| 500 | | * '''Generic Name: Cleruchy.''' |
| 501 | | * '''Specific Name: Klēroukhia.''' |
| 502 | | * '''History:''' The Ptolemies invited Greeks and Galatians (Gauls) alike to settle in Egypt within military settlements called cleruchies (klēroukhia). Under this arrangement, the settlers were given a plot of land, or a kleros, and in return were required to serve in the pharaoh's army when called to duty. This created a upper-middle class of military settlers who owed their livelihoods and fortunes to the pharaoh and helped grow the available manpower for the Egyptian army. A side effect of this system was that it drained the Greek homeland of military-aged men, a contributing factor to Greece's inevitable conquest by Rome. |
| 503 | | * '''Effect:''' The Ptolemies receive the "Klēroukhia" special building, which is essentially a barracks that is constructed in neutral territory and trains Greek and Galatian "settler" soldiers. |
| | 500 | * '''Generic Name: Mercenary Army.''' |
| | 501 | * '''Specific Name: .''' |
| | 502 | * '''History:''' The Greco-Macedonian Ptolemy Dynasty relied on large numbers of Greek and foreign mercenaries for the bulk of its military force, mainly because the loyalty of native Egyptian units was often suspect. Indeed, during one native uprising, Upper Egypt was lost to the Ptolemies for decades. Mercenaries were often battle-hardened and their loyalty can be bought, sometimes cheaply, sometimes not cheaply. This was of no matter, since Egypt under the Ptolemies was so prosperous as to be the richest of Alexander's successor states. |
| | 503 | * '''Effect:''' The Ptolemies receive the "Stratópedo Misthophóron" special building (or "Mercenary Camp"), which is essentially a barracks that is constructed in neutral territory and trains all mercenary soldiers. |
