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Fire Pot Dieres - Late Libyan Hoplites

Fire pots, hurled onto enemy decks, are a terrible threat to wooden ships.

There is a discipline in the advance of a phalanx that eludes lesser men.

The waterline ram was first mounted on a vessel in around 850BC. Warships and naval tactics were transformed. Ships were no longer platforms for infantry battles on the water; the ship itself became the weapon. Galleys changed as the new reality sank in. Ramming at speed would hole and sink an enemy, therefore slimmer, faster, handier ships were required. More speed on demand obviously required more oars a fast ship with a single row of oars ended up being stupidly, impractically long. The solution, then, was to put in a second set of oars above the first, but slightly offset to allow for rowers' benches. These biremes, a Latin word meaning 'two oars', or dieres, the Greek equivalent, were no longer than previous designs but had twice the number of rowers. They were fast, manoeuvrable, and could carry a fighting contingent. Some nations also gave their bireme crews fire pots; these clay pots filled with oil and pitch were hurled at enemy ships in the entirely reasonable hope of setting them ablaze.

(Late Libyan Hoplites)
Recruited from among descendants of Phoenician settlers and the native Lebu, Garamantian, and Berber peoples of the Sahara these troops were the largest non-mercenary Carthaginian contingent in the army. Colonising the African coast from around the 1st millennium BC, the Phoenicians founded Carthage and other cities, later known as Leptis Magna and Sabratha. Important trading centres, they acted alongside Tingis, which was founded by their Carthaginian descendants, and the Greek colony of Cyrene as gateways into Africa and the western Mediterranean. By the 5th century BC, however, the three Libyan cities had passed under the control and protection of Carthage and its mercantile dominance. Mixing together a variety of eastern and Saharan customs, and influenced by contact with much of the Mediterranean through their trading network, the Liby-Phoenicians were varied in their style of dress and armament.

Fire Pot Dieres - Late Libyan Hoplites

Unit Name

Fire Pot Dieres - Late Libyan Hoplites

Main Unit Key

Car_Late_Hoplites_Two_Fire_Pots

Land Unit Key

Car_Late_Libyan_Hoplites

Naval Unit Key

greek_fire_pot_two

Soldiers

60

Category

Light Ship

Class

Melee Ship

Custom Battle Cost

500

Recruitment Cost

500

Upkeep Cost

100

Ship Health

501

└ Ship

greek_two

Ship Speed

6

Melee Attack

24

Weapon Damage

20

├ Melee Weapon

rome_spear_anti_cav

├ Melee Damage Base

15

├ Melee Damage Ap

5

├ Armour Piercing

No

├ Bonus vs. Large

30

├ Bonus vs Elephants

30

└ Bonus vs Infantry

0

Charge Bonus

20

Melee Defence

39

├ Base Defence

24

├ Shield

hoplite

└ Shield Defence

15

Armour

80

├ Armour

spolas

├ Armour Defence

35

└ Shield Armour

45

Health

45

├ Man Entity

rome_infantry_medium_fast

├ Man Health

40

└ Bonus Hit Points

5

Base Morale

45

Abilities

Fire Pot Dieres
  • Row Hard 10
    Increases speed for 10 strokes.
    Ship speed
Late Libyan Hoplites
  • 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.
  • Resistant to Heat
    This unit tires less quickly in the desert.

Strengths & Weaknesses

Fire Pot Dieres
  • Very poor hull strength
  • Very light crew
  • Fast speed
  • Very strong initial ramming
  • Good boarding
Late Libyan Hoplites
  • Good defensive unit
  • Low damage but average armour penetration
  • Average attack
  • Normal morale
Recuitment Requirement
Required Technology Sidonian Rites Cost 150 Upgrade From Fire Pot Dieres - Libyan Hoplites