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Dromonarion Galley - Mercenary Eastern Light Boatmen

Dromonarion are light, swift and easy to manoeuvre.

Fighting effectively at sea takes skill, courage, and sea-legs in abundance.

The dromonarion was smaller and lighter than the dromon and was ideal for patrolling the mouths of rivers. Following the Battle of Actium, where Augustus defeated Marc Anthony and Cleopatra to become First Citizen and de facto Emperor, the Roman navy favoured lighter, more manoeuvrable ships over the larger warships used by the Greeks. This was because of the types of duties they were expected to perform; tasks such as escorting the grain ships from Egypt, suppression of piracy, and river patrols. By this time, large ships were no longer required as there were few naval powers who remained large enough to pose a threat to the new Roman Empire.

(Mercenary Eastern Light Boatmen)
Naval warfare in the ancient world was just another way for infantry to fight one another. The earliest documented naval battles are those of ancient China, 'grapple and hook' battles where boarding operations and close-quarters combat decided the victor. During the Second Punic War, Rome famously broke Carthage's mastery of the waves by creating the 'corvus' - a bridge that allowed its soldiers to board and fight. The distinction, then, in antiquity, between fighting on land and at sea was small, yet chiefly a matter of 'sea legs' - maintaining balance whilst toppling your opponent.

Dromonarion Galley - Mercenary Eastern Light Boatmen

Unit Name

Dromonarion Galley - Mercenary Eastern Light Boatmen

Main Unit Key

att_shp_merc_eas_light_boatmen_dro_light

Land Unit Key

att_merc_mar_est_eastern_light_boatmen

Naval Unit Key

att_dro_light_mel_eas

Soldiers

68

Category

Medium Ship

Class

Melee Ship

Custom Battle Cost

325

Recruitment Cost

325

Upkeep Cost

220

Hull Strength

1800

└ Ship

att_shp_dromonarion_melee

Speed

7

Melee Attack

43

Melee Damage

32

├ Melee Weapon

att_spear

├ Melee Base Damage

24

├ Armour-piercing Damage

8

├ Armour Piercing

No

├ Attack Against Cavalry

20

├ Attack Against Elephants

20

└ Attack Against Infantry

0

Charge Bonus

29

Melee Defence

5

├ Base Defence

5

├ Shield

att_tower

└ Shield Defence

0

Armour

73

├ Armour

att_mail

├ Armour Defence

23

└ Shield Armour

50

Health

108

├ Man Entity

att_infantry_very_heavy

├ Man Health

105

└ Bonus Hit Points

3

Morale

32

Abilities

Mercenary Eastern Light Boatmen
  • Douse Fire
    Sacrifice your ship's mobility for a short time to focus effort on putting out the blaze.
  • Use the Whip
    Improved defence and fatigue resistance for a short time at the cost of overexertion.

Attributes

  • Hide (forest)
    This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.

