Mercenary Numidian Javelinmen

The javelin is among the oldest weapons in the world. Equipped with javelins and little else, skirmishers harried their opposite numbers and peppered hoplite phalanxes before quickly retreating. This was the typical tactic of all unarmoured, javelin-armed troops: to engage at range and then fall back behind more heavily-armoured infantry, or continue attacks while trying to stay just out of reach of the enemy. Such harassment could be highly effective, in 391BC at the Battle of Lechaeum, a force of Spartans, lacking the support of skirmishers or cavalry, were severely punished by javelin-armed Athenians who refused to meet them at close quarters. Over time, shields became common, such as those used by Thracian and Greek peltasts, but in turn these were rendered obsolescent by the Hellenic thureophoroi. Nevertheless, javelinmen and other irregulars continued to play a part in many armies throughout antiquity.

Unit Name Mercenary Numidian Javelinmen

Main Unit Key Mer_Num_Javelinmen

Land Unit Key Mer_Num_Javelinmen

Naval Unit Key pel_transport

Soldiers 120

Category Missile Infantry

Class Missile Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 340

Recruitment Cost 260

Upkeep Cost 190

Missile Damage 32

├ Missile Weapon rome_javelin

├ Projectile javelin_normal

├ Missile Damage 20

├ Missile Ap Damage 12

└ Base Reload Time 10

Accuracy 5

Range 80

Reload 23

Shots Per Minute 8

Ammunition 7

Melee Attack 10

Weapon Damage 24

├ Melee Weapon rome_shortsword

├ Melee Damage Base 20

├ Melee Damage Ap 4

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 0

├ Bonus vs Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 4

Melee Defence 38

├ Base Defence 13

├ Shield pelta

└ Shield Defence 25

Armour 15

├ Armour cloth

├ Armour Defence 10

└ Shield Armour 5

Health 50

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_very_light

├ Man Health 40

└ Bonus Hit Points 10

Base Morale 45

Abilities

No Ability

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

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

• Short range
• Fast rate of fire
• Very good damage and armour penetration
• Very weak in melee
• Very 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_africa	Africa	Carthago Hadrumentum Leptis Magna Macomades	0	0.75	1	2
2	rom_province_pool_mauretania	Mauretania	Rutubis Siga Tingis	0	0.75	1	2
3	rom_province_pool_mauretania	Numidia	Capsa Cirta Dimmidi Iol	0	0.75	1	2
4	rom_province_pool_phazania	Phazania	Cydamus Garama	1	0.75	1	2

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_africa	Africa	Thapsus Macomades Lepcis Carthago	0	0.75	1	2
6	rom_province_pool_mauretania	Mauretania	Migdol Dimmidi Iol Tingis	0	0.75	1	2
7	rom_province_pool_phazania	Phazania	Cydamus Garama	1	0.75	1	2

Hannibal at the Gates Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
8	pun_province_pool_africa	Africa	Capsa Carthago Hadrumentum	1	0.5	2	4
9	pun_province_pool_mauretania	Mauretania	Rutubis Siga Tingis Volubilis	2	0.5	2	4
10	pun_province_pool_numidia	Numidia	Cirta Hippo Regius Iol Sitifi	1	0.5	2	4

Faction Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Faction	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
11	rom_faction_pool_north_african	Gaetuli (Imperator Augustus) Garamantia (Imperator Augustus) Mauri (Imperator Augustus) Nasamones (Imperator Augustus) Numidia (Imperator Augustus) Gaetuli (Hannibal at the Gates) Garamantia (Hannibal at the Gates) Libya (Hannibal at the Gates) Masaesyli (Hannibal at the Gates) Massyli (Hannibal at the Gates) Mauri (Hannibal at the Gates) African Rebels (Hannibal at the Gates) Punic Rebels (Hannibal at the Gates) Gaetuli Garamantia Libya Massaesyli Tribal Council Masaesyli Nasamones Nova Carthago	1	0.75	1	2
12	rom_faction_pool_carthage	Carthage (Hannibal at the Gates) Adirim loyalists Carthage	1	0.75	1	2