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Pantodapoi Phalangitai

(Persian Levy Pikemen)

These troops are mostly levies of Judean, Syrian, and Persian descent that are co-opted into the army. They fight as pikemen, with no armour but round Illyrian style shields and Phrygian caps. This makes them a viable pike unit, though they are less disciplined and more prone to flee than more reliable Greeks and Macedonians.

Throughout the civilised world, levies formed the backbone of armies. Drawn from the ordinary citizens or subjects, they were in a tradition that, in Greece at least, began with the hoplite warfare of the city-states. What levy pikemen lacked in fighting skills when compared to professionals and mercenaries, they made up for in numbers. Equipped with sarissas, or long pikes, these levy phalanxes were a formidable wall of spear points. Initially, the citizen-levies of Greek city-states were expected to provide their own arms and equipment. As time passed, however, the citizen army developed into a more organised body for which arms and equipment were provided by the state. At the same time, personal loyalty to an individual general or king replaced old-fashioned civic duty.

Pantodapoi Phalangitai

Unit Name

Pantodapoi Phalangitai

Main Unit Key

Eas_Atr_Pikemen

Land Unit Key

Eas_Atr_Pikemen

Naval Unit Key

pel_transport

Soldiers

256

Category

Melee Infantry

Class

Hoplite/Pike Infantry

Custom Battle Cost

412

Recruitment Cost

412

Upkeep Cost

82

Melee Attack

28

Weapon Damage

9

├ Melee Weapon

pike1

├ Weapon Damage

9

├ Weapon Deadliness

0

├ Armour Piercing

No

├ Bonus vs. Cavalry

2

├ Bonus vs. Elephants

6

└ Bonus vs Infantry

0

Charge Bonus

8

Melee Defence

39

├ Base Defence

8

├ Shield

shield2

└ Shield Defence

31

Armour

1

├ Armour

arm0

├ Armour Defence

1

└ Shield Armour

0

Health

20

├ Man Entity

light_heavy

├ Man Health

20

└ Bonus Hit Points

0

Base Morale

40

Abilities

Pantodapoi Phalangitai
  • Stamina (average)
    Governs how fast the unit tires and restores fatigue, and is dependent on type of unit, weight and approach to combat.
  • Pike Phalanx
    The unit moves into a deep and close pike phalanx formation that increases frontal defense and attack but movement speed is reduced and the unit is vulnerable to flanking attacks.

Attributes

  • Hide (forest)
    This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.

Strengths & Weaknesses

Transport
  • Very poor hull strength
  • Very slow speed
  • Weak ramming
Pantodapoi Phalangitai
  • Average defensive unit
  • Low damage but average armour penetration
  • Weak attack
  • Poor morale
  • Very vulnerable when not in phalanx
Requires Buildings
Pantodapoi Phalangitai Lv. 0 Levy Camp
Levy Camp
(rom_EASTERN_levy_1)
Level 0
Infantry Tents
Infantry Tents
(rom_EASTERN_levy_light_2)
Level 1
Infantry Quarters
Infantry Quarters
(rom_EASTERN_levy_light_3)
Level 2
Pantodapoi Phalangitai Lv. 1 Hamspah Barracks
Hamspah Barracks
(rom_EASTERN_levy_light_4)
Level 3