Why are there no Gaesatae Mercenaries?

[ross1025]

you mean the naked guy with 2HP?

i can hire them around pella...and i played as romani.

[Tellos Athenaios]

No those are the Tindanotae, the Galatian version of the Gaesatae. Galatians belong to the portion of Celts who were extremely warlike; and Galatians weren't above service to any master provided he had the money to afford them AFAIK.

[TWFanatic]

No those are the Tindanotae, the Galatian version of the Gaesatae. Galatians belong to the portion of Celts who were extremely warlike; and Galatians weren't above service to any master provided he had the money to afford them AFAIK.

It seems you and Qwerty disagree.

[Laundreu]

It seems you and Qwerty disagree.

No, they don't. The Tindanotae and the Gaesatae are two different units, from two different subcultures of the Celtic world. The Galatians - where the Tindanotae come from - tend to be more warlike, evidentially, and showed up in Asia Minor as mercenaries in the first place.

[Tellos Athenaios]

Perhaps, but this is probably due to my poor expressive skills. Here we go again:

Gaesatae can be
1) A tribe
2) A type of elite soldier (EB meaning)
3) An actual instance of (2) (Tindanotae are an instance of Gaesatae, as are Gaesatae - if you find it confusing: a home may be a buidling, a house may be a home and a house may be a building. It doesn't mean that all houses are homes nor that all homes are houses, though!)

And I have sinned against clarity by using multiple meanings of the Gaesatae whithout warning I did.

Now here's the message rephrased:

"No those are a Galatian version of Gaesatae called the Tindonatae units, who unlike the Gaesatae which form the Gaesatae units weren't picky about who employed them."

[TWFanatic]

Ah I see. I get it now.

[Beefy187]

I believe Gaestatae fought for Hannibal because Celts were jealous because Romans were soo rich in resource but they often failed attacking the Romans because of their lack of commander.

[Spoofa]

I believe Gaestatae fought for Hannibal because Celts were jealous because Romans were soo rich in resource but they often failed attacking the Romans because of their lack of commander.

O.o I thought the Gauls were rich out the wazoo, considering they wore a bunch of flashy stuff into battle and whatnot, along with most soldiers had an expensive longsword, but im no Gallic expert.

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I believe Gaestatae fought for Hannibal because Celts were jealous because Romans were soo rich in resource but they often failed attacking the Romans because of their lack of commander.

Romans were rather poor compared to the Celts or Carthaginians