Rome (Caesar in Gaul) Spear Infantry

Hoplites

Hoplites date back to the wars between the Greek city-states in the 8th and 7th centuries BC. During the Greco-Persian Wars most hoplites wore a Corinthian-style bronze helm, and a cuirass of bronze or stiffened linen or canvas. They were armed with a short sword and an iron-tipped spear with a bronze counterbalance butt-spike. Hoplites were named, though, after the round hoplon shield they carried. The hoplon-and-spear combination required them to fight as a phalanx, a block of spearmen some eight ranks deep. When closed up, each man would find shelter behind the shield of his neighbour, creating a wall of bristling spear-points. While all hoplites were originally citizen-soldiers, full-time mercenaries took over and became the standard fighting unit of the Greek world. Later, under Phillip II of Macedon and Alexander the Great, the shield became smaller, while the spear developed into the five metre sarissa pike. Many armies adopted the phalanx of hoplites as a tactical unit because it was very successful in battle.

Unit Name Hoplites

Main Unit Key CiG_Gre_Hoplites

Land Unit Key Gre_Hoplites

Naval Unit Key pel_transport

Soldiers 160

Category Melee Infantry

Class Spear Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 650

Recruitment Cost 650

Upkeep Cost 130

Melee Attack 34

Weapon Damage 26

├ Melee Weapon rome_hoplite_spear

├ Melee Damage Base 20

├ Melee Damage Ap 6

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 15

├ Bonus vs Elephants 15

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 21

Melee Defence 57

├ Base Defence 42

├ Shield hoplite

└ Shield Defence 15

Armour 80

├ Armour spolas

├ Armour Defence 35

└ Shield Armour 45

Health 60

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_hoplite

├ Man Health 45

└ Bonus Hit Points 15

Base Morale 55

Abilities

• Hoplite Wall
  The unit moves into close wall formation.
  Bracing, melee defence, shield strength
  Acceleration, speed

Attributes

• Disciplined
  This unit does not suffer a morale penalty when the general dies. It can also rally after routing more often.
• Formation Attack
  The unit will try to stay in formation when in melee.
• 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

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

Recuitment Requirement
Unit Resouces	CiG_Regional_Greek
Caesar in Gaul Regions Provinces Regions Transalpina Massalia
Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Manipular Barracks (rome_military_main_2) Level 1 Cohort Barracks (rome_military_main_3) Level 2 Legionary Barracks (rome_military_main_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
Caesar in Gaul	Rome (Caesar in Gaul) Roman intervention forces (Caesar in Gaul) Roman Secessionists (Caesar in Gaul)