Mauretania

Difficulty: easy Winning chance: high

Faction: Barbarian
Land fields: 248
Starting population: 598,000
Provinces: 3
Cities: 3
Currency: Ouguiya
Growth material: Stone
Starting treasury: 2,000,000
Starting ships: 3
Starting trains: 3

Historical background

In antiquity Mauretania was the land of the Mauri in north-west Africa, roughly today's northern Morocco and western Algeria – not the modern state of Mauritania. The Berber kingdom was first an ally and then a client state of Rome; in 25 BC Augustus installed Juba II as king, who was married to Cleopatra Selene, a daughter of Cleopatra VII. Caligula had his son Ptolemy killed in AD 40, and Claudius divided the land into the provinces of Mauretania Tingitana and Mauretania Caesariensis.

Strategic overview

Mauretania in north-west Africa has the highest share of mountains of any realm. Its only land neighbour is Roman Carthage, and to the south lies unclaimed desert. Many mountains mean plenty of stone, but little room for a dense population.

As a barbarian realm you raise Tribes, up to 5 a month, the last two of them at a surcharge. Your troops are cheaper and more numerous but of lower quality. You can only form a friendship with other barbarian realms.

What to watch

Carthage is your only land neighbour. Your troops are cheap: hold the border with numbers rather than quality.
Quarries in the mountains supply plenty of stone, your building material for growth.
No food deposits and few plains: food will be your bottleneck. Build Latifundia early.
War elephants and camel cataphracts are your special troops. Both need a horse per man.

Provinces

Province	Land fields	Share of province	Starting population
Mauretania-Tingitania	127	60%	348,500
Mauretania-Ceasariensis	109	50%	233,000
Numidia	12	7%	16,500

Terrain

Terrain	Land fields	Share
Mountain	76	31%
Hill	55	22%
Steppe	42	17%
Plain	39	16%
Forest	33	13%
Swamp	2	1%
Desert	1	0%

Resource deposits

Resource	Fields
Horses	3
Salt	2
Oil	2
Ore	1

Cities

City	Starting building	Province	Position (x / y)
Tingis	Trade centre	Mauretania-Tingitania	5 / 42
Ceasarea	Trade centre	Mauretania-Ceasariensis	12 / 43
Portus Rutulis	Trade centre	Mauretania-Tingitania	3 / 48

Army

This realm's legion types and unit types, with its own values. Compare all troops

Legion types

Legion type	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Infantriestamm	MII	MII	MII	LEI	LEI	LEI	LEI	LEI	KRG	KRG
Kriegerstamm	KRG	KRG	KRG	KRG	KRG	KRG	KRG	KRG	KRG	KRG
Kavalleriestamm	MIR	LER	LER	LER	LER	LER	LER	KRB	KRB	KRB
Kriegerstamm beritten	KRB	KRB	KRB	KRB	KRB	KRB	KRB	KRB	KRB	KRB

Unit types

No.	Name	Class	MK	HG	Rüpu	EW	SW	Pla	Hil	Stp	Sav	For	Des	Swa	Mtn	FK	RW	Wt.	MP
43	Maurische Infantrie	MII	IB	30	1	3	35	4	3	3	3	2	5	2	3	—	—	200	32
44	Speerwerfertruppen	MII	IB	25	2	3	40	4	3	3	4	2	2	3	3	3	9	200	32
56	Kriegselefanten mounted	MII	IC	100	4	3	55	8	6	7	8	3	4	2	2	2	9	600	24
58	Berber	MII	IB	70	4	4	50	4	4	5	4	3	4	2	3	—	—	200	32
68	Bogenschützen	LEI	IB	37	1	3	30	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	14	200	32
69	Schleuderer	LEI	IB	35	1	3	25	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	12	200	32
71	Lybische Infantrie	LEI	IC	44	1	3	30	3	3	3	3	2	4	2	3	—	—	200	32
73	Maurische Plänkler	LEI	IC	25	1	3	30	3	3	4	3	2	4	2	3	3	9	200	32
82	Balearische Schleuderer	LEI	IA	60	1	3	30	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	5	12	200	32
92	Plänklertruppen	LEI	IC	22	1	3	30	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	9	200	32
101	Maurische Stammeskrieger	KRG	IC	10	1	2	25	3	3	3	3	2	4	2	3	2	9	180	32
103	Numidische Stammeskrieger	KRG	IC	10	1	2	25	3	3	3	3	2	4	2	3	2	9	180	32
109	Stammeskrieger	KRG	IC	20	0	2	20	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	9	180	32
128	Kamelkataphrakten mounted	SWK	RB	280	10	4	115	8	7	7	8	3	5	2	2	2	14	480	40
148	Speerwerfer beritten mounted	MIR	IB	35	3	3	50	4	3	3	4	2	3	2	2	3	9	420	40
162	Berittene Bogenschützen mounted	LER	IB	38	2	3	35	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	14	400	40
164	Dromedarkavallerie mounted	LER	IC	20	1	3	30	3	3	4	3	2	5	2	3	—	—	400	40
165	Maurische Berber mounted	LER	IB	30	2	3	40	4	3	3	4	2	5	2	4	—	—	400	40
176	Numidische Speerkrieger mounted	LER	IC	25	1	3	30	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	3	9	400	40
185	Tuareg Reiterei mounted	KRB	IC	15	1	3	25	3	3	3	3	2	4	2	3	—	—	380	40
186	Nomadenstammeskrieger mounted	KRB	IC	25	0	2	20	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	—	—	380	40

MK Moral class · HG Bounty per man · Rüpu Armour points per 25 men · EW Highest experience through training · SW Protection value · FK Ranged combat points · RW Range of ranged combat · Wt. Transport weight per man · MP Movement points · The eight columns in between are the melee points per terrain.