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Leves Classiarii

(Roman Levy Marines)

Under the early Roman army’s Camillan system, if you were poor or low born then you might well have found yourself in battle with little more than a spear in your hand. Typically the poorest members of a Roman Legion, leves were attached to the hastati and faced the full enemy onslaught. They were used as a screen and to skirmish with the enemy’s front line. Un able to afford much armour, the leves used javelins in support of their richer compatriots. Historically, there were 300 leves alongside 900 hastati: 20 leves in front of each of the 60 maniples. They were replaced by velites, who were deployed across the three main lines of a maniple.

Leves Classiarii

Unit Name

Leves Classiarii

Main Unit Key

Rom_Marines_Light

Land Unit Key

Rom_Marines_Light

Naval Unit Key

pel_transport

Soldiers

100

Category

Missile Infantry

Class

Missile Infantry

Custom Battle Cost

381

Recruitment Cost

381

Upkeep Cost

133

Missile Damage

14

├ Missile Weapon

javelin2

├ Projectile

javelin2

├ Missile Damage

14

├ Missile Ap Damage

0

└ Base Reload Time

9

Accuracy

5

Range

85

Reload

8

Shots Per Minute

7

Ammunition

10

Melee Attack

13

Weapon Damage

7

├ Melee Weapon

dagger1

├ Weapon Damage

7

├ Weapon Deadliness

0

├ Armour Piercing

No

├ Bonus vs. Cavalry

0

├ Bonus vs. Elephants

0

└ Bonus vs Infantry

0

Charge Bonus

8

Melee Defence

47

├ Base Defence

16

├ Shield

shield2

└ Shield Defence

31

Armour

1

├ Armour

arm0

├ Armour Defence

1

└ Shield Armour

0

Health

20

├ Man Entity

light_light

├ Man Health

20

└ Bonus Hit Points

0

Base Morale

40

Abilities

Leves Classiarii
  • Stamina (excellent)
    Governs how fast the unit tires and restores fatigue, and is dependent on type of unit, weight and approach to combat.

Attributes

  • Improved Stamina
    This unit type has an improvement on the base stamina stat.
  • Hide (scrub & forest)
    This unit can hide in scrub and forest until enemy units get too close.
  • Hide (scrub & forest)
    This unit can hide in scrub and forest until enemy units get too close.

Strengths & Weaknesses

Transport
  • Very poor hull strength
  • Very slow speed
  • Weak ramming
Leves Classiarii
  • Short range
  • Fast rate of fire
  • Very good damage and armour penetration
  • Very weak in melee
  • Very poor morale
Garrison Buildings
Leves Classiarii x 1 Drydock
Drydock
(rom_ROMAN_port_large_military_3)
Level 2
Portus Classis
Portus Classis
(rom_ROMAN_port_large_military_4)
Level 3
Leves Classiarii x 2 Docks
Docks
(rom_ROMAN_port_minor_small_military_3)
Level 2
Docks
Docks
(rom_ROMAN_port_small_military_3)
Level 2
Leves Classiarii x 3 Coastal Patrol
Coastal Patrol
(rom_ROMAN_port_small_military_4)
Level 3