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Mercenary. Hired from a regional pool, not recruited from a building.

Class: heavy · Category: infantry · Men per unit: 40

These formidable warriors are recruited from the Salluvii, a powerful tribe leading a Celto-Ligurian confederation in the Rhône basin north of Massalia. They are outfitted with the finest weapons and armour they could afford. An iron helmet protects their head, a mail shirt their torso, and a torc adorns their neck. As proud warriors, these swordsmen will seek to distinguish themselves by finding glory in battle. They will open an engagement with a volley of javelins before charging the enemy head on, slashing and hacking their way through with their two-edged swords and defending themselves with their richly decorated thureos shields. Both as warriors and as local guides, they make for excellent mercenaries, serving only those who can afford them.

	Primary	Secondary
Attack	16	16
Charge bonus	20	26
Type	thrown · blade	melee · blade
Damage	piercing	slashing
Projectile	javelin	—
Range	50	—
Ammunition	2	—
Properties	Used just before charging into combat	—

	Primary	Secondary
Total	41	—
Armour	14	—
Defence skill	22	—
Shield	5	—

Hit points	1
Ground: scrub / sand / forest / snow	0 / -2 / 0 / -2
Charge distance	30
Formations	Square

Technical stats

Time between blows (primary / secondary)	2.5 s / 2.5 s
Extra fatigue in hot climates	4
Collision mass per man (1.0 is normal)	1.33
Spacing between men: close / loose	1 × 1.2 m / 2 × 2.4 m
Default ranks	5

In battle: Can sap · Very good stamina

Mercenaries are hired from a regional pool, not recruited from a building. This unit is offered by 1 pool covering 7 regions, at 4,250 dn to hire and 2 experience.

Mercenary pool: Salluvia

At least one of those pools sells to any faction that has an army in range, with no faction restriction.

The 7 regions where this unit appears in a mercenary pool

Avaticia · Deciatia · Hellenike Arekomikia · Hellenike Dekiataia · Oxybia · Salluvia · Segobrigia