Iceni (Imperator Augustus) Spear Infantry

Painted Spear Ones

The painted warriors of Britain were recognisable thanks to the blue designs adorning their skin and made famous by Julius Caesar’s 'De Bello Gallico'. Their bravery and savagery is evident from his commentaries. Fighting unarmoured, and sometimes naked in the style of the Gaulish Gaesatae or the northern Picts, the painted ones relied on their skills with the Celtic longsword, a weapon designed to slash and hack rather than stab, and their tall shields, which could also be used as a weapon in its own right. Their tattoos generally took the form of curlicue lines, dashes and circles, which mirrored abstracted animal and natural forms. Frightening to behold, these designs probably held religious significance, uniting the warriors with their gods, their lands and their tribes. Whether woad was the source of the blue dye or some mixture of copper and iron that Caesar referred to as 'vitrum' is not entirely clear. Woad, however, does make a better candidate as it has slightly antiseptic properties.

Unit Name Painted Spear Ones

Main Unit Key Bri_Painted_Spear

Land Unit Key Bri_Painted_Spear

Naval Unit Key barbarian_transport

Soldiers 160

Category Melee Infantry

Class Spear Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 550

Recruitment Cost 550

Upkeep Cost 85

Melee Attack 26

Weapon Damage 32

├ Melee Weapon rome_celtic_spear_elite

├ Melee Damage Base 21

├ Melee Damage Ap 11

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 17

├ Bonus vs Elephants 19

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 30

Melee Defence 80

├ Base Defence 45

├ Shield celtic

└ Shield Defence 35

Armour 30

├ Armour none

├ Armour Defence 0

└ Shield Armour 30

Health 70

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_medium

├ Man Health 55

└ Bonus Hit Points 15

Base Morale 60

Abilities

• Rapid Advance
  Improved unit movement speed over an extended period.
  Speed, acceleration, charge speed
  Exertion: fatigue
• Frenzy
  Improves a unit's charge and weapon damage for an extended period.
  Charge damage, Weapon damage
  Exertion: fatigue
• Shield Screen
  The unit raises their shields in a static defensive formation.
  Bracing, melee defence, shield strength
  Can't move

Attributes

• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
• Resistant to Cold
  This unit tires less quickly in snow.

Strengths & Weaknesses

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

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

Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Potter (barb_craftsmen_pot_3) Level 2
Lv. 1	Potter's Workshop (barb_craftsmen_pot_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Brigantes Caledones Demetae Dumnonii Ebdani Iceni Iceni tribal council British Rebels
Caesar in Gaul	Cantiaci (Caesar in Gaul) Dumnonii (Caesar in Gaul) Briton Rebels (Caesar in Gaul)
Imperator Augustus	Brigantes (Imperator Augustus) Caledones (Imperator Augustus) Corieltauvi (Imperator Augustus) Demetae (Imperator Augustus) Dumonii (Imperator Augustus) Ebdani (Imperator Augustus) Iceni (Imperator Augustus) Iceni Elders (Imperator Augustus) British Rebels (Imperator Augustus)