Strengths & Weaknesses

No Strengths and Weaknesses

Grand Campaign Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
Grand Campaign
No. Pool Province Region Initial Unit Count Chance To Replenish Max Replenish Per Turn Max Count
1 att_merc_all_province_dromon_dromonarion Aegyptus Alexandria
Berenice
Oxyrhynchus
1 0.025 1 1
2 att_merc_all_province_dromon_dromonarion Aethiopia Adulis
Aksum
Pachoras
1 0.025 1 1
3 att_merc_all_province_dromon_dromonarion Arabia Felix Eudaemon
Omana
Zafar
1 0.025 1 1
4 att_merc_all_province_dromon_dromonarion Asoristan Arbela
Ctesiphon
Meshan
1 0.025 1 1
5 att_merc_all_province_dromon_dromonarion Cappadocia Caesarea Eusebia
Melitene
Trapezus
1 0.025 1 1
6 att_merc_all_province_dromon_dromonarion Cilicia Iconium
Myra
Tarsus
1 0.025 1 1
7 att_merc_all_province_dromon_dromonarion Macedonia Corinthus
Dyrrhachium
Thessalonica
1 0.025 1 1
8 att_merc_all_province_dromon_dromonarion Makran Harmosia
Phra
Pura
1 0.025 1 1
9 att_merc_all_province_dromon_dromonarion Persis Behdesir
Siraf
Stakhr
1 0.025 1 1
10 att_merc_all_province_dromon_dromonarion Sarmatia Europaea Chersonessus
Gelonus
Olbia
1 0.025 1 1
11 att_merc_all_province_dromon_dromonarion Syria Antiochia
Emesa
Tyrus
1 0.025 1 1
12 att_merc_all_province_dromon_dromonarion Thracia Constantinopolis
Marcianopolis
Trimontium
1 0.025 1 1
Alexandria
Eastern Roman Empire
Berenice
Eastern Roman Empire
Oxyrhynchus
Eastern Roman Empire
Adulis
Aksum
Aksum
Aksum
Pachoras
Nobatia
Carthago
Western Roman Empire
Constantina
Western Roman Empire
Hadrumentum
Western Roman Empire
Avaricum
Western Roman Empire
Burdigala
Western Roman Empire
Elusa
Western Roman Empire
Eudaemon
Himyar
Omana
Mazun
Zafar
Himyar
Dumatha
Ghassanids
Hira
Lakhmids
Yathrib
Duin
Armenia
Payttakaran
Armenia
Tosp
Armenia
Cyzicus
Eastern Roman Empire
Ephesus
Eastern Roman Empire
Synnada
Eastern Roman Empire
Arbela
Sassanid Empire
Ctesiphon
Sassanid Empire
Meshan
Sassanid Empire
Corduba
Western Roman Empire
Hispalis
Western Roman Empire
Malaca
Western Roman Empire
Augusta Treverorum
Western Roman Empire
Colonia Agrippina
Western Roman Empire
Durocortorum
Western Roman Empire
Amasea
Eastern Roman Empire
Ancyra
Eastern Roman Empire
Nicomedia
Eastern Roman Empire
Eboracum
Western Roman Empire
Lindum
Western Roman Empire
Segontium
Western Roman Empire
Camulodunum
Western Roman Empire
Corinium
Western Roman Empire
Londinium
Western Roman Empire
Eblana
Ebdanians
Eildon
Caledonians
Tuesis
Picts
Caesarea Eusebia
Eastern Roman Empire
Melitene
Eastern Roman Empire
Trapezus
Eastern Roman Empire
Carthago Nova
Western Roman Empire
Segobriga
Western Roman Empire
Toletum
Western Roman Empire
Gabala
Arran
Kotais
Lazica
Mtskheta
Kartli
Iconium
Eastern Roman Empire
Myra
Eastern Roman Empire
Tarsus
Eastern Roman Empire
Apulum
Petrodava
Bastarnians
Romula
Gepids
Domavia
Western Roman Empire
Salona
Western Roman Empire
Siscia
Western Roman Empire
Scupi
Eastern Roman Empire
Serdica
Eastern Roman Empire
Viminacium
Eastern Roman Empire
Angulus
Angles
Flevum
Franks
Tulifurdum
Saxons
Asturica
Western Roman Empire
Bracara
Western Roman Empire
Brigantium
Western Roman Empire
Aregelia
Langobards
Lupfurdum
Thuringians
Uburzis
Alamans
Duna
Oium
Venedians
Palteskja
Venedians
Ascaucalis
Burgundians
Gothiscandza
Rugians
Rugion
Varinians
Budorgis
Lugians
Casurgis
Marcomans
Nitrahwa
Quadians
Kariskos
Sclavenians
Moramar
Silys
Fiorentia
Western Roman Empire
Neapolis
Western Roman Empire
Roma
Western Roman Empire
Abarshahr
Abarshahr
Harev
Aria
Merv
Parthia
Augila
Eastern Roman Empire
Paraetonium
Eastern Roman Empire
Ptolemais
Eastern Roman Empire
Genua
Western Roman Empire
Mediolanum
Western Roman Empire
Segusio
Western Roman Empire
Lugdunum
Western Roman Empire
Rotomagus
Western Roman Empire
Turonum
Western Roman Empire
Emerita Augusta
Western Roman Empire
Olisipo
Western Roman Empire
Pax Augusta
Western Roman Empire
Corinthus
Eastern Roman Empire
Dyrrhachium
Eastern Roman Empire
Thessalonica
Eastern Roman Empire
Rhegium
Western Roman Empire
Syracusae
Western Roman Empire
Tarentum
Western Roman Empire
Harmosia
Makran
Phra
Aria
Pura
Makran
Caesarea
Western Roman Empire
Tamousiga
Maurians
Tingis
Western Roman Empire
Argentoratum
Western Roman Empire
Octodurum
Western Roman Empire
Vesontio
Western Roman Empire
Ecbatana
Atropatene
Ganzaga
Atropatene
Rhaga
Atropatene
Ajax
Western Roman Empire
Caralis
Western Roman Empire
Palma
Western Roman Empire
Constantia
Eastern Roman Empire
Gortyna
Eastern Roman Empire
Rhodes
Eastern Roman Empire
Aquae Sextiae
Western Roman Empire
Narbo
Western Roman Empire
Vienna
Western Roman Empire
Amida
Eastern Roman Empire
Edessa
Eastern Roman Empire
Nisibis
Sassanid Empire
Aelia Capitolina
Eastern Roman Empire
Aila
Eastern Roman Empire
Nova Trajana Bostra
Eastern Roman Empire
Savaria
Western Roman Empire
Sirmium
Western Roman Empire
Sopianae
Western Roman Empire
Behdesir
Sassanid Empire
Siraf
Sassanid Empire
Stakhr
Sassanid Empire
Cydamus
Garamantians
Dimmidi
Gaetulians
Garama
Garamantians
Augusta Vindelicorum
Western Roman Empire
Iuvavum
Western Roman Empire
Virunum
Western Roman Empire
Anacopia
Abasgia
Samandar
Tanais
Chersonessus
Greuthungians
Gelonus
Sclavenians
Olbia
Greuthungians
Alabu
Jutes
Hafn
Danes
Hrefnesholt
Geats
Bolghar
Raha
Sarai
Issatis
Sassanid Empire
Spahan
Sassanid Empire
Susa
Sassanid Empire
Antiochia
Eastern Roman Empire
Emesa
Eastern Roman Empire
Tyrus
Eastern Roman Empire
Caesaraugusta
Western Roman Empire
Pompaelo
Western Roman Empire
Tarraco
Western Roman Empire
Terra Incognita
Constantinopolis
Eastern Roman Empire
Marcianopolis
Eastern Roman Empire
Trimontium
Eastern Roman Empire
Arheimar
Anteans
Belz
Leopolis
Anteans
Dahistan
Parthia
Kath
Afrighids
Siahkuh
Afrighids
Leptis Magna
Western Roman Empire
Macomades
Western Roman Empire
Sabrata
Western Roman Empire
Aquileia
Western Roman Empire
Ravenna
Western Roman Empire
Verona
Western Roman Empire