Apeleutheroi...where?

[Mediolanicus]

No, they are just rabble. IIRC they were introduced to prevent rebellion CTD's.

They are bad units with low lethality and enormous upkeep for such a bad unit to discourage the player from keeping them around when he happens to get some of them through a settlement that rebels to his faction. This last event is the only way to get them.

[athanaric]

If you get some, disband them ASAP. They're useless.

[Ludens]

If you get some, disband them ASAP. They're useless.

They don't even make good fodder units, as they have no shields and a high upkeep.

[Brave Brave Sir Robin]

Only reason to keep them is if you can't recruit any other unit in a town that has rebelled to you but you need to maintain order.

[Ibrahim]

They don't even make good fodder units, as they have no shields and a high upkeep.

yes they do: they're great pin-cushions for when seiging the enemy

[satalexton]

I second that! they are excellent missle fodder and suicidal distractions in siege battles! u can use them to push rams against the gates, w/o worrying about the boiling oil!

[Megas Methuselah]

But they're expensive.

[satalexton]

But often the only men you'll have on that part of the world for the next few years, especially when you are Saba and KH (to a lesser extent)...

[Ibrahim]

But they're expensive.

hey, when I'm done with them, none will even be left alive.

so the short time of having them for cannon fodder will be made up by a city that will quickly pay off the damage.