Roxolanians Melee Infantry

Steppe Tribespeople

These nomadic tribespeople come from the vast steppes to the north of the Black and Caspian Seas, and were known variously as Scythians or Saka, and later the western Sarmatians. Light infantry, they were often armed with javelins or medium length spears and used shields covered in animal hide. Such shields could also be scaled with either horn or metal. This type of armour also extended to their clothing at times, with scaled versions of their tunics becoming widespread, especially amongst the steppe nobility. These troops also made extensive use of daggers, straight swords and the fearsome sagaris, a one-handed battle-axe, with both a bladed or hammer-like head and a pick-like point on the reverse for punching through armour. Complimenting their foot archers and cavalry, their role was simply to protect the former from the latter. Far from barbarians, steppe culture, although nomadic, was a rich and diverse one.

Unit Name Steppe Tribespeople

Main Unit Key att_nom_steppe_tribespeople

Land Unit Key att_nom_steppe_tribespeople

Naval Unit Key att_cor_heavy_rom

Soldiers 160

Category Melee Infantry

Class Melee Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 230

Recruitment Cost 160

Upkeep Cost 75

Melee Attack 43

Melee Damage 40

├ Melee Weapon att_sword

├ Melee Base Damage 36

├ Armour-piercing Damage 4

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Attack Against Cavalry 0

├ Attack Against Elephants 0

└ Attack Against Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 29

Melee Defence 20

├ Base Defence 5

├ Shield att_round

└ Shield Defence 15

Armour 18

├ Armour att_cloth

├ Armour Defence 3

└ Shield Armour 15

Health 78

├ Man Entity att_infantry_light

├ Man Health 75

└ Bonus Hit Points 3

Morale 34

Abilities

No Ability

Attributes

• Resistant to Fatigue
  Fatigue has less of an effect on this unit.
• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.

Strengths & Weaknesses

No Strengths and Weaknesses

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Required Technology Cost 138 Upgrade To
Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Warriors' Yurts (att_bld_nomad_warriors_1) Level 0 Warriors' Camp (att_bld_nomad_warriors_2) Level 1 Archery Range (att_bld_nomad_warriors_archers_3) Level 2 Archers' Encampment (att_bld_nomad_warriors_archers_4) Level 3 Lancers' Training Ground (att_bld_nomad_warriors_cavalry_3) Level 2 Lancers' Encampment (att_bld_nomad_warriors_cavalry_4) Level 3 Footmen's Camp (att_bld_nomad_warriors_infantry_3) Level 2 Infantry Encampment (att_bld_nomad_warriors_infantry_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Budinians Iazyges Magyars Hunnic Rebels Sarmatian Rebels White Hun Rebels Roxolanians Sabirs Sarmatian Separatists Huns Hunnic Separatists White Hun Separatists White Huns