Assault Tetreres - Veteran Centuriae
Ramming attacks from these ships inflict terrible damage.These men have mastered the phalanx over many battles.
There is a good deal of debate as to how large ancient warships worked; the principles are understood, but the details are not always so clear. A Roman 'quadreme' or Greek 'tetreres' would seem to have four rows of oars if the name is translated literally. However, it is unclear how four sets of oars each with one rower apiece could be used without them getting in a terrible tangle even with a magnificently trained crew, or how the top set of rowers would be able to handle the extremely long oars pitched at a steep angle and still produce any power. The chances are that the term 'oar' had become synonymous with 'rower' and that the lowest bank had more than one man per oar. The other option was to go back to a double row of oars, with two men apiece. Two banks of oars would also have made for a cheaper construction task for each ship. Either way, the result was a ship that could rival the lighter trireme in speed, yet had more deck space for a large fighting contingent or artillery pieces.
(Veteran Centuriae)
Romulus himself is said to have raised ten 'centuriae', consisting of one hundred men from among the founding tribes of Rome. The centuriae consisted of ten 'contubernias' of ten men each. A century was commanded by a centurion assisted by an 'optio' (lieutenant) and 'tesserarius' (sergeant). Each one had a banner or signum carried by a 'signifer'. Also, each century provided a 'buccinator', who played a kind of horn used to send orders corresponding to a particular sound. Unlike the Greeks and other defensive martial cultures, Rome's army was encouraged to act brutally, even massacring captives and civilians to prove Roman supremacy in warfare. Army leaders often granted 'freedom' following a battle, even allowing their soldiers to rape and pillage when on foreign soil, mimicking Romulus himself, who killed his brother Remus and organised the infamous 'Rape of the Sabine Women' and massacre of their husbands.
Unit Name Assault Tetreres - Veteran Centuriae |
Main Unit Key inv_rom_medium_assault_raider_veteran_centuriae |
Land Unit Key inv_rom_veteran_centuriae |
Naval Unit Key greek_four |
Soldiers 120 |
Category Medium Ship |
Class Melee Ship |
Custom Battle Cost 1000 |
Recruitment Cost 1000 |
Upkeep Cost 200 |
825 |
└ Ship greek_four |
Ship Speed 6 |
Melee Attack 50 |
30 |
├ Melee Weapon rome_hoplite_spear_elite |
├ Melee Damage Base 22 |
├ Melee Damage Ap 8 |
├ Armour Piercing No |
├ Bonus vs. Large 15 |
├ Bonus vs Elephants 15 |
└ Bonus vs Infantry 0 |
Charge Bonus 15 |
80 |
├ Base Defence 65 |
├ Shield hoplite |
└ Shield Defence 15 |
105 |
├ Armour bronze |
├ Armour Defence 60 |
└ Shield Armour 45 |
65 |
├ Man Entity rome_infantry_hoplite |
├ Man Health 45 |
└ Bonus Hit Points 20 |
Base Morale 50 |
Abilities
Assault Tetreres- Row Hard 20
Increases speed for 20 strokes.
Ship speed
- 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. - Encourage
This unit provides a morale bonus to nearby allies. - 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.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Assault Tetreres- Average hull strength
- Medium crew
- Average speed
- Average ramming
- Average boarding
- Very good defensive unit
- Low damage but average armour penetration
- Average attack
- Good morale
Upgrade | |
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Required Technology Cost 300 Upgrade To | |
Requires Buildings | |
Lv. 0 |
Military Port
(inv_rom_port_military_4) Level 3 |
Garrison Buildings | |
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x 1 |
Drydock
(inv_rom_port_military_3) Level 2 |
x 2 |
Military Port
(inv_rom_port_military_4) Level 3 |
Faction Availability | |
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Rise of the Republic |