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Raiding Hemiolia - Mitnagsim Lybim

A hemiolia is a light and fast raiding ship developed in the 4th century BCE, favoured by pirates but also used by navies as a light patrol ship. It has one and a half rows of oars, making it faster and more powerful than earlier uniremes.

(Libyan Javelinmen)

Javelin-armed skirmishers harry an enemy before the main battle is joined.

The 'one-and-a-half' or 'hemiolia' was a light galley which was much favoured by pirates in the ancient world. It developed from the bireme, a ship that had two full decks of oars along its entire length. The hemiola reduced the number of oars on the upper level, leaving roughly half the number of oars and rowers in the midship section. The smaller number of rowers had little effect on overall speed because the laden weight of the vessel also dropped. Because it used both oars and sails, and the crew could rapidly change propulsion method, it was an ideal vessel for chasing down fat, wealthy merchant ships. Boarding attacks were mounted from hemiolas; ramming was not a useful tactic as loot ended up with the fish rather than enriching the pirates! The speed and handiness of hemiolas made them useful as scouts, supply boats and vessels used to pick off damaged enemies at the edge of battles.

(Mitnagsim Lybim)
The javelin is among the oldest weapons in human hands. 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.

Raiding Hemiolia - Mitnagsim Lybim

Unit Name

Raiding Hemiolia - Mitnagsim Lybim

Main Unit Key

Gre_Raiding_Hemolia_Car

Land Unit Key

Car_Libyan_Marine_Jav

Naval Unit Key

greek_one_halfer

Soldiers

80

Category

Light Ship

Class

Missile Ship

Custom Battle Cost

688

Recruitment Cost

688

Upkeep Cost

172

Missile Damage

14

├ Missile Weapon

javelin2

├ Projectile

javelin2

├ Missile Damage

14

├ Missile Ap Damage

0

└ Base Reload Time

9

Accuracy

5

Range

85

Reload

13

Shots Per Minute

8

Ammunition

10

Ship Health

402

└ Ship

greek_one_halfer

Ship Speed

4

Melee Attack

13

Weapon Damage

7

├ Melee Weapon

dagger1

├ Weapon Damage

7

├ Weapon Deadliness

0

├ Armour Piercing

No

├ Bonus vs. Cavalry

0

├ Bonus vs. Elephants

0

└ Bonus vs Infantry

0

Charge Bonus

8

Melee Defence

41

├ Base Defence

10

├ Shield

shield2

└ Shield Defence

31

Armour

1

├ Armour

arm0

├ Armour Defence

1

└ Shield Armour

0

Health

20

├ Man Entity

rome_infantry_very_light

├ Man Health

20

└ Bonus Hit Points

0

Base Morale

40

Abilities

Raiding Hemiolia
  • Row Hard 10
    Increases speed for 10 strokes.
    Ship speed
Mitnagsim Lybim
  • Stamina (excellent)
    Governs how fast the unit tires and restores fatigue, and is dependent on type of unit, weight and approach to combat.

Attributes

  • Improved Stamina
    This unit type has an improvement on the base stamina stat.
  • 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.
  • 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

