Mauretania (Empire Divided) Missile Infantry

Numidian Slingers

Numidia had a fierce warrior tradition, partly due to the bitter feuding and internal warfare between the eastern Massylii and western Masaesylis. While the Numidians were famed as cavalrymen, their infantry forces were also quite effective. The historian Suetonius mentions that there were 'Numidian Legions' - a term normally reserved in Roman writings to describe Roman troops - when passing comment on Julius Caesar’s speech about Juba’s march to aid Scipio before the Battle of Thapsus in 46 BC. This suggests that some Numidians were fighting in the Roman style, and were possibly equipped in the same manner. The Numidians also adopted other tactics and war gear, such as the thureos-style shield and hoplite-like spears.

Unit Name Numidian Slingers

Main Unit Key 3c_Num_Numidian_Slingers

Land Unit Key 3c_Num_Numidian_Slingers

Naval Unit Key 3c_pel_transport

Soldiers 120

Category Missile Infantry

Class Missile Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 260

Recruitment Cost 260

Upkeep Cost 50

Missile Damage 20

├ Missile Weapon rome_sling

├ Projectile sling_stone

├ Missile Damage 16

├ Missile Ap Damage 4

└ Base Reload Time 10

Accuracy 5

Range 150

Reload 13

Shots Per Minute 7

Ammunition 25

Melee Attack 8

Weapon Damage 24

├ Melee Weapon rome_shortsword

├ Melee Damage Base 20

├ Melee Damage Ap 4

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 0

├ Bonus vs Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 3

Melee Defence 37

├ Base Defence 12

├ Shield pelta

└ Shield Defence 25

Armour 15

├ Armour cloth

├ Armour Defence 10

└ Shield Armour 5

Health 45

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_very_light

├ Man Health 40

└ Bonus Hit Points 5

Base Morale 25

Abilities

No Ability

Attributes

• Resistant to Fatigue
  Fatigue has less of an effect on this unit.
• Hide (scrub & forest)
  This unit can hide in scrub and forest until enemy units get too close.
• Resistant to Heat
  This unit tires less quickly in the desert.

Strengths & Weaknesses

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

• Very long range
• Average rate of fire
• Low damage but average armour penetration
• Very weak in melee
• Very poor morale

Requires Buildings

Lv. 0

Village (3c_rome_town_1) Level 0 Civil Settlement (3c_rome_town_civil_2) Level 1 Civil Town (3c_rome_town_civil_3) Level 2 Civil Colonia (3c_rome_town_civil_4) Level 3 Farming Settlement (3c_rome_town_farm_2) Level 1 Farming Town (3c_rome_town_farm_3) Level 2 Farming Colonia (3c_rome_town_farm_4) Level 3 Market Settlement (3c_rome_town_trade_2) Level 1 Market Town (3c_rome_town_trade_3) Level 2 Market Colonia (3c_rome_town_trade_4) Level 3

Garrison Buildings
x 1	Auxiliary Garrison (3c_rome_military_aux_3) Level 2

Faction Availability
Empire Divided	Garamantia (Empire Divided) Mauretania (Empire Divided) Mauri (Empire Divided) Nasamones (Empire Divided) African Rebels (Empire Divided)