Arverni Spear Infantry

Oathsworn Spears

Gladiators were usually slaves, condemned criminals or prisoners of war but others did enter the arena. Those with debts or a lust for glory could sell themselves as gladiators, and soldiers who had given ground might be sent to the arena as punishment. A gladiator's life was arduous and brutal, even before fighting in the games. Trainees could, and would, be killed in practice if they fought beneath their abilities, as a way of encouraging the others. The ludus, the training ground and home of gladiators, was run by a lanista, and within its walls his word was law. Outside the arena he was considered to be on the bottom rung of society; some Roman cemeteries did not allow the bodies of lanistas to be buried inside their walls, even. Having said that, there was also a peculiar glamour about their business and some were famed amongst games fans as the men who owned and trained gladiators - the sports stars of the Roman world.

Unit Name Oathsworn Spears

Main Unit Key Cel_Oathsworn_Spears

Land Unit Key Cel_Oathsworn_Spears

Naval Unit Key barbarian_transport

Soldiers 160

Category Melee Infantry

Class Spear Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 1050

Recruitment Cost 1050

Upkeep Cost 100

Melee Attack 34

Weapon Damage 32

├ Melee Weapon rome_spear_elite

├ Melee Damage Base 21

├ Melee Damage Ap 11

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 17

├ Bonus vs Elephants 19

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 30

Melee Defence 90

├ Base Defence 55

├ Shield celtic

└ Shield Defence 35

Armour 104

├ Armour bronze

├ Armour Defence 74

└ Shield Armour 30

Health 80

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_very_heavy_fast

├ Man Health 60

└ Bonus Hit Points 20

Base Morale 65

Abilities

• Cavalry Counter-tactics
  Improves unit's ability to endure enemy cavalry charges for an extended time.
  Bonus vs mounted units
• Rapid Advance
  Improved unit movement speed over an extended period.
  Speed, acceleration, charge speed
  Exertion: fatigue
• Chant
  Improves the morale of any friendly units within the unit's area of influence.
  Morale
• Frenzy
  Improves a unit's charge and weapon damage for an extended period.
  Charge damage, Weapon damage
  Exertion: fatigue

Attributes

• Encourage
  This unit provides a morale bonus to nearby allies.
• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.

Strengths & Weaknesses

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

• Very good defensive unit
• Low damage but average armour penetration
• Average attack
• Good morale

Requires Buildings
Lv. 1	Bronze Furnace (barb_artisan_bronze_4) Level 3 Salt Workshop (barb_craftsmen_salt_4) Level 3

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