Gaetuli (Hannibal at the Gates) Missile Infantry

Numidian Javelinmen

The javelin is among the oldest weapons in human hands. Equipped with javelins and little else, skirmishers harried their opposite numbers and peppered hoplite phalanxes before quickly retreating. This was the typical tactic of all unarmoured, javelin-armed troops: to engage at range and then fall back behind more heavily-armoured infantry, or continue attacks while trying to stay just out of reach of the enemy. Such harassment could be highly effective, in 391BC at the Battle of Lechaeum a force of Spartans, lacking the support of skirmishers or cavalry, were severely punished by javelin-armed Athenians who refused to meet them at close quarters. Over time, shields became common, such as those used by Thracian and Greek peltasts, but in turn these were rendered obsolescent by the Hellenic thureophoroi. Nevertheless, javelinmen and other irregulars continued to play a part in many armies throughout antiquity.

Unit Name Numidian Javelinmen

Main Unit Key Num_Javelinmen

Land Unit Key Num_Javelinmen

Naval Unit Key egyptian_transport

Soldiers 120

Category Missile Infantry

Class Missile Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 500

Recruitment Cost 500

Upkeep Cost 85

Missile Damage 28

├ Missile Weapon rome_javelin

├ Projectile javelin_normal

├ Missile Damage 15

├ Missile Ap Damage 13

└ Base Reload Time 9

Accuracy 5

Range 70

Reload 23

Shots Per Minute 9

Ammunition 18

Melee Attack 10

Weapon Damage 23

├ Melee Weapon rome_shortsword

├ Melee Damage Base 20

├ Melee Damage Ap 3

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 0

├ Bonus vs Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 5

Charge Bonus 4

Melee Defence 31

├ Base Defence 5

├ Shield pelta

└ Shield Defence 26

Armour 52

├ Armour cloth

├ Armour Defence 27

└ Shield Armour 25

Health 50

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_very_light

├ Man Health 45

└ Bonus Hit Points 5

Base Morale 30

Abilities

No Ability

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

• Short range
• Fast rate of fire
• Very good damage and armour penetration
• Very weak in melee
• Very poor morale

Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Infantry Camp (east_military_infantry_1) Level 0 Infantry Tents (east_military_infantry_2) Level 1 Infantry Quarters (east_military_infantry_3) Level 2
Lv. 1	Royal Barracks (east_military_infantry_4) Level 3

Garrison Buildings

x 1

Village (Amber Shore) (east_amber_1) Level 0 Settlement (Amber Collector) (east_amber_2) Level 1 Village (Glassware) (east_glass_1) Level 0 Settlement (Glass Blower) (east_glass_2) Level 1 Village (Gold Mine) (east_gold_1) Level 0 Settlement (Trench Mine) (east_gold_2) Level 1 Village (Grain Fields) (east_grain_1) Level 0 Settlement (Grain Farms) (east_grain_2) Level 1 Village (Horse Trainers) (east_horse_1) Level 0 Settlement (Horse Breeders) (east_horse_2) Level 1 Village (Iron Workshop) (east_iron_1) Level 0 Village (Lead Mine) (east_lead_1) Level 0 Settlement (Trench Mine) (east_lead_2) Level 1 Village (Tannery) (east_leather_1) Level 0 Settlement (Open Air Tannery) (east_leather_2) Level 1 Village (Loggers) (east_lumber_1) Level 0 Settlement (Logging Camp) (east_lumber_2) Level 1 Village (Marble Pit) (east_marble_1) Level 0 Settlement (Marble Quarry) (east_marble_2) Level 1 Village (Olive Grove) (east_olive_1) Level 0 Settlement (Olive Press) (east_olive_2) Level 1 Village (Murex Snail Farm) (east_purple_dye_1) Level 0 Settlement (Snail Vats) (east_purple_dye_2) Level 1 Village (Silk Trader) (east_silk_1) Level 0 Settlement (Silk Caravan) (east_silk_2) Level 1 Village (east_town_1) Level 0 Garrison Settlement (east_town_garrison_2) Level 1 Trade Settlement (east_town_trade_2) Level 1 Village (Vineyard) (east_wine_1) Level 0 Settlement (Large Vineyard) (east_wine_2) Level 1

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Gaetuli Masaesyli
Hannibal at the Gates	Gaetuli (Hannibal at the Gates) Masaesyli (Hannibal at the Gates) Massyli (Hannibal at the Gates)