Auxiliary Arabian Spearmen
Silver buys desert guile, and some familiarity with the spear.The Arabian Peninsula was not a state, but a land occupied by inter-related tribes and powerful families. The nomadic Bedouin raised sheep and traded goods across the desert, while farmers were settled around the oases. The camel helped the nomadic tribes to grow in power, and the variety among the tribes produced many different fighting styles, but infantry nevertheless remained important in Arab armies. Although unarmoured slingers were fast and effective skirmishers, and Arabs also prided themselves on their close-combat skills. Traditionally, they fought as raiders looking for loot rather than conquest. Raids or 'razzias' brought honour to the victors, as well as the spoils of livestock and goods for their tribes. Conflicts were usually small in scale and casualties were largely avoided, as a fighting retreat in the face of great odds was not considered shameful. After the conquest of Egypt, Rome had to cross the Arabian Peninsula in order to secure the lucrative trade with India, but the Romans never fully conquered the desert or the desert peoples.
Unit Name Auxiliary Arabian Spearmen |
Main Unit Key Aux_Ara_Spr |
Land Unit Key Aux_Ara_Spr |
Naval Unit Key pel_transport |
Soldiers 160 |
Category Melee Infantry |
Class Spear Infantry |
Custom Battle Cost 200 |
Recruitment Cost 200 |
Upkeep Cost 60 |
Melee Attack 13 |
25 |
├ Melee Weapon rome_spear |
├ Melee Damage Base 20 |
├ Melee Damage Ap 5 |
├ Armour Piercing No |
├ Bonus vs. Large 20 |
├ Bonus vs Elephants 20 |
└ Bonus vs Infantry 0 |
Charge Bonus 11 |
49 |
├ Base Defence 24 |
├ Shield oval |
└ Shield Defence 25 |
45 |
├ Armour cloth |
├ Armour Defence 10 |
└ Shield Armour 35 |
45 |
├ Man Entity rome_infantry_medium |
├ Man Health 40 |
└ Bonus Hit Points 5 |
Base Morale 30 |
Abilities
Auxiliary Arabian Spearmen- Square
The unit moves into a close square formation.
Bracing, morale, melee defence
Can't move
Attributes
- 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
Transport- Very poor hull strength
- Very slow speed
- Weak ramming
- Good defensive unit
- Low damage but average armour penetration
- Average attack
- Normal morale
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Unit Resouces | Auxilia_Arabian | ||||||||||||||||||
Grand Campaign Regions
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Requires Buildings | |||||||||||||||||||
Lv. 0 |
Auxiliary Camp
(rome_military_aux_2) Level 1
Auxiliary Barracks
(rome_military_aux_3) Level 2
Auxiliary Garrison
(rome_military_aux_4) Level 3 |
Faction Availability | |
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Samnite Wars | |
Imperator Augustus |
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