Quote Originally Posted by Zorba
Must be the recruitment system. You should be able to recruit Iphriactes (no idea how to spell that) hoplitons in Greece, particularly at level 1 government... or maybe they are only available at level 2 and below. Try changing your government to level 2 in a few of your core cities.

I've tried level 2 and level 3 governments at both Athens and Corinth; no sign of the Iphriactes and the only difference I noted was the loss of the ability to recruit Ekdromoi at Level 3. Guess it must be a "feature".

Thanks for the suggestion anyway; it looks like I'm gonna have to buy my way out of trouble with mercs - lol.