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Italian Garrison Marines

(Roman Marines)

During the 4th century BC the Romans abandoned the phalanx in favour of armies consisting chiefly of hastati, principes and triarii. These were deployed in maniples: compact blocks of men, arranged in a checkerboard formation. This allowed flexibility when moving across the battlefield, particularly when compared to the sluggish movements of a solid pike phalanx. Like most sophisticated city-states of the ancient world, Rome expected its men to fight, and supply their own war gear when they did so. A cynical observer might be tempted to note that the manipular Legion also made sure that the hierarchy of Rome was preserved. The youngest and least wealthy became hastati, the first line of battle in a Roman Legion. Behind them came the second line of principes, older and richer men, and finally came the triarii, the most experienced warriors. “Going to the triarii” was a Roman saying that came to be used in all kinds of situations, implying that everything else had been tried and found wanting.

Italian Garrison Marines

Unit Name

Italian Garrison Marines

Main Unit Key

GAR_Rom_Marines

Land Unit Key

GAR_Rom_Marines

Naval Unit Key

pel_transport

Soldiers

140

Category

Melee Infantry

Class

Melee Infantry

Custom Battle Cost

1111

Recruitment Cost

1111

Upkeep Cost

156

Missile Damage

15

├ Missile Weapon

pilum1

├ Projectile

pilum1

├ Missile Damage

12

├ Missile Ap Damage

3

└ Base Reload Time

6

Accuracy

5

Range

80

Reload

0

Shots Per Minute

10

Ammunition

4

Melee Attack

24

Weapon Damage

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

13

Melee Defence

79

├ Base Defence

21

├ Shield

shield6

└ Shield Defence

58

Armour

14

├ Armour

arm8

├ Armour Defence

14

└ Shield Armour

0

Health

22

├ Man Entity

medium_medium

├ Man Health

20

└ Bonus Hit Points

2

Base Morale

65

Abilities

Italian Garrison Marines
  • Stamina (low)
    Governs how fast the unit tires and restores fatigue, and is dependent on type of unit, weight and approach to combat.

Attributes

  • Disciplined
    This unit does not suffer a morale penalty when the general dies. It can also rally after routing more often.
  • 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
Italian Garrison Marines
  • Good attack
  • Average defence
  • Average damage but low armour penetration
  • Normal morale
Garrison Buildings
Italian Garrison Marines x 1 Drydock
Drydock
(rom_ROMAN_port_large_military_3)
Level 2
Portus Classis
Portus Classis
(rom_ROMAN_port_large_military_4)
Level 3
Italian Garrison Marines x 2 Docks
Docks
(rom_ROMAN_port_minor_small_military_3)
Level 2
Docks
Docks
(rom_ROMAN_port_small_military_3)
Level 2
Italian Garrison Marines x 3 Coastal Patrol
Coastal Patrol
(rom_ROMAN_port_small_military_4)
Level 3