Seleucid Melee Infantry

Seleucid Infantry

During his final years on campaign, Alexander the Great renamed his elite hypaspist infantrymen argyraspides or 'Silver Shields'. Following Alexander’s untimely death, his generals fought each other for territory and the enormous power that came with it. When the smoke cleared, the former 'commander-in-chief of the camp', Seleucus, controlled Babylon and several other eastern satrapies, proclaiming himself king in 306BC. His territory became known as the Seleucid Empire, and the Silver Shields formed the elite of its armies from the very beginning. Throughout most of their tenure they were equipped in the Macedonian fashion and trained for phalanx combat like their illustrious forebears. However, following their catastrophic defeat at Magnesia in 190BC by the Romans, the Seleucids began to re-model the Silver Shields on the impressive Roman legionaries who defeated them, certainly in equipment if not in tactics. It is thought that the 5000 men at the head of the Daphne Parade in 166BC were Silver Shields equipped in this way.

Unit Name Seleucid Infantry

Main Unit Key Eas_Sele_Inf

Land Unit Key Eas_Sele_Inf

Naval Unit Key greek_transport

Soldiers 160

Category Melee Infantry

Class Melee Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 580

Recruitment Cost 580

Upkeep Cost 70

Melee Attack 25

Weapon Damage 36

├ Melee Weapon rome_celtic_hellenic_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 17

Melee Defence 66

├ Base Defence 40

├ Shield hoplite

└ Shield Defence 26

Armour 100

├ Armour mail

├ Armour Defence 57

└ Shield Armour 43

Health 70

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_heavy

├ Man Health 55

└ Bonus Hit Points 15

Base Morale 55

Abilities

• Rapid Advance
  Improved unit movement speed over an extended period.
  Speed, acceleration, charge speed
  Exertion: fatigue
• Shieldwall
  The unit moves into a close formation and raises shields.
  Armour strength, bracing, melee defence, shield strength
  Limited speed

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 attack
• Average defence
• Average damage but low armour penetration
• Normal morale

Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Stables (greek_military_east_stable_2) Level 1 Satrap's Stables (greek_military_east_stable_3) Level 2 Periokos Camp (greek_military_light_2) Level 1 Skirmisher Camp (greek_military_light_3) Level 2 Civil Town (greek_town_civil_3) Level 2 Market Town (greek_town_trade_3) Level 2
Lv. 1	Royal Stables (greek_military_east_stable_4) Level 3 Mercenary Camp (greek_military_light_4) Level 3 Civil Colony (greek_town_civil_4) Level 3 Market Colony (greek_town_trade_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Seleucid Seleucid Nobles