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Hoplite/Pike Infantry

Strong formations make these troops deadly from the front but vulnerable if flanked. They are highly effective against cavalry.

Hoplite/Pike Infantry
No. Unit Sol. Custom Cost Recru. Cost Upkeep Cost Ship HP. Ship Spd. Msl. Dmg. Rng. Sht. /min Amo. Mle. Atk. Mle. Dmg. Chg. Mle. Def. Arm. HP. Mor.
1
200 Ptolemikoi Hoplitai
Melee Infantry / Hoplite/Pike Infantry / (Egy_Hoplites)
Ptolemikoi Hoplitai
(Ptolemaic Hoplites)

Hoplites: no other word says Greeks at war in quite the same way.

200 1021 1021 204 29 9 13 62 12 20 50
2
256 Kleruchoi Agema Phalangitai
Melee Infantry / Hoplite/Pike Infantry / (Egy_Kleruchoi_Agema_Pike)
Kleruchoi Agema Phalangitai
(Egyptian Royal Pikemen)

In the hands of an expert, the sarissa pike is a deadly weapon.

256 1035 1035 207 34 9 13 59 12 20 60
3
200 Ptolemikoi Ekdromoi Hoplitai
Melee Infantry / Hoplite/Pike Infantry / (Egy_Light_Hoplites)
Ptolemikoi Ekdromoi Hoplitai
(Ptolemaic Light Hoplites)

Discipline is needed to carry a spear and bear a shield in the phalanx.

200 641 641 128 29 9 15 57 4 20 50
4
256 Machimoi Phalangitai
Melee Infantry / Hoplite/Pike Infantry / (Egy_Pike)
Machimoi Phalangitai
(Egyptian Pikemen)

Even the humblest peasant can be trained to carry a pike into battle.

256 617 617 123 26 9 8 45 6 20 50
5
256 Kleruchoi Phalangitai
Melee Infantry / Hoplite/Pike Infantry / (Gre_Kleoruchoi_Pike)
Kleruchoi Phalangitai
(Greek Kleruchoi Pikemen)

It should be counted an honour to defend one's home and family with the pike.

256 717 717 143 32 9 10 44 8 20 50
6
200 Epistratoi Hoplitai
Melee Infantry / Hoplite/Pike Infantry / (Gre_Militia_Hoplites)
Epistratoi Hoplitai
(Levy Hoplites)

Any honest citizen can take up the shield and answer to the name of hoplite.

200 575 575 115 24 9 11 56 4 20 40
7
256 Basilikoi Phalangitai
Melee Infantry / Hoplite/Pike Infantry / (Gre_Royal_Guard)
Basilikoi Phalangitai
(Hellenic Royal Guard Pikemen).

Only the very best men may carry a pike in the guards and protect the king.

256 1118 1118 224 34 9 11 67 14 20 65
8
200 Thorakitai Hoplitai
Melee Infantry / Hoplite/Pike Infantry / (Gre_Thorax_Hoplites)
Thorakitai Hoplitai
(Thorax Hoplites)

The phalanx is only as strong as the shield-arms of the warriors in it.

200 1117 1117 223 30 9 13 70 14 20 50
9
200 Massaloi Hoplitai
Melee Infantry / Hoplite/Pike Infantry / (AOR_11_Massalian_Hoplites)
Massaloi Hoplitai
(Massilian Hoplites)

Hoplites: no other word says Greeks at war in quite the same way.

200 1021 1021 204 29 9 13 62 12 20 40
10
200 Massaloi Thorakitai Hoplitai
Melee Infantry / Hoplite/Pike Infantry / (AOR_11_Massalian_Thorax_Hoplites)
Massaloi Thorakitai Hoplitai
(Massilian Thorax Hoplites)

These Massilian warriors are equipped in the traditional hoplite style, sporting heavy chainmail cuirasses.

200 1117 1117 223 30 9 13 70 14 20 40
11
200 Shipri Tukul
Melee Infantry / Hoplite/Pike Infantry / (AOR_22_Babylonian_Spears)
Shipri Tukul
(Babylonian Heavy Spearmen)

These heavy infantrymen use the old pointed Assyrian helmet and have iron scale corselets. They fight with sword and spear, and carry the old-fashioned bronze-faced aspis shield.

