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Spartan Recruits

Spartan fresh infantry.

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.

Spartan Recruits

Unit Name

Spartan Recruits

Main Unit Key

Gre_Spartan_Recruits

Land Unit Key

Gre_Spartan_Recruits

Naval Unit Key

greek_transport

Soldiers

160

Category

Melee Infantry

Class

Spear Infantry

Custom Battle Cost

540

Recruitment Cost

540

Upkeep Cost

70

Melee Attack

25

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

19

Melee Defence

72

├ Base Defence

46

├ Shield

hoplite

└ Shield Defence

26

Armour

95

├ Armour

spolas

├ Armour Defence

52

└ Shield Armour

43

Health

75

├ Man Entity

rome_infantry_spartan

├ Man Health

65

└ Bonus Hit Points

10

Base Morale

55

Abilities

Spartan Recruits
  • Rapid Advance
    Improved unit movement speed over an extended period.
    Speed, acceleration, charge speed
    Exertion: fatigue
  • Hoplite Wall
    The unit moves into close wall formation.
    Bracing, melee defence, shield strength
    Acceleration, 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

Transport
  • Very poor hull strength
  • Very slow speed
  • Weak ramming
Spartan Recruits
  • Good defensive unit
  • Low damage but average armour penetration
  • Average attack
  • Normal morale
Requires Buildings
Spartan Recruits Lv. 0 Holosideros Barracks
Holosideros Barracks
(greek_military_heavy_2)
Level 1
Hoplite Barracks
Hoplite Barracks
(greek_military_heavy_3)
Level 2
Civil Town
Civil Town
(greek_town_civil_3)
Level 2
Farming Town
Farming Town
(greek_town_farm_3)
Level 2
Market Town
Market Town
(greek_town_trade_3)
Level 2
Spartan Recruits Lv. 1 Royal Barracks
Royal Barracks
(greek_military_heavy_4)
Level 3
Monument of Leonidas
Monument of Leonidas
(greek_military_heavy_5)
Level 4
Civil Colony
Civil Colony
(greek_town_civil_4)
Level 3
Farming Colony
Farming Colony
(greek_town_farm_4)
Level 3
Market Colony
Market Colony
(greek_town_trade_4)
Level 3
Faction Availability
Grand Campaign
Imperator Augustus