 pools covering 34 regions, at 3,093–3,464 dn to hire and 0–1 experience.
Mercenary pools: Dacia · Pella
At least one of those pools sells to any faction that has an army in range, with no faction restriction.
Some pools additionally restrict it to Antigonid Kingdom.
The 34 regions where this unit appears in a mercenary pool
Albocensia · Albocensia Orientalis · Ansamenia · Apula · Arpia · Biephia · Biessia · Buridavensia · Buridavensia Meridionalis · Carpiania · Caucoensia · Ceiagisia · Coisstobocia · Coisstobocia Meridionalis · Coisstobocia Transmontana · Cotensia · Dacia · Emathia · Getaia · Hesperos Getaia · Krobyzia · Napocaea · Piephigia · Potulatensia · Predavensia · Ratiariai · Rhatacensia · Saldensia · Sensia · Skaia · Triballia · Trogodytaia · Tyragetia · Tyrasia