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Dromon Warship - Elite Byzantine Heavy Marines

A heavy warship, the dromon is the master of the waves.

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

The word 'dromon' is derived from the Greek word ‘dromao’, which means ‘to run’, and was applied to light, swift vessels built in a variety of forms and sizes. At the very minimum a dromon had a crew of 200; 50 men to the lower bank of oars, 100 on the oars above, and 50 combat marines. It is thought that lateen sails were used rather than square ones, and that for some reason it was armed with a spur at the bow of the ship, rather than a ram. Some were reported to carry pipe-like weapons used to project Greek Fire onto enemy ships.

(Elite Byzantine Heavy Marines)
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.

Dromon Warship - Elite Byzantine Heavy Marines

Unit Name

Dromon Warship - Elite Byzantine Heavy Marines

Main Unit Key

att_shp_er_elite_marines_dro_heavy

Land Unit Key

att_mar_rom_elite_byzantine_heavy_marines

Naval Unit Key

att_dro_heavy_mel_er

Soldiers

140

Category

Heavy Ship

Class

Melee Ship

Custom Battle Cost

650

Recruitment Cost

650

Upkeep Cost

360

Hull Strength

2000

└ Ship

att_shp_dromon_melee

Speed

6

Melee Attack

32

Melee Damage

40

├ Melee Weapon

att_spatha

├ Melee Base Damage

36

├ Armour-piercing Damage

4

├ Armour Piercing

No

├ Attack Against Cavalry

0

├ Attack Against Elephants

0

└ Attack Against Infantry

0

Charge Bonus

17

Melee Defence

47

├ Base Defence

37

├ Shield

att_oval

└ Shield Defence

10

Armour

57

├ Armour

att_scale

├ Armour Defence

27

└ Shield Armour

30

Health

124

├ Man Entity

att_infantry_heavy

├ Man Health

90

└ Bonus Hit Points

34

Morale

54

Abilities

Elite Byzantine Heavy Marines
  • Douse Fire
    Sacrifice your ship's mobility for a short time to focus effort on putting out the blaze.
  • Steady
    Improves the unit's ability to defend at the cost of their mobility.
  • Use the Whip
    Improved defence and fatigue resistance for a short time at the cost of overexertion.

Attributes

  • Disciplined
    This unit does not suffer a morale penalty when the general dies. It can also rally after routing more often.
  • Hide (forest)
    This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.

Strengths & Weaknesses

No Strengths and Weaknesses
Upgrade
Required Technology Militarised Society Cost 238 Upgrade To Castled Dromon Warship - Elite Byzantine Heavy Marines
Requires Buildings
Dromon Warship - Elite Byzantine Heavy Marines Lv. 0 Military Port
Military Port
(att_bld_all_resources_port_military_4)
Level 4