Drangiana (Imperator Augustus) Missile Infantry

Sparabara

The thureos, a large oval-shaped shield, became common throughout the Hellenistic world from the 3rd century BC. Made from wood covered in hide, it differed from the earlier Greek hoplon in having a central handgrip, which was protected by a vertical spine running the length of the shield. This in turn could be further reinforced by the addition of a wide metal strip that protected the grip and the user’s hand. Inspired by the sub-rectangular and oval shields of the Celts, possibly through contact with the migrating Galatians, its usage seems to have spread through the Illyrian and Thracian tribes before it was adopted by the Greeks. Although large, the thureos was light in comparison to the traditional hoplon, and was adopted by heavily-armoured peltasts. Named after their shields, 'thureophoroi' could fight as common peltasts, skirmishing with javelins, but could also form up with their larger shields and longer spears in a similar fashion to a phalanx. The versatile and useful design of the thureos meant it was used by many armies, including the auxiliaries and cavalry of the later Roman Legions.

Unit Name Sparabara

Main Unit Key Atr_Sparabara_Infantry

Land Unit Key Atr_Sparabara_Infantry

Naval Unit Key persian_transport

Soldiers 120

Category Missile Infantry

Class Missile Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 620

Recruitment Cost 620

Upkeep Cost 80

Missile Damage 35

├ Missile Weapon rome_recurve_bow_elite

├ Projectile arrow_recurve

├ Missile Damage 29

├ Missile Ap Damage 6

└ Base Reload Time 11

Accuracy 5

Range 145

Reload 20

Shots Per Minute 7

Ammunition 30

Melee Attack 23

Weapon Damage 36

├ Melee Weapon rome_eastern_sword

├ Melee Damage Base 32

├ Melee Damage Ap 4

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 0

├ Bonus vs Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 5

Charge Bonus 20

Melee Defence 58

├ Base Defence 34

├ Shield tower

└ Shield Defence 24

Armour 73

├ Armour padded

├ Armour Defence 37

└ Shield Armour 36

Health 65

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_medium_fast

├ Man Health 55

└ Bonus Hit Points 10

Base Morale 45

Abilities

• Shieldwall
  The unit moves into a close formation and raises shields.
  Armour strength, bracing, melee defence, shield strength
  Limited speed
• Frenzied Charge
  Increases the effectiveness of the unit's charge for an extended period. The unit will suffer a large fatigue penalty after the charge is over.
  Charge speed, charge damage, acceleration
  Melee defence, fatigue
• Precision Shot
  Improved missile weapon damage for an extended period.
  Missile damage
  Exertion: fatigue

Attributes

• Resistant to Fatigue
  Fatigue has less of an effect on this unit.
• Hide (scrub & forest)
  This unit can hide in scrub and forest until enemy units get too close.
• Resistant to Heat
  This unit tires less quickly in the desert.

Strengths & Weaknesses

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

• Long range
• Average rate of fire
• Good damage but low armour penetration
• Very weak in melee
• Very poor morale

Requires Buildings
Lv. 1	Royal Karka (east_city_royal_4) Level 3 Royal Barracks (east_military_infantry_4) Level 3
Lv. 0	Infantry Quarters (east_military_infantry_3) Level 2

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Media Atropatene Arachosia Aria Drangiana Media Parthava Persia Sagartia Ardhan Kartli Cappadocia Eastern Rebels
Imperator Augustus	Media Atropatene (Imperator Augustus) Ardhan (Imperator Augustus) Kartli (Imperator Augustus) Cappadocia (Imperator Augustus) Eastern Rebels (Imperator Augustus) Characene (Imperator Augustus) Drangiana (Imperator Augustus) Palmyra (Imperator Augustus) Paradene (Imperator Augustus) Persia (Imperator Augustus)