Mercenary Hillmen
| Recruitment Cost | 150 | |
| Upkeep Cost | 110 | |
| Melee Attack | 20 | |
| Weapon Damage | 26 | |
| Bonus vs Infantry | 2 | |
| Charge Bonus | 10 | |
| Melee Defence | 36 | |
| Armour | 15 | |
| Health | 45 | |
| Base Morale | 25 |
Abilities
Strengths & Weaknesses
- Average attack
- Poor defence
- Low damage but good armour penetration
- Poor morale
Description
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.
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Regions Gabala Carana Mazaca Samosata Dura Tigranocerta Dura Mtskheta Antioch Sinope Antioch Artaxa Trapezos Sinope Tushpa Nicomedia Tarsus Side Trapezos Samosata Arsamosata Armavir Tyros Ancyra Nicomedia Mazaca Phasis Amaseia Iconium Ancyra Thapsacus Mtskheta Palmyra Palmyra Iconium Amaseia Gabala Phasis Arsamosata |