Raiding Hemiolia
  • Very poor hull strength
  • Light crew
  • Very fast speed
  • Weak ramming
  • Very poor boarding
  • Poor missile combat
Mitnagsim Lybim
  • Short range
  • Fast rate of fire
  • Very good damage and armour penetration
  • Very weak in melee
  • Very poor morale
Requires Buildings
Raiding Hemiolia - Mitnagsim Lybim Lv. 0 Port of Alexandria
Port of Alexandria
(dei_port_ALEXANDRIA_1)
Level 0
Port of Alexandria
Port of Alexandria
(dei_port_ALEXANDRIA_2)
Level 1
Port of Alexandria
Port of Alexandria
(dei_port_ALEXANDRIA_3)
Level 2
Port of Alexandria
Port of Alexandria
(dei_port_ALEXANDRIA_4)
Level 3
Cothon
Cothon
(dei_port_CARTHAGE_1)
Level 0
Cothon
Cothon
(dei_port_CARTHAGE_2)
Level 1
Cothon
Cothon
(dei_port_CARTHAGE_3)
Level 2
Cothon
Cothon
(dei_port_CARTHAGE_4)
Level 3
Port of Massalia
Port of Massalia
(dei_port_MASSILIA_1)
Level 0
Port of Massalia
Port of Massalia
(dei_port_MASSILIA_2)
Level 1
Port of Massalia
Port of Massalia
(dei_port_MASSILIA_3)
Level 2
Port of Massalia
Port of Massalia
(dei_port_MASSILIA_4)
Level 3
Port of Rhodos
Port of Rhodos
(dei_port_RHODES_1)
Level 0
Port of Rhodos
Port of Rhodos
(dei_port_RHODES_2)
Level 1
Port of Rhodos
Port of Rhodos
(dei_port_RHODES_3)
Level 2
Port of Rhodos
Port of Rhodos
(dei_port_RHODES_4)
Level 3
Port
Port
(rom_HELLENIC_port_1)
Level 0
Fishing Port
Fishing Port
(rom_HELLENIC_port_food_2)
Level 1
Fishmonger
Fishmonger
(rom_HELLENIC_port_food_3)
Level 2
Fish Market
Fish Market
(rom_HELLENIC_port_food_4)
Level 3
Military Wharf
Military Wharf
(rom_HELLENIC_port_large_military_2)
Level 1
Drydock
Drydock
(rom_HELLENIC_port_large_military_3)
Level 2
Military Port
Military Port
(rom_HELLENIC_port_large_military_4)
Level 3
Port
Port
(rom_HELLENIC_port_minor_1)
Level 0
Fishing Port
Fishing Port
(rom_HELLENIC_port_minor_food_2)
Level 1
Fishmonger
Fishmonger
(rom_HELLENIC_port_minor_food_3)
Level 2
Shipwright
Shipwright
(rom_HELLENIC_port_minor_small_military_2)
Level 1
Docks
Docks
(rom_HELLENIC_port_minor_small_military_3)
Level 2
Harbour
Harbour
(rom_HELLENIC_port_minor_trade_2)
Level 1
Trading Port
Trading Port
(rom_HELLENIC_port_minor_trade_3)
Level 2
Shipwright
Shipwright
(rom_HELLENIC_port_small_military_2)
Level 1
Docks
Docks
(rom_HELLENIC_port_small_military_3)
Level 2
Harbour
Harbour
(rom_HELLENIC_port_trade_2)
Level 1
Trading Port
Trading Port
(rom_HELLENIC_port_trade_3)
Level 2
Emporion
Emporion
(rom_HELLENIC_port_trade_4)
Level 3
Garrison Buildings
Raiding Hemiolia - Mitnagsim Lybim x 2 Port of Alexandria
Port of Alexandria
(dei_port_ALEXANDRIA_1)
Level 0
Port of Alexandria
Port of Alexandria
(dei_port_ALEXANDRIA_2)
Level 1
Cothon
Cothon
(dei_port_CARTHAGE_1)
Level 0
Cothon
Cothon
(dei_port_CARTHAGE_2)
Level 1
Port of Massalia
Port of Massalia
(dei_port_MASSILIA_1)
Level 0
Port of Massalia
Port of Massalia
(dei_port_MASSILIA_2)
Level 1
Port of Rhodos
Port of Rhodos
(dei_port_RHODES_1)
Level 0
Port of Rhodos
Port of Rhodos
(dei_port_RHODES_2)
Level 1
Port
Port
(rom_HELLENIC_port_1)
Level 0
Fishing Port
Fishing Port
(rom_HELLENIC_port_food_2)
Level 1
Fishmonger
Fishmonger
(rom_HELLENIC_port_food_3)
Level 2
Military Wharf
Military Wharf
(rom_HELLENIC_port_large_military_2)
Level 1
Port
Port
(rom_HELLENIC_port_minor_1)
Level 0
Fishing Port
Fishing Port
(rom_HELLENIC_port_minor_food_2)
Level 1
Fishmonger
Fishmonger
(rom_HELLENIC_port_minor_food_3)
Level 2
Harbour
Harbour
(rom_HELLENIC_port_minor_trade_2)
Level 1
Harbour
Harbour
(rom_HELLENIC_port_trade_2)
Level 1
Raiding Hemiolia - Mitnagsim Lybim x 1 Port of Alexandria
Port of Alexandria
(dei_port_ALEXANDRIA_3)
Level 2
Cothon
Cothon
(dei_port_CARTHAGE_3)
Level 2
Port of Massalia
Port of Massalia
(dei_port_MASSILIA_3)
Level 2
Port of Rhodos
Port of Rhodos
(dei_port_RHODES_3)
Level 2
Drydock
Drydock
(rom_HELLENIC_port_large_military_3)
Level 2
Shipwright
Shipwright
(rom_HELLENIC_port_minor_small_military_2)
Level 1
Docks
Docks
(rom_HELLENIC_port_minor_small_military_3)
Level 2
Shipwright
Shipwright
(rom_HELLENIC_port_small_military_2)
Level 1
Docks
Docks
(rom_HELLENIC_port_small_military_3)
Level 2
Raiding Hemiolia - Mitnagsim Lybim x 3 Fish Market
Fish Market
(rom_HELLENIC_port_food_4)
Level 3
Trading Port
Trading Port
(rom_HELLENIC_port_minor_trade_3)
Level 2
Trading Port
Trading Port
(rom_HELLENIC_port_trade_3)
Level 2
Emporion
Emporion
(rom_HELLENIC_port_trade_4)
Level 3