Libyan Peltasts
It takes skill to skirmish well, and fight hard.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.
Unit Name Libyan Peltasts |
Main Unit Key Car_Libyan_Peltasts |
Land Unit Key Car_Libyan_Peltasts |
Naval Unit Key greek_transport |
Soldiers 120 |
Category Missile Infantry |
Class Missile Infantry |
Custom Battle Cost 540 |
Recruitment Cost 540 |
Upkeep Cost 90 |
28 |
├ Missile Weapon rome_javelin |
├ Projectile javelin_normal |
├ Missile Damage 15 |
├ Missile Ap Damage 13 |
└ Base Reload Time 9 |
Accuracy 5 |
Range 70 |
Reload 18 |
Shots Per Minute 8 |
Ammunition 18 |
Melee Attack 10 |
23 |
├ Melee Weapon rome_shortsword |
├ Melee Damage Base 20 |
├ Melee Damage Ap 3 |
├ Armour Piercing No |
├ Bonus vs. Large 0 |
├ Bonus vs Elephants 0 |
└ Bonus vs Infantry 5 |
Charge Bonus 4 |
49 |
├ Base Defence 10 |
├ Shield peltast_thureos |
└ Shield Defence 39 |
82 |
├ Armour spolas |
├ Armour Defence 52 |
└ Shield Armour 30 |
60 |
├ Man Entity rome_infantry_medium_fast |
├ Man Health 55 |
└ Bonus Hit Points 5 |
Base Morale 30 |
Abilities
Libyan Peltasts- Quick Reload
Improved reloading for an extended time.
Shots per minute
Exertion: fatigue
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
Transport- Very poor hull strength
- Very slow speed
- Weak ramming
- Short range
- Fast rate of fire
- Very good damage and armour penetration
- Large shield
- Very weak in melee
- Poor morale
Requires Buildings | |
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Lv. 0 |
Periokos Camp
(greek_military_light_2) Level 1
Skirmisher Camp
(greek_military_light_3) Level 2 |
Lv. 1 |
Mercenary Camp
(greek_military_light_4) Level 3 |
Faction Availability | |
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Grand Campaign | |
Hannibal at the Gates | |
Imperator Augustus |