Secrets of the Byzantine Empire ?!?

[Mujalumbo]

EatYerGreens is right. Naples is the province I was thinking of.

It's a bit of a pain in the @$$ to hold onto at first, but if you can stave off the Sicillians long enough to tech up to a Swordsmith, you can spam out Byzntine Infantrymen and boot them off Scily.

I wonder if an Inn is the best way to replicate the late Byzantine's reliance on mercenaries. I'm thinking maybe it'd be better to create, say, units equivilent to the Cathlic's Chivalric or Feudal lines, but jack the recruitment and upkeep costs through the roof.

[antisocialmunky]

You really could if you wanted to, there's some really good Mercs in the East. I saw an all-merc walkthrough of Aragon, I think it's in the guides forum, you should look through it if you're interesting in a merc-only game.