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The Catalan Company

ath_the_catalan_company_advance

After being hired and then betrayed by the Byzantine emperor, the ferocious Catalan Grand Company turned against their former paymasters and, in 1311, annihilated the Frankish duke Walter V of Brienne at the Battle of the Cephissus, seizing control of the Duchy of Athens and establishing a period of Catalan rule. These battle-hardened Almogàvers introduced a more ruthless mercenary ethos to Greek affairs, fortifying key strongholds, extracting tribute from the countryside, and maintaining their grip through a combination of terror and disciplined infantry tactics until internal strife and Aragonese intervention eventually shifted power back toward a more conventional feudal regime.

RequiresFeudalismAdvancerequires

Conditions

Potential

Is or was Athens

Exact conditions

Advance tree

1. Agriculture
2. Windmill
3. Ranching
4. Horse-Riding
5. Feudalism
6. The Catalan Company

Modifiers

• Heavy Infantry Power+10%
• Light Infantry Power+10%

Connections

Requires 2

Advances

• FeudalismTraditionsRequires

Countries

• AthensPotential

Belongs to 1

• TraditionsAge

Definitionin_game/common/advances/frankokratia.txt:41

age = age_1_traditions

icon = ath_the_catalan_company_advance

▾potential = {

has_or_had_tag = ATH

}

army_heavy_infantry_power = 0.1

army_light_infantry_power = 0.1

requires = feudalism_advance

History