Masaesyli Melee Infantry

Surby Numidim

Although some historians use Aethiopia to refer to all of the sub-Saharan regions of Africa, it was commonly used in reference to regions in the south of Egypt that became the Kingdom of Kush. The skilled swordsmen from this area followed a long tradition of elite troops from the south that begun under the Egyptian and Nubian dynasties. Although they went into battle wearing only simple cloth armour, the Aethiopians did employ Greek thureos-like shields. These sported a central handgrip, and offered greater protection than the hide-bound wicker or wooden shields of the sub-Saharan tribes. They also used a form of khopesh-like sword that would eventually evolve into the shotel used by the later warriors of Aksum. This had a forward curving, sickle-like blade designed to reach around an opponent’s shield, either to hook it away or pierce his vital organs.

Unit Name Surby Numidim

Main Unit Key Num_Melee_Infantry

Land Unit Key Num_Melee_Infantry

Naval Unit Key pel_transport

Soldiers 300

Category Melee Infantry

Class Melee Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 596

Recruitment Cost 596

Upkeep Cost 119

Missile Damage 11

├ Missile Weapon prec1

├ Projectile prec1

├ Missile Damage 11

├ Missile Ap Damage 0

└ Base Reload Time 10

Accuracy 5

Range 80

Reload 0

Shots Per Minute 6

Ammunition 1

Melee Attack 34

Weapon Damage 10

├ Melee Weapon gsword2

├ Weapon Damage 10

├ Weapon Deadliness 0

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Cavalry 0

├ Bonus vs. Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 11

Melee Defence 71

├ Base Defence 19

├ Shield shield5

└ Shield Defence 52

Armour 3

├ Armour arm1

├ Armour Defence 3

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 20

├ Man Entity medium_light

├ Man Health 20

└ Bonus Hit Points 0

Base Morale 55

Abilities

• Stamina (average)
  Governs how fast the unit tires and restores fatigue, and is dependent on type of unit, weight and approach to combat.

Attributes

• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
• Resistant to Heat
  This unit tires less quickly in the desert.

Strengths & Weaknesses

• Very poor hull strength
• Very slow speed
• Weak ramming

• Very good attack
• Average defence
• Average damage but low armour penetration
• Good morale

Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Levy Camp (rom_EASTERN_levy_1) Level 0 Infantry Quarters (rom_EASTERN_levy_light_3) Level 2
Lv. 1	Hamspah Barracks (rom_EASTERN_levy_light_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Igharimen African Rebels Gaetuli Masaesyli Separatists Masaesyli
Hannibal at the Gates	Igharimen (Hannibal at the Gates) Gaetuli (Hannibal at the Gates) Mauri (Hannibal at the Gates) African Rebels (Hannibal at the Gates) Masaesyli (Hannibal at the Gates) Massyli (Hannibal at the Gates)
Imperator Augustus	Igharimen (Imperator Augustus) African Rebels (Imperator Augustus) Gaetuli (Imperator Augustus) Mauri (Imperator Augustus) Numidia (Imperator Augustus)