Roman Expedition (The Last Roman) Melee Ship

Liburnian Galley - Byzantine Marines

Liburnians were small, compact galleys, ideal for patrolling the Roman coastlines. They were named after an Illyrian tribe who used similar vessels during their raids against the Romans. During the 3rd century AD the Roman Empire came under continued attack from increasingly stronger barbarian forces from the north and east. In the north, the Picts and the Scots raided Britain, the Saxons plundered from the north and in the east, the Goths appeared in ever-more-vast numbers from the Black Sea region, due to pressure from nomadic tribes from the Steppes. By AD477 the Vandals had all but wiped out the Roman navy to take complete control of the Mediterranean, after which time the western sea was known as Wendelsae, or ‘Sea of the Vandals'.

(Byzantine Marines)
Naval warfare in the ancient world was just another way for infantry to fight one another. The earliest documented naval battles are those of ancient China, 'grapple and hook' battles where boarding operations and close-quarters combat decided the victor. During the Second Punic War, Rome famously broke Carthage's mastery of the waves by creating the 'corvus' - a bridge that allowed its soldiers to board and fight. The distinction, then, in antiquity, between fighting on land and at sea was small, yet chiefly a matter of 'sea legs' - maintaining balance whilst toppling your opponent.

Unit Name Liburnian Galley - Byzantine Marines

Main Unit Key att_shp_er_light_marines_lib_heavy

Land Unit Key att_mar_rom_byzantine_marines_heavy

Naval Unit Key att_lib_light_mel_rom

Soldiers 80

Category Light Ship

Class Melee Ship

Custom Battle Cost 350

Recruitment Cost 350

Upkeep Cost 175

Missile Damage 90

├ Missile Weapon att_javelin_precursor

├ Projectile att_javelin_precursor_normal

├ Missile Damage 70

├ Missile Ap Damage 20

└ Base Reload Time 14

Accuracy 0

Range 80

Reload 20

Rate of Fire 5

Ammunition 1

Hull Strength 1800

└ Ship att_shp_light_liburnian_melee

Speed 7

Melee Attack 29

Melee Damage 40

├ Melee Weapon att_spatha

├ 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 5

Melee Defence 63

├ Base Defence 33

├ Shield att_round_small

└ Shield Defence 30

Armour 15

├ Armour att_leather

├ Armour Defence 10

└ Shield Armour 5

Health 107

├ Man Entity att_infantry_light

├ Man Health 75

└ Bonus Hit Points 32

Morale 34

Abilities

• Douse Fire
  Sacrifice your ship's mobility for a short time to focus effort on putting out the blaze.
• Use the Whip
  Improved defence and fatigue resistance for a short time at the cost of overexertion.

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

Recuitment Requirement
Required Technology Cost 88 Upgrade From

Garrison Buildings
x 2	Fishing Jetties (bel_bld_all_resources_port_fish_2) Level 2 Fishing Wharf (bel_bld_all_resources_port_fish_3) Level 3 Fishing Port (bel_bld_all_resources_port_fish_4) Level 4 Jetty (bel_bld_all_resources_port_generic_1) Level 1 Military Jetties (bel_bld_all_resources_port_military_2) Level 2 Military Wharf (bel_bld_all_resources_port_military_3) Level 3 Military Port (bel_bld_all_resources_port_military_4) Level 4
x 4	Trade Jetties (bel_bld_all_resources_port_trade_2) Level 2
x 6	Trade Wharf (bel_bld_all_resources_port_trade_3) Level 3
x 8	Trade Port (bel_bld_all_resources_port_trade_4) Level 4

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Eastern Roman Empire Eastern Roman Separatists Roman Separatists
The Last Roman	Roman Empire (The Last Roman) Roman Expedition (The Last Roman) Roman Expedition Separatists (The Last Roman) Eastern Separatists (The Last Roman)