menu
HomeHome / Divide et Impera / Scordisci / Units / Skordiskoi Spathephoroi
Skordiskoi Spathephoroi ScordisciScordisci Melee Infantry

Skordiskoi Spathephoroi

(Scordisci Swordsmen)

Spathephoroi (swordbearers) are common longsword warriors: well protected, agile, and tremendously aggressive. They are fierce and fearless opponents for peoples not regarded as especially tender themselves, including their Thracian neighbours.

The fierce and proud Galatians dominated central Anatolia and eastern Phrygia. Having splintered from the migrating Celts following Brennus’ invasions of Macedon and Greece in 279BC, three tribes, the Tectosages, Tolistobogii and Trocmi, moved through Thrace and crossed the Bosporus into Asia Minor. They came as allies of Nicomedes of Bithynia and secured a victory for him in a dynastic struggle against his brother. After a brief and inconclusive war between Nicomedes and the Seleucid king, Antiochus, the Galatians settled down to stay. Their territory was split between the three tribes, each maintaining its own capital, but with a council at Drynemeton, a sacred grove of oaks near the Tectosages’ capital at Ancyra. Ruled by a military aristocracy, the Galatians left the indigenous Cappadocian people in control of their own towns and lands in return for tithes. Galatian mercenaries were highly prized and respected by Greek, Roman and Seleucid commanders. In fact, the personal bodyguard of the Ptolemies of Egypt consisted of Celtic mercenaries, and it is highly likely that these men came from Galatia.

Skordiskoi Spathephoroi

Unit Name

Skordiskoi Spathephoroi

Main Unit Key

cel_tylis_heavy_swordsmen

Land Unit Key

cel_tylis_heavy_swordsmen

Naval Unit Key

barbarian_transport

Soldiers

200

Category

Melee Infantry

Class

Melee Infantry

Custom Battle Cost

1178

Recruitment Cost

1178

Upkeep Cost

236

Melee Attack

38

Weapon Damage

11

├ Melee Weapon

bsword3

├ Weapon Damage

11

├ Weapon Deadliness

0

├ Armour Piercing

No

├ Bonus vs. Cavalry

0

├ Bonus vs. Elephants

0

└ Bonus vs Infantry

0

Charge Bonus

16

Melee Defence

76

├ Base Defence

24

├ Shield

shield5

└ Shield Defence

52

Armour

14

├ Armour

arm8

├ Armour Defence

14

└ Shield Armour

0

Health

20

├ Man Entity

heavy_medium

├ Man Health

20

└ Bonus Hit Points

0

Base Morale

55

Abilities

Skordiskoi Spathephoroi
  • Stamina (low)
    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.

Strengths & Weaknesses

Transport
  • Very poor hull strength
  • Very slow speed
  • Weak ramming
Skordiskoi Spathephoroi
  • Good attack
  • Average defence
  • Average damage but low armour penetration
  • Normal morale
Requires Buildings
Skordiskoi Spathephoroi Lv. 0 Proving Grounds
Proving Grounds
(rom_BARBARIAN_artisans_major_bronze_3)
Level 2
Skordiskoi Spathephoroi Lv. 1 Hall of Champions
Hall of Champions
(rom_BARBARIAN_artisans_major_bronze_4)
Level 3
Faction Availability
Grand Campaign
Imperator Augustus