200 1156 1156 231 30 9 13 84 16 20 55
12
200 Skythioi Hoplitai
Melee Infantry / Hoplite/Pike Infantry / (AOR_28_Scythian_Hoplites)
Skythioi Hoplitai
(Scythian Hoplites)

A man will fight in defence of his home, even if he is not a citizen.

200 1085 1085 217 29 9 15 56 14 20 35
13
256 Chalyboi Doryphoroi
Melee Infantry / Hoplite/Pike Infantry / (AOR_29_chalybes_spearmen)
Chalyboi Doryphoroi
(Chalybes Spearmen)

The armour of these spearmen consists of a leather helmet, greaves, and a long quilted linen tunic. Instead of the leather pteryges of a Greek corselet, the Chalybes have plaited cords to provide protection below the cuirass. Their main weapon is a long spear. They are useful against light infantry, but their lack of shields means they are vulnerable to enemy arrows.

256 615 615 123 34 9 10 35 6 20 50
14
200 Kypros Ekdromoi Hoplitai
Melee Infantry / Hoplite/Pike Infantry / (AOR_32_Cypriot_Light_Hoplites)
Kypros Ekdromoi Hoplitai
(Cypriot Light Hoplites)

Discipline is needed to carry a spear and bear a shield in the phalanx.

200 615 615 123 27 9 13 57 4 20 40
15
200 Erin-mesh Uriki
Melee Infantry / Hoplite/Pike Infantry / (AOR_33_akkadian_elite_guards)
Erin-mesh Uriki
(Akkadian Elite Infantry)

These Akkadian infantrymen wear some armour, helmets and light thorakes, and all carry aspis shields to go with their long spears. The Erin-mesh Uriki are drawn from the citizen rolls of Akkadian cities, and are customarily employed as guardians of cities and temples, and as emergency militia during wartime.

200 1344 1344 269 34 9 13 82 18 20 60
16
256 Ephesoi Phalangitai
Melee Infantry / Hoplite/Pike Infantry / (AOR_33_Ephesian_Pikemen)
Ephesoi Phalangitai
(Ephesian Pikemen)

Heavily armoured soldiers that have been thoroughly drilled in the art of the Macedonian phalanx.

256 995 995 199 32 9 10 45 12 20 35
17
200 Athenai Hoplitai
Melee Infantry / Hoplite/Pike Infantry / (AOR_35_Athenian_Hoplites)
Athenai Hoplitai
(Athenian Hoplites)

Hoplites: no other word says Greeks at war in quite the same way.

200 1021 1021 204 29 9 13 62 12 20 40
18
200 Athenai Thorakitai Hoplitai
Melee Infantry / Hoplite/Pike Infantry / (AOR_35_Athenian_Thorax_Hoplites)
Athenai Thorakitai Hoplitai
(Athenian Thorax Hoplites)

The phalanx is only as strong as the shield-arms of the warriors in it.

200 1117 1117 223 30 9 13 70 14 20 40
19
300 Korinthoi Epistratoi Hoplitai
Melee Infantry / Hoplite/Pike Infantry / (AOR_35_Greek_Levies)
Korinthoi Epistratoi Hoplitai
(Corinthian Levy Hoplites)

Levies are plentiful, and can stand in battle when properly commanded.

300 562 562 112 23 9 11 56 4 20 30
20
200 Korinthoi Ekdromoi Hoplitai
Melee Infantry / Hoplite/Pike Infantry / (AOR_35_Greek_Light_Hoplites)
Korinthoi Ekdromoi Hoplitai
(Corinthian Light Hoplites)

Discipline is needed to carry a spear and bear a shield in the phalanx.

200 615 615 123 27 9 13 57 4 20 40
21
200 Spartiatai Hoplitai
Melee Infantry / Hoplite/Pike Infantry / (AOR_35_Spartan_Hoplites)
Spartiatai Hoplitai
(Spartan Hoplites)

These men know nothing but war, and others are right to fear them.

200 1059 1059 212 33 9 15 74 12 20 50
22
200 Spartiatai Thorakitai Hoplitai
Melee Infantry / Hoplite/Pike Infantry / (AOR_35_Spartan_Thorax_Hoplites)
Spartiatai Thorakitai Hoplitai
(Spartan Thorax Hoplites)

The phalanx is only as strong as the shield-arms of the warriors in it.

