Assault Tetreres - Illyrioi Epibatoi
A quadrireme is a 39 meter long oared warship with two decks of oars, each rowed by two oarsmen. It is a useful battleship developed by the Carthaginians at the end of the 4th century BCE, but it lacks the speed and agility of lighter triremes.(Illyrian Corsairs)
Bloodthirsty men that have taken to piracy in order to fill their coffers.
There is a good deal of debate as to how large ancient warships worked; the principles are understood, but the details are not always so clear. A Roman 'quadreme' or Greek 'tetreres' would seem to have four rows of oars if the name is translated literally. However, it is unclear how four sets of oars each with one rower apiece could be used without them getting in a terrible tangle even with a magnificently trained crew, or how the top set of rowers would be able to handle the extremely long oars pitched at a steep angle and still produce any power. The chances are that the term 'oar' had become synonymous with 'rower' and that the lowest bank had more than one man per oar. The other option was to go back to a double row of oars, with two men apiece. Two banks of oars would also have made for a cheaper construction task for each ship. Either way, the result was a ship that could rival the lighter trireme in speed, yet had more deck space for a large fighting contingent or artillery pieces.
(Illyrioi Epibatoi)
Although called Illyrians by Greeks and Romans, these seafaring people from the Adriatic coast were actually not a single nation or tribe. The Greeks first had dealings with them during the Bronze Age, and the name was then applied to everyone in the area. The Illyrians were actually several petty, and not-so-petty, kingdoms that warred with each other when not fighting Greeks or their Macedonian neighbours. The Illyrians could not be lightly dismissed as barbarians: under powerful warlords such as Bardyllis, king of the Dardanians, they conquered Macedon and installed a puppet ruler in 393BC. It was Phillip II and Alexander the Great who eventually ended Illyrian interference in their affairs. The Illyrians were also pirates, and terrorised the Adriatic for centuries; this was what eventually prompted their subjugation by the Romans.
Unit Name Assault Tetreres - Illyrioi Epibatoi |
Main Unit Key Bar_Assault_Quadreme_Illy |
Land Unit Key Bar_Marine_Heavy_Illy |
Naval Unit Key greek_four |
Soldiers 120 |
Category Medium Ship |
Class Melee Ship |
Custom Battle Cost 1312 |
Recruitment Cost 1312 |
Upkeep Cost 328 |
12 |
├ Missile Weapon prec2 |
├ Projectile prec2 |
├ Missile Damage 12 |
├ Missile Ap Damage 0 |
└ Base Reload Time 10 |
Accuracy 5 |
Range 80 |
Reload 0 |
Shots Per Minute 6 |
Ammunition 4 |
825 |
└ Ship greek_four |
Ship Speed 4 |
Melee Attack 27 |
10 |
├ Melee Weapon gsword3 |
├ Weapon Damage 10 |
├ Weapon Deadliness 0 |
├ Armour Piercing No |
├ Bonus vs. Cavalry 0 |
├ Bonus vs. Elephants 0 |
└ Bonus vs Infantry 0 |
Charge Bonus 15 |
78 |
├ Base Defence 20 |
├ Shield shield6 |
└ Shield Defence 58 |
10 |
├ Armour arm5 |
├ Armour Defence 10 |
└ Shield Armour 0 |
23 |
├ Man Entity medium_heavy |
├ Man Health 20 |
└ Bonus Hit Points 3 |
Base Morale 55 |
Abilities
Assault Tetreres- Row Hard 20
Increases speed for 20 strokes.
Ship speed
- Stamina (average)
Governs how fast the unit tires and restores fatigue, and is dependent on type of unit, weight and approach to combat.
Attributes
- Hide (forest)
This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Assault Tetreres- Average hull strength
- Medium crew
- Average speed
- Average ramming
- Average boarding
- Good attack
- Average defence
- Average damage but low armour penetration
- Normal morale
Faction Availability | |
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Grand Campaign | |
Imperator Augustus |