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Persian Assault Teteres - Heavy Spears Dacia (Imperator Augustus)Dacia (Imperator Augustus) Melee Ship

Persian Assault Teteres - Heavy Spears

Ramming attacks from these ships inflict terrible damage.

A solid line of spears will keep enemies at a respectful distance.

There is a good deal of debate as to how large ancient warships worked; the principles are understood, but the details are not always so clear. A Roman 'quadreme' or Greek 'tetreres' would seem to have four rows of oars if the name is translated literally. However, it is unclear how four sets of oars each with one rower apiece could be used without them getting in a terrible tangle even with a magnificently trained crew, or how the top set of rowers would be able to handle the extremely long oars pitched at a steep angle and still produce any power. The chances are that the term 'oar' had become synonymous with 'rower' and that the lowest bank had more than one man per oar. The other option was to go back to a double row of oars, with two men apiece. Two banks of oars would also have made for a cheaper construction task for each ship. Either way, the result was a ship that could rival the lighter trireme in speed, yet had more deck space for a large fighting contingent or artillery pieces.

(Heavy Spears)
The exact origins of the Dacians are something of a mystery. Dacian lands were centred around the Carpathian Mountains but, unlike their Thracian neighbours, they seldom got involved in the conflicts of others. The Dacians fought almost entirely on foot, and usually looked to their Sarmatian allies when serious cavalry were needed. Many Dacian infantry fought as peltasts, equipped with javelins, short swords and oval shields, but they also fielded archers. However, the Dacians were most feared because of a weapon called the 'falx', which they used with deadly, limb-lopping skill. A two-handed sword with a forward-curving blade, a falx could cut a man in two from the top of his head to his breastbone. This weapon was so effective that the Romans improved their legionary armour to cope with it. The brow-ridge on later legionary helmets was there to stop a blow from a falx. Rome’s eventual victory in the Dacian Wars (AD101-106), celebrated by Trajan’s Column, finally dealt with the warlike Dacian tribes once and for all.

Persian Assault Teteres - Heavy Spears

Unit Name

Persian Assault Teteres - Heavy Spears

Main Unit Key

Dac_Heavy_Spears_Four

Land Unit Key

Dac_Heavy_Spears

Naval Unit Key

barbarian_persian_four

Soldiers

120

Category

Medium Ship

Class

Melee Ship

Custom Battle Cost

690

Recruitment Cost

690

Upkeep Cost

138

Ship Health

760

└ Ship

barbarian_persian_four

Ship Speed

3

Melee Attack

23

Weapon Damage

22

├ Melee Weapon

rome_celtic_spear_anti_cav

├ Melee Damage Base

15

├ Melee Damage Ap

7

├ Armour Piercing

No

├ Bonus vs. Large

25

├ Bonus vs Elephants

20

└ Bonus vs Infantry

0

Charge Bonus

23

Melee Defence

58

├ Base Defence

28

├ Shield

celtic

└ Shield Defence

30

Armour

65

├ Armour

leather

├ Armour Defence

30

└ Shield Armour

35

Health

55

├ Man Entity

rome_infantry_medium_fast

├ Man Health

40

└ Bonus Hit Points

15

Base Morale

45

Abilities

Persian Assault Teteres
  • Row Hard 20
    Increases speed for 20 strokes.
    Ship speed
Heavy Spears
  • Cavalry Counter-tactics
    Improves unit's ability to endure enemy cavalry charges for an extended time.
    Bonus vs mounted units
  • Shield Screen
    The unit raises their shields in a static defensive formation.
    Bracing, melee defence, shield strength
    Can't move

Attributes

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

Strengths & Weaknesses

Persian Assault Teteres
  • Average hull strength
  • Medium crew
  • Average speed
  • Average ramming
  • Average boarding
Heavy Spears
  • Good defensive unit
  • Low damage but average armour penetration
  • Average attack
  • Normal morale