200 1234 1234 247 34 9 19 73 16 20 50
23
200 Thessalikoi Epistratoi Hoplitai
Melee Infantry / Hoplite/Pike Infantry / (AOR_36_Greek_Levies)
Thessalikoi Epistratoi Hoplitai
(Thessalian Levy Hoplites)

Levies are plentiful, and can stand in battle when properly commanded.

200 562 562 112 23 9 11 56 4 20 30
24
200 Thessalikoi Ekdromoi Hoplitai
Melee Infantry / Hoplite/Pike Infantry / (AOR_36_Greek_Light_Hoplites)
Thessalikoi Ekdromoi Hoplitai
(Thessalian Light Hoplites)

Discipline is needed to carry a spear and bear a shield in the phalanx.

200 615 615 123 27 9 13 57 4 20 40
25
256 Macedonikoi Phalangitai
Melee Infantry / Hoplite/Pike Infantry / (AOR_36_Greek_Pikemen)
Macedonikoi Phalangitai
(Macedonian Pikemen)

This tightly packed formation of pikemen is a potent clenched fist aimed at an enemy line.

256 995 995 199 32 9 10 45 12 20 35
26
200 Illyrioi Hoplitai
Melee Infantry / Hoplite/Pike Infantry / (AOR_37_Illyrian_Hoplites)
Illyrioi Hoplitai
(Illyrian Hoplites)

Bravery and brotherhood march as one in the hoplite phalanx.

200 999 999 200 27 9 15 66 12 20 40
27
200 Tarantinoi Ekdromoi Hoplitai
Melee Infantry / Hoplite/Pike Infantry / (AOR_44_Greek_Light_Hoplites)
Tarantinoi Ekdromoi Hoplitai
(Tarantine Light Hoplites)

Discipline is needed to carry a spear and bear a shield in the phalanx.

200 615 615 123 27 9 13 57 4 20 40
28
256 Tarantinoi Leukaspidai
Melee Infantry / Hoplite/Pike Infantry / (AOR_44_Tarantine_White_Shield_Pike)
Tarantinoi Leukaspidai
(Tarantine White Shield Pikemen)

A phalanx of pikemen, the white shields are modelled on their hoplite forebears and, subsequently, the Alexandrian pike reforms. Their most distinctive feature, and the one which gives them their name, is their white painted shield, emblazoned with the name of their king.

256 1023 1023 205 33 9 10 60 12 20 50
29
200 Kampanioi Hoplitai
Melee Infantry / Hoplite/Pike Infantry / (AOR_9_Campanian_Hoplites)
Kampanioi Hoplitai
(Campanian Hoplites)

These men are typical hoplites, wearing feathered or crested helmets, along with greaves and breastplates. Their weapons include the dory, xiphos, and the classic large aspis shield. However, they are more mobile than classic hoplites, useful as flanking heavy infantry rather than a central phalanx unit.

200 848 848 170 27 9 11 65 10 20 50
30
200 Leukanoi Hoplitai
Melee Infantry / Hoplite/Pike Infantry / (AOR_9_lucanian_hoplites)
Leukanoi Hoplitai
(Lucanian Hoplites)

Lucanian troops have fought in the ranks of Pyrrhus' army. Some of them are roughly equivalent to the Oscan infantry, but others are equipped as hoplites, with the usual panoply. Like the Campanians, they can give a good account of themselves as medium-heavy support infantry.

200 998 998 200 27 9 13 65 12 20 50
31
200 Native Militia
Melee Infantry / Hoplite/Pike Infantry / (GAR_Egy_Citizen_Militia)
Native Militia
Lightly equipped native Egyptian levies raised to protect their city. With a spear in one hand and a shield in the other, these men constitute the core melee component of Egyptian garrison forces. Whilst it would be a falsehood to number them amongst the professional soldiery, they are sworn to defend their homelands and are effective at performing delaying actions against enemy forces which have breached the outer fortifications.
200 554 543 100 20 9 11 51 6 20 55
32
200 Greek Spearmen
Melee Infantry / Hoplite/Pike Infantry / (GAR_Egy_Garrisoned_Spearmen)
Greek Spearmen
The heritage of the citizen-soldier runs deep in all Greeks, no matter what their home.
200 622 627 100 20 9 11 56 10 20 50