Iceni Melee Infantry

Sword Band

The longsword was a weapon of high worth and status within the Celtic community. A warrior had to prove himself in battle many times before he was permitted to wield one. The two-handed longsword was first developed during the 8th century BC, but fell from favour before re-emerging around 450BC. It is possible that Celtic ironwork was significantly behind that of the Romans, as apparently their longswords bent very easily and had to be straightened against the ground. On the other hand, since Celtic ironworking was several centuries old, some believe that Roman accounts of this practice mistook this practise, and it was actually a ritual to 'decommission' defeated, dishonoured or damaged weapons.

Unit Name Sword Band

Main Unit Key Bri_Sword_Band

Land Unit Key Bri_Sword_Band

Naval Unit Key barbarian_transport

Soldiers 160

Category Melee Infantry

Class Melee Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 340

Recruitment Cost 340

Upkeep Cost 90

Missile Damage 32

├ Missile Weapon rome_javelin_precursor

├ Projectile javelin_prec

├ Missile Damage 20

├ Missile Ap Damage 12

└ Base Reload Time 15

Accuracy 5

Range 40

Reload 0

Shots Per Minute 4

Ammunition 2

Melee Attack 25

Weapon Damage 40

├ Melee Weapon rome_celtic_longsword

├ Melee Damage Base 36

├ Melee Damage Ap 4

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 0

├ Bonus vs Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 25

Melee Defence 52

├ Base Defence 22

├ Shield celtic

└ Shield Defence 30

Armour 45

├ Armour cloth

├ Armour Defence 10

└ Shield Armour 35

Health 50

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_medium

├ Man Health 40

└ Bonus Hit Points 10

Base Morale 40

Abilities

No Ability

Attributes

• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
• Resistant to Cold
  This unit tires less quickly in snow.

Strengths & Weaknesses

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

• Good attack
• Average defence
• Average damage but low armour penetration
• Normal morale

Requires Buildings

Lv. 0

Artisan's Lodging (barb_artisan_1) Level 0 Bronze Workshop (barb_artisan_bronze_2) Level 1 Bronze Forge (barb_artisan_bronze_3) Level 2 Bronze Furnace (barb_artisan_bronze_4) Level 3 Coin Maker (barb_artisan_coin_2) Level 1 Coin Mint (barb_artisan_coin_3) Level 2 Coin Hoard (barb_artisan_coin_4) Level 3 Horn Maker (barb_artisan_maker_2) Level 1 Trumpet Maker (barb_artisan_maker_3) Level 2 Carnyx Maker (barb_artisan_maker_4) Level 3

Garrison Buildings
x 2	Artisan's Lodging (barb_artisan_1) Level 0 Bronze Workshop (barb_artisan_bronze_2) Level 1 Coin Maker (barb_artisan_coin_2) Level 1 Coin Mint (barb_artisan_coin_3) Level 2 Coin Hoard (barb_artisan_coin_4) Level 3 Horn Maker (barb_artisan_maker_2) Level 1 Trumpet Maker (barb_artisan_maker_3) Level 2 Carnyx Maker (barb_artisan_maker_4) Level 3
x 1	Settlement (barb_city_1) Level 0 Fortified Settlement (barb_city_2) Level 1 Hundred (barb_city_3) Level 2 Industry Oppidum (barb_city_industry_4) Level 3 Trade Oppidum (barb_city_trade_4) Level 3 Tribal Oppidum (barb_city_tribal_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Brigantes Caledones Demetae Dumnonii Ebdani Iceni Iceni tribal council Iceni Secessionists British Rebels
Caesar in Gaul	Cantiaci (Caesar in Gaul) Dumnonii (Caesar in Gaul) Briton Rebels (Caesar in Gaul)
Imperator Augustus	Brigantes (Imperator Augustus) Caledonii (Imperator Augustus) Corieltauvi (Imperator Augustus) Demetae (Imperator Augustus) Dumonii (Imperator Augustus) Ebdani (Imperator Augustus) Iceni (Imperator Augustus) Iceni Elders (Imperator Augustus) Iceni Secessionists (Imperator Augustus) British Rebels (Imperator Augustus)