Expensive slaves who think they're elites?

[Soggius Chippius]

Why do these "freed slave" units who have wooden sticks and no armor cost more to maintain than a unit of heavy infantry principes?

Really? I was under the impression they were baguettes.
Though admittedly having a weapon made out of wood *does* make a bit more sense.

[antisocialmunky]

Baguettes hurt.

[Tellos Athenaios]

Especially the longer French version after it's 'dried out'...

Anywho they got a stick and some rocks... Just bring on the archers + flaming arrows and explain it afterwards in Geneva.

[Intranetusa]

Dip the baguette in pig's fat and light it on fire - it's a useful weapon to scare away elephants, as well as a good emergency high calorie food.

[Thaatu]

Not that I'm complaining (much), but as the Aedui, KH had taken the eastern Europe between Getai and Illyria, and I had all those worthless provinces rebel to me. My income was something in the area of 2500 per season, so when most garrisons of the freedom fighters had 8 Apeleutheroi plus 4 random merc units, and the total income from the settlement was below 1000, it's needless to say I was f-. I disbanded all the garrisons as soon at it came my turn and gave away the province to Getai. This happened three times with different settlements, meaning I was 3xF-. But, as I said, that's about the only downside of the Apeleutheroi upkeep.

That campaign has some other nifty stuff going on too. For example, when my Insubre horde was stranded behind Roman lines and couldn't break on through to the other side, I bought Syracusa from Epirus and used it to build a fleet which then ferried my horde to Crete. Now I have a band of Celtic pirates controlling the island, raiding Greece. Needless to say, Rhodos had a little accident.

[bovi]

It could also be Dwarfish bread.

{generic_militia_descr}
These men are slaves who have taken their freedom in a revolt, or have been freed by their native masters to secure their aid in one led by them. They will fight a perceived oppressor, but are untrained and carry minimal weaponry found at the time of revolt. They pick up stones to throw, which can be useful against unarmoured opponents, but don't expect them to do any wonders on the battlefield. They are inferior to every other unit, and particularly unsuitable for fighting cavalry.

They should be released from this temporary militia service to pursue a new life as free citizens as soon as the risk of retribution has passed and a more suitable garrison has been established.

{generic_militia_descr_short}
We have freed some slaves to hold our settlement until a more suitable force arrives. Pray they fight better in battle than what we've seen of them so far.