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Assault Dieres - Libyan Hoplites
With a ramming attack that can break an enemy hull, these ships are deadly weapons.There is honour and tradition in defending one's home.
The waterline ram was first mounted on a vessel in around 850BC. Warships and naval tactics were transformed. Ships were no longer platforms for infantry battles on the water; the ship itself became the weapon. Galleys changed as the new reality sank in. Ramming at speed would hole and sink an enemy, therefore slimmer, faster, handier ships were required. More speed on demand obviously required more oars a fast ship with a single row of oars ended up being stupidly, impractically long. The solution, then, was to put in a second set of oars above the first, but slightly offset to allow for rowers' benches. These biremes, a Latin word meaning 'two oars', or dieres, the Greek equivalent, were no longer than previous designs but had twice the number of rowers. They were fast, manoeuvrable, and could carry a fighting contingent. Some nations also gave their bireme crews fire pots; these clay pots filled with oil and pitch were hurled at enemy ships in the entirely reasonable hope of setting them ablaze.
(Libyan Hoplites)
Recruited from among descendants of Phoenician settlers and the native Lebu, Garamantian, and Berber peoples of the Sahara these troops were the largest non-mercenary Carthaginian contingent in the army. Colonising the African coast from around the 1st millennium BC, the Phoenicians founded Carthage and other cities, later known as Leptis Magna and Sabratha. Important trading centres, they acted alongside Tingis, which was founded by their Carthaginian descendants, and the Greek colony of Cyrene as gateways into Africa and the western Mediterranean. By the 5th century BC, however, the three Libyan cities had passed under the control and protection of Carthage and its mercantile dominance. Mixing together a variety of eastern and Saharan customs, and influenced by contact with much of the Mediterranean through their trading network, the Liby-Phoenicians were varied in their style of dress and armament.
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Unit Name Assault Dieres - Libyan Hoplites |
Main Unit Key Car_Hoplites_Two |
Land Unit Key Car_Libyan_Hoplites |
Naval Unit Key greek_two |
Soldiers 60 |
Category Light Ship |
Class Melee Ship |
Custom Battle Cost 430 |
Recruitment Cost 430 |
Upkeep Cost 86 |
Ship Health 501 |
└ Ship greek_two |
Ship Speed 6 |
Melee Attack 24 |
Weapon Damage 20 |
├ Melee Weapon rome_spear_anti_cav |
├ Melee Damage Base 15 |
├ Melee Damage Ap 5 |
├ Armour Piercing No |
├ Bonus vs. Large 30 |
├ Bonus vs Elephants 30 |
└ Bonus vs Infantry 0 |
Charge Bonus 20 |
Melee Defence 39 |
├ Base Defence 24 |
├ Shield hoplite |
└ Shield Defence 15 |
Armour 55 |
├ Armour cloth |
├ Armour Defence 10 |
└ Shield Armour 45 |
Health 45 |
├ Man Entity rome_infantry_medium_fast |
├ Man Health 40 |
└ Bonus Hit Points 5 |
Base Morale 45 |
Abilities
Assault Dieres- Row Hard 10
Increases speed for 10 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. - 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. - Resistant to Heat
This unit tires less quickly in the desert.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Assault Dieres- Very poor hull strength
- Very light crew
- Fast speed
- Weak ramming
- Good boarding
- Average defensive unit
- Low damage but average armour penetration
- Weak attack
- Poor morale
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Requires Buildings | |
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Shipwright
(greek_port_harbour_2) Level 1 ![]()
Docks
(greek_port_harbour_3) Level 2 ![]()
Neosokoi
(greek_port_harbour_4) Level 3 |
Faction Availability | |
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Grand Campaign | |
Hannibal at the Gates | |
Imperator Augustus |