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Neohomoioi Hoplitai

(Reformed Spartan Hoplites)

Due to the dwindling Spartan citizen population, late Spartan rulers have needed to increase the amount of avaliable soldiers through social reforms. Increased manpower and the return of old martial traditions like the Agoge are bringing back the old strength of Sparta.

Hoplites date back to the wars between the Greek city-states in the 8th and 7th centuries BC. During the Greco-Persian Wars most hoplites wore a Corinthian-style bronze helm, and a cuirass of bronze or stiffened linen or canvas. They were armed with a short sword and an iron-tipped spear with a bronze counterbalance butt-spike. Hoplites were named, though, after the round hoplon shield they carried. The hoplon-and-spear combination required them to fight as a phalanx, a block of spearmen some eight ranks deep. When closed up, each man would find shelter behind the shield of his neighbour, creating a wall of bristling spear-points. While all hoplites were originally citizen-soldiers, full-time mercenaries took over and became the standard fighting unit of the Greek world. Later, under Phillip II of Macedon and Alexander the Great, the shield became smaller, while the spear developed into the five metre sarissa pike. Many armies adopted the phalanx of hoplites as a tactical unit because it was very successful in battle.

Neohomoioi Hoplitai

Unit Name

Neohomoioi Hoplitai

Main Unit Key

Gre_Spar_Thorax_Hoplites

Land Unit Key

Gre_Spar_Thorax_Hoplites

Naval Unit Key

pel_transport

Soldiers

200

Category

Melee Infantry

Class

Hoplite/Pike Infantry

Custom Battle Cost

1161

Recruitment Cost

1161

Upkeep Cost

232

Melee Attack

32

Weapon Damage

9

├ Melee Weapon

spear3

├ Weapon Damage

9

├ Weapon Deadliness

0

├ Armour Piercing

No

├ Bonus vs. Cavalry

4

├ Bonus vs. Elephants

10

└ Bonus vs Infantry

0

Charge Bonus

17

Melee Defence

75

├ Base Defence

28

├ Shield

hshield2

└ Shield Defence

47

Armour

14

├ Armour

arm8

├ Armour Defence

14

└ Shield Armour

0

Health

20

├ Man Entity

shoplite_heavy

├ Man Health

20

└ Bonus Hit Points

0

Base Morale

70

Abilities

Neohomoioi Hoplitai
  • Stamina (good)
    Governs how fast the unit tires and restores fatigue, and is dependent on type of unit, weight and approach to combat.
  • Phalanx
    The unit enters a defensive formation that increases frontal defense but the unit's movement speed and attack are reduced

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.
  • Expert Charge Defence
    This unit’s melee attack and damage are increased against charging enemies.

Strengths & Weaknesses

Transport
  • Very poor hull strength
  • Very slow speed
  • Weak ramming
Neohomoioi Hoplitai
  • Very good defensive unit
  • Low damage but average armour penetration
  • Average attack
  • Good morale
Recuitment Requirement
Required Technology Greek Unit Upgrades Cost 435 Upgrade From Homoioi Hoplitai
Upgrade
Required Technology Greek Unit Upgrades Cost 600 Upgrade To Neohomoioi Thorakitai Hoplitai
Requires Buildings
Neohomoioi Hoplitai Lv. 2 Monument of Leonidas
Monument of Leonidas
(rom_HELLENIC_military_buff_Hero-Shrine_5)
Level 4
Neohomoioi Hoplitai Lv. 0 Holosideros Barracks
Holosideros Barracks
(rom_HELLENIC_military_main_heavy_2)
Level 1
Hoplite Barracks
Hoplite Barracks
(rom_HELLENIC_military_main_heavy_3)
Level 2
Neohomoioi Hoplitai Lv. 1 Royal Barracks
Royal Barracks
(rom_HELLENIC_military_main_heavy_4)
Level 3
Faction Availability
Grand Campaign
Imperator Augustus