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Assault Tetreres - Hoplites

Ramming attacks from these ships will inflicting terrible damage.

Hoplites: no other word says "Greeks at war" in quite the same way.

There is a good deal of debate as to how large ancient warships worked; the principles are understood, but the details are not always so clear. A Roman 'quadreme' or Greek 'tetreres' would seem to have four rows of oars if the name is translated literally. However, it is unclear how four sets of oars each with one rower apiece could be used without them getting in a terrible tangle even with a magnificently trained crew, or how the top set of rowers would be able to handle the extremely long oars pitched at a steep angle and still produce any power. The chances are that the term 'oar' had become synonymous with 'rower' and that the lowest bank had more than one man per oar. The other option was to go back to a double row of oars, with two men apiece. Two banks of oars would also have made for a cheaper construction task for each ship. Either way, the result was a ship that could rival the lighter trireme in speed, yet had more deck space for a large fighting contingent or artillery pieces.

(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.

Assault Tetreres - Hoplites

Unit Name

Assault Tetreres - Hoplites

Main Unit Key

Gre_Hoplites_Four

Land Unit Key

Gre_Hoplites

Naval Unit Key

greek_four

Soldiers

120

Category

Medium Ship

Class

Melee Ship

Custom Battle Cost

730

Recruitment Cost

730

Upkeep Cost

100

Ship Health

825

└ Ship

greek_four

Ship Speed

5

Melee Attack

24

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

22

Melee Defence

75

├ Base Defence

49

├ 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

50

Abilities

Assault Tetreres
  • Row Hard 20
    Increases speed for 20 strokes.
    Ship speed
Hoplites
  • Hoplite Wall
    The unit moves into close wall formation.
    Bracing, melee defence, shield strength
    Acceleration, speed
  • Square
    The unit moves into a close square formation.
    Bracing, morale, melee defence
    Can't move
  • 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

Assault Tetreres
  • Average hull strength
  • Medium crew
  • Average speed
  • Average ramming
  • Average boarding
Hoplites
  • Good defensive unit
  • Low damage but average armour penetration
  • Average attack
  • Normal morale
Requires Buildings
Assault Tetreres - Hoplites Lv. 0 Neosokoi
Neosokoi
(greek_port_harbour_4)
Level 3
Garrison Buildings
Assault Tetreres - Hoplites x 2 Neosokoi
Neosokoi
(greek_port_harbour_4)
Level 3