Rome (Hannibal at the Gates) Spear Infantry

Auxiliary Hoplites

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.

Unit Name Auxiliary Hoplites

Main Unit Key Aux_Gre_Hoplites

Land Unit Key Aux_Gre_Hoplites

Naval Unit Key roman_transport

Soldiers 160

Category Melee Infantry

Class Spear Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 600

Recruitment Cost 600

Upkeep Cost 85

Melee Attack 26

Weapon Damage 30

├ Melee Weapon rome_hoplite_spear

├ Melee Damage Base 16

├ Melee Damage Ap 14

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 10

├ Bonus vs Elephants 12

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 24

Melee Defence 85

├ Base Defence 59

├ Shield hoplite

└ Shield Defence 26

Armour 95

├ Armour spolas

├ Armour Defence 52

└ Shield Armour 43

Health 75

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_hoplite

├ Man Health 60

└ Bonus Hit Points 15

Base Morale 55

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

Recuitment Requirement
Unit Resouces	Auxilia_Hellenic
Hannibal at the Gates Regions Provinces Regions Sicilia Messana Syracuse
Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Auxiliary Camp (rome_military_aux_2) Level 1 Auxiliary Barracks (rome_military_aux_3) Level 2
Lv. 1	Auxiliary Garrison (rome_military_aux_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Rome Senate loyalists Slaves
Samnite Wars	Lucania (Samnite Wars) Rome (Samnite Wars) Rome (Samnite Wars)
Hannibal at the Gates	Rome (Hannibal at the Gates) Senate loyalists (Hannibal at the Gates)
Imperator Augustus	Antony's Rome (Imperator Augustus) Antony's Rivals (Imperator Augustus) Lepidus' Rome (Imperator Augustus) Lepidus' Rivals (Imperator Augustus) Octavian's Rome (Imperator Augustus) Octavian's Rivals (Imperator Augustus) Pompey's Rome (Imperator Augustus) Pompey's Rivals (Imperator Augustus) Latin Rebels (Imperator Augustus)