Mercenary Thureos Spears

Light Greek infantry, the thureophoroi developed around the early 4th century BC, and straddled the gap between the phalanx and the skirmishing peltasts. Named after the thureos, their large oval shields, they were more heavily armoured than the traditional Thracian and Greek peltast. Able to both skirmish and form up as a phalanx, they were used to guard the flanks and protect other light troops. Their shield, normally made from wood and covered with leather, had a central handgrip that was protected by a vertical spine and a metal boss-like strip, and may have been inspired by Celtic or Roman shields of the time. Like the longer sarissa, the spears used by the thureophoroi had a weighted butt-spike to provide balance, but this also allowed them to throw javelins, if so equipped, by jamming their spears into the ground. Able to fulfil a variety of roles, thureophoroi were common amongst both citizen and mercenary units of the Greek city-states until they were eclipsed by the Macedonian phalanxes of Phillip II and Alexander the Great.

Unit Name Mercenary Thureos Spears

Main Unit Key Mer_Gre_Thureos_Spears

Land Unit Key Mer_Gre_Thureos_Spears

Naval Unit Key greek_transport

Soldiers 160

Category Melee Infantry

Class Spear Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 510

Recruitment Cost 380

Upkeep Cost 250

Missile Damage 34

├ Missile Weapon rome_javelin_precursor

├ Projectile javelin_prec

├ Missile Damage 19

├ Missile Ap Damage 15

└ Base Reload Time 40

Accuracy 5

Range 40

Reload 0

Shots Per Minute 2

Ammunition 2

Melee Attack 22

Weapon Damage 29

├ Melee Weapon rome_spear

├ Melee Damage Base 19

├ Melee Damage Ap 10

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 15

├ Bonus vs Elephants 16

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 21

Melee Defence 77

├ Base Defence 42

├ Shield thureos

└ Shield Defence 35

Armour 82

├ Armour leather

├ Armour Defence 47

└ Shield Armour 35

Health 65

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_medium_fast

├ Man Health 55

└ Bonus Hit Points 10

Base Morale 50

Abilities

• Rapid Advance
  Improved unit movement speed over an extended period.
  Speed, acceleration, charge speed
  Exertion: fatigue

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

• Very poor hull strength
• Very slow speed
• Weak ramming

• Good defensive unit
• Low damage but average armour penetration
• Average attack
• Normal morale

Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
1	rom_province_pool_hellas	Achaia	Athenae Gortyna Sparta	0	0.75	1	2
2	rom_province_pool_macedonia	Macedonia	Apollonia Pharsalus Thessalonica	0	0.75	1	2
3	rom_province_pool_magna_graecia	Sicily	Agrigentum Panormus Syracuse	0	0.75	1	2
4	rom_province_pool_asia	Asia	Ephesus Pergamon Pessinus Rhodos	0	0.75	1	2

Grand Campaign Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
5	rom_province_pool_hellas	Hellas	Athenai Hierapytna Sparta	0	0.75	1	2
6	rom_province_pool_macedonia	Macedonia	Apollonia Pella Larissa	0	0.75	1	2
7	rom_province_pool_magna_graecia	Magna Graecia	Cosentia Brundisium Lilybaeum Syracusae	0	0.75	1	2
8	rom_province_pool_asia	Asia	Ephesus Pergamon Pessinus Rhodos	0	0.75	1	2

Hannibal at the Gates Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
9	pun_province_pool_sicilia	Sicilia	Lilybaeum Messana Syracuse	1	0.3	1	3