Carthage used spartan hoplites against me :S

**lionhard** · 11-28-2009, 16:08

I am ravaging north africa and its on its last legs but suddenly a small army led by a general unit of spartan hoplites attacks me and comes from nowhere how random :s

**Phalanx300** · 11-28-2009, 16:12

There's this Spartan general Carthage can recruit in the game, that is probably him. So what happened to the Spartans?

**Tellos Athenaios** · 11-28-2009, 16:36

Carthage can't recruit him: he is Xanthippos, and he is spawned if Carthage needs a Greek (Spartan) mercenary to sort out its army (or at least that was what he was hired for historically).

**Skullheadhq** · 11-28-2009, 16:37

Yeah, It's Xantipphos, check Polybios, he said he won a battle for Carthage and then went back to his homeland because of the jealousy of the other Carthaginian generals.

**athanaric** · 11-28-2009, 17:23

In my current campaign, Xanthippos had a Carthaginian BG, so evidently the AI adopted him as a FM. Unless there are native Qarthadastim who get called Xanthippos as well.

**anubis88** · 11-28-2009, 18:14

Originally Posted by athanaric

In my current campaign, Xanthippos had a Carthaginian BG, so evidently the AI adopted him as a FM. Unless there are native Qarthadastim who get called Xanthippos as well.

Yeah i think there is. I guess the team had to leave the name Xanthippos as eligible... I had a admiral xanthiposs once