Spartan Veterans
Spartan war survivors and experienced soldiers.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 Spartan Veterans |
Main Unit Key Gre_Spartan_Veterans |
Land Unit Key Gre_Spartan_Veterans |
Naval Unit Key greek_transport |
Soldiers 160 |
Category Melee Infantry |
Class Spear Infantry |
Custom Battle Cost 700 |
Recruitment Cost 700 |
Upkeep Cost 85 |
Melee Attack 29 |
32 |
├ Melee Weapon rome_spear_elite |
├ Melee Damage Base 21 |
├ Melee Damage Ap 11 |
├ Armour Piercing No |
├ Bonus vs. Large 17 |
├ Bonus vs Elephants 19 |
└ Bonus vs Infantry 0 |
Charge Bonus 24 |
76 |
├ Base Defence 50 |
├ Shield hoplite |
└ Shield Defence 26 |
117 |
├ Armour bronze |
├ Armour Defence 74 |
└ Shield Armour 43 |
80 |
├ Man Entity rome_infantry_spartan |
├ Man Health 65 |
└ Bonus Hit Points 15 |
Base Morale 60 |
Abilities
Spartan Veterans- Use the Whip
Improved attack and fatigue resistance for a short time.
Melee attack, weapon damage, fatigue resistance
Exertion: fatigue - 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 - Square
The unit moves into a close square formation.
Bracing, