Hispania

Difficulty: very easy Winning chance: low

Faction: Roman
Land fields: 145
Starting population: 597,000
Provinces: 3
Cities: 2
Growth material: Stone
Starting treasury: 2,000,000
Starting ships: 3
Starting trains: 3

Historical background

Hispania was the Roman name for the whole Iberian Peninsula. From 218 BC, in the Second Punic War, the Romans drove the Carthaginians out, but needed almost two centuries to subdue the peninsula; only under Augustus did the Cantabrian Wars end in 19 BC. Hispania supplied silver, olive oil and garum and produced the emperors Trajan and Theodosius I as well as the philosopher Seneca. In the 5th century Vandals, Suebi and Alans invaded, and in the end the Visigoths took over.

Strategic overview

Hispania is a peninsula with only one land neighbour, Gaul, which is Roman too. That makes it one of the safest starting positions on the map. Three high-tax provinces and plenty of hill country give room for growth, but food and salt are missing.

As a Roman realm you raise Legions, up to 3 a month, the last of them at a surcharge. Your troops cost more but are of higher quality. You can only form a friendship with other Roman realms.

What to watch

Friendship with Gaul is possible. A safe neighbour lets you invest early in economy and fleet instead of border troops.
You have no food deposits. Latifundia on your plains have to carry the food supply.
No salt deposit: plan to import salt by sea, or your population grows only half as fast.
Ore and gold deposits make you a supplier of armour and coin. Both cities lie on the coast, which makes sea trade easy.

Provinces

Province	Land fields	Share of province	Starting population
Lusitania	56	100%	194,000
Tarraconensis	49	100%	192,500
Boeotia	40	100%	210,500

Terrain

Terrain	Land fields	Share
Hill	49	34%
Plain	41	28%
Forest	29	20%
Mountain	26	18%

Resource deposits

Resource	Fields
Ore	3
Horses	1
Gold	1

Cities

City	Starting building	Province	Position (x / y)
Carthago Nova	Trade centre	Boeotia	14 / 35
Gades	Trade centre	Boeotia	5 / 37

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
Infantrielegion	MSI	MSI	MSI	MSI	MSI	MSI	MSI	MSI	MII	LEI

Unit types

No.	Name	Class	MK	HG	Rüpu	EW	SW	Pla	Hil	Stp	Sav	For	Des	Swa	Mtn	FK	RW	Wt.	MP
5	Römische Infantrie	SWI	RB	170	6	6	110	7	6	6	7	3	4	2	4	—	—	280	36
15	Legionsinfantrie	MSI	RB	85	6	5	110	6	6	6	6	4	4	2	4	—	—	200	36
23	Auxiliarinfantrie	MSI	IA	70	4	4	80	4	4	4	4	5	3	2	3	3	9	200	32
44	Speerwerfertruppen	MII	IB	30	2	3	40	4	3	3	4	2	2	3	3	3	9	200	32
45	Leichte Legionsinfantrie	MII	RB	100	6	5	110	5	5	5	5	4	3	3	4	4	9	200	36
68	Bogenschützen	LEI	IB	45	1	3	30	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	14	200	32
69	Schleuderer	LEI	IB	30	1	3	25	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	12	200	32
74	Röm. Pfeilgeschützkohorte	LEI	RB	350	30	5	115	6	5	5	6	4	4	2	4	5	26	200	36
75	Röm. Steinschleuderkohorte	LEI	RB	450	45	5	115	6	5	5	6	4	4	2	4	6	20	200	36
80	Palmyrische Bogenschützen	LEI	IA	82	2	4	40	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	5	14	200	32
82	Balearische Schleuderer	LEI	IA	42	1	3	30	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	5	12	200	32
93	Römische Bogenschützen	LEI	RB	100	6	5	100	4	4	4	4	3	4	2	4	4	14	200	36
131	Germanische Adelsreiter mounted	SWR	IA	100	4	3	70	6	5	5	6	3	2	2	2	—	—	450	40
132	Gallische Fürstenkrieger mounted	SWR	IA	75	4	3	70	6	5	5	6	3	2	2	2	—	—	450	40
134	Equites Singulares mounted	SWR	RB	145	7	5	110	8	6	6	8	3	3	2	3	—	—	450	40
145	Römische Legionskavallerie mounted	MIR	RB	115	7	5	110	7	5	5	7	3	3	2	3	3	9	420	40
146	Gallische Reiterei mounted	MIR	IB	70	3	3	50	5	4	4	5	4	2	2	2	—	—	420	40
148	Speerwerfer beritten mounted	MIR	IB	65	3	3	50	4	3	3	4	2	3	2	2	3	9	420	40
154	Römische ber. Bogenschützen mounted	MIR	RB	110	6	5	100	4	4	4	4	3	4	2	4	4	14	420	40
161	Germanische leichte Reiterei mounted	LER	IB	55	2	3	40	4	3	3	4	3	2	3	3	—	—	400	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.