Mercenary Camel Spearmen

Camels, both dromedaries and Bactrians, were used by the eastern empires of the ancient world. Their pungent natural odour disorientated and frightened horses, and made sure they were valued as light shock cavalry. Over time, their use spread west across northern Africa and, reputedly, there was a detachment in Emperor Claudius’ conquest of far Britannia. Like other light cavalry they carried spears, and sometimes javelins, to harass and chase off enemy light cavalry, infantry and skirmishers. Their real strength came from the qualities of their camels, which allowed them to patrol arid areas without stopping so often to rest and water the beasts. Historically, the first recorded use of camels in battle was between Shalmaneser III of Assyria and the 'Twelve Kings at Qarqar' in 853BC. Widespread use does not seem to have begun until much later, as demonstrated by the hasty formation of camel corps by Cyrus the Great for the Battle of Thymbra in 547BC.

Unit Name Mercenary Camel Spearmen

Main Unit Key Mer_Ara_Camel_Spear

Land Unit Key Mer_Ara_Camel_Spear

Naval Unit Key pel_transport

Soldiers 80

Category Cavalry

Class Melee Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost 420

Recruitment Cost 320

Upkeep Cost 240

Melee Attack 28

Weapon Damage 25

├ Melee Weapon rome_spear_cav

├ Melee Damage Base 20

├ Melee Damage Ap 5

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 15

├ Bonus vs Elephants 15

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 25

Melee Defence 50

├ Base Defence 10

├ Shield caetra_cavalry

└ Shield Defence 40

Armour 25

├ Armour padded

├ Armour Defence 20

└ Shield Armour 5

Health 85

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_light

├ Man Health 40

├ Bonus Hit Points 5

├ Mount roman_camel_spear

├ Mount Entity rome_camel

└ Mount Health 40

Base Morale 40

Abilities

No Ability

Attributes

• Resistant to Fatigue
  Fatigue has less of an effect on this unit.
• 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.
• Scare (horses)
  This unit gives a morale penalty to enemy horses.

Strengths & Weaknesses

• Very poor hull strength
• Very slow speed
• Weak ramming

• Average attack
• Weak defence
• Low damage but average armour penetration
• Poor morale

Empire Divided Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
1	rom_province_pool_nabataea	Judea	Jerusalem Salamis Tyros	0	0.15	1	4
2	rom_province_pool_nabataea	Nabataea	Charmuthas Hegra Petra	0	0.15	1	4
3	rom_province_pool_arabia_felix	Arabia Felix	Eudaemon Maas-gat Marib	1	0.15	1	4
4	rom_province_pool_arabia_magna	Arabia Magna	Adummatu Gerrha Yathrib	0	0.15	1	4

Grand Campaign Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
5	rom_province_pool_nabataea	Nabataea	Charmuthas Jerusalem Petra Hegra	0	0.15	1	4
6	rom_province_pool_arabia_felix	Arabia Felix	Eudaemon Maas-gat Marib	1	0.15	1	4
7	rom_province_pool_arabia_magna	Arabia Magna	Gerrha Adummatu Yathrib	0	0.15	1	4