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

A Celtic people of upper Italy, the most powerful in Gallia Transpadana, inhabiting the country between the Adda, the Ticinus and the Alps. According to Livy, they appear to have been a branch of the Aedui, though others assume that they were Umbrian's, a view to some extent supported by the form Is-ombr-es. Livy states that Bellovesus and his Gauls, having crossed the Alps and defeated the Etruscans near the Ticinus, found themselves in the territory of the Insubres (also the name of a pagus of the Aedui). Here they built a city and called it Mediolanum (Milan), after the name of a village in their home in Gallia Transalpina.

	Primary	Secondary
Attack	13	—
Charge bonus	20	—
Type	melee · blade	—
Damage	piercing	—
Properties	Light spear (braced against cavalry charges from the front) · +8 attack against cavalry	—

	Primary	Secondary
Total	50	—
Armour	14	—
Defence skill	31	—
Shield	5	—

Hit points	1
Ground: scrub / sand / forest / snow	-2 / -2 / -4 / -2
Charge distance	30
Formations	Square

Technical stats

Time between blows (primary / secondary)	2.5 s / —
Extra fatigue in hot climates	4
Collision mass per man (1.0 is normal)	1.3
Spacing between men: close / loose	1 × 1.2 m / 2 × 2.4 m
Default ranks	5

In battle: Can sap · Very good stamina

A core roster unit for one faction, which can raise it anywhere it holds the right building:

Insubres

Any faction holding one of the provinces below can field it.

Exactly what a settlement must have, route by route (4)

Building	Also requires
Any settlement	Tier 3 Military Industrial Complex · Insubrian area of recruitment · Any Government (Dependency, Indirect Rule or Direct Rule) · Tier 2 Colony not built
Direct Rule	Tier 3 Military Industrial Complex · Tier 2 Colony
Homeland	Tier 2 Military Industrial Complex
Any settlement	Tier 2 Military Industrial Complex · Insubrian area of recruitment · Dependency only · Tier 1 Colony not built

Zone	Provinces
Insubrian	2