Seleucid Melee Ship

Assault Tetreres - Thureos Spears

Ramming attacks from these ships will inflicting terrible damage.

These well-trained warriors are a flexible force of skirmishing hoplites.

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.

(Thureos Spears)
Light Greek infantry, the thureophoroi developed around the early 4th century BC, and straddled the gap between the phalanx and the skirmishing peltasts. Named after the thureos, their large oval shields, they were more heavily armoured than the traditional Thracian and Greek peltast. Able to both skirmish and form up as a phalanx, they were used to guard the flanks and protect other light troops. Their shield, normally made from wood and covered with leather, had a central handgrip that was protected by a vertical spine and a metal boss-like strip, and may have been inspired by Celtic or Roman shields of the time. Like the longer sarissa, the spears used by the thureophoroi had a weighted butt-spike to provide balance, but this also allowed them to throw javelins, if so equipped, by jamming their spears into the ground. Able to fulfil a variety of roles, thureophoroi were common amongst both citizen and mercenary units of the Greek city-states until they were eclipsed by the Macedonian phalanxes of Phillip II and Alexander the Great.

Abilities

Assault Tetreres

• Row Hard 20
  Increases speed for 20 strokes.
  Ship speed

Thureos Spears

• 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

Thureos Spears

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

Seleucid Units
General (11)
1.Agema Cavalry
2.Companion Cavalry
3.Hellenic Cataphracts
4.Royal Peltasts
5.Scythed Chariots
6.Shield Bearers
7.Silver Shield Pikemen
8.Silver Shield Swordsmen
9.Indian Armoured Elephants
10.Seleucid Silver Hoplites
11.Seleucid Royal Thureophoroi
Melee Infantry (11)
12.Hillmen
13.Mob
14.Royal Peltasts
15.Silver Shield Swordsmen
16.Thorax Swordsmen
17.Silver Infantry
18.Seleucid Infantry
19.Seleucid Chosen Infantry
20.Seleucid Shield Smashers
21.Loyal Swords
22.Eastern-Born Hellenic Axes
Missile Infantry (8)
23.Eastern Javelinmen
24.Persian Light Archers
25.Eastern Slingers
26.Syrian Heavy Archers
27.Archers
28.Javelinmen
29.Light Peltasts
30.Peltasts
Pike Infantry (4)
31.Levy Pikemen
32.Pikemen
33.Silver Shield Pikemen
34.Thorax Pikemen
Spear Infantry (11)
35.Eastern Spearmen
36.Persian Hoplites
37.Shield Bearers
38.Thureos Spears
39.Silver Spearmen
40.Seleucid Veterans
41.Seleucid Heavy Spearmen
42.Seleucid Spear Guards
43.Spear Vanguards
44.Seleucid Silver Hoplites
45.Seleucid Royal Thureophoroi
Melee Cavalry (5)
46.Camel Spearmen
47.Azat Knights
48.Median Cavalry
49.Citizen Cavalry
50.Light Cavalry
Missile Cavalry (4)
51.Camel Archers
52.Horse Skirmishers
53.Skirmisher Cavalry
54.Tarantine Cavalry
Shock Cavalry (2)
55.Agema Cavalry
56.Hellenic Cataphracts
Chariot (1)
57.Scythed Chariots
Elephant (2)
58.Indian Armoured Elephants
59.Indian War Elephants
Fixed Artillery (4)
60.Greek Giant Ballista
61.Greek Polybolos
62.Greek Bastion Scorpion
63.Greek Scorpion (Fixed)
Field Artillery (6)
64.Greek Bastion Ballista
65.Greek Ballista
66.Greek Scorpion
67.Greek Heavy Onager
68.Greek Bastion Onager
69.Greek Onager
Admiral (2)
70.Tower Penteres - Persian Light Archers
71.Assault Hexeres - Royal Peltasts
Melee Ship (5)
72.Assault Dieres - Hillmen
73.Fire Pot Dieres - Light Peltasts
74.Fire Pot Dieres - Peltasts
75.Assault Hexeres - Royal Peltasts
76.Assault Tetreres - Thureos Spears
Missile Ship (10)
77.Scorpion Penteres - Persian Light Archers
78.Tower Penteres - Persian Light Archers
79.Missile Penteres - Persian Light Archers
80.Scorpion Trieres - Eastern Slingers
81.Missile Trieres - Eastern Slingers
82.Heavy Tower Hepteres - Syrian Heavy Archers
83.Raiding Hemiolia - Light Peltasts
84.Pursuit Trihemiolia - Light Peltasts
85.Raiding Hemiolia - Peltasts
86.Pursuit Trihemiolia - Peltasts
Artillery Ship (2)
87.Light Artillery Penteres - Greek Ballista (Ship)
88.Artillery Penteres - Greek Onager (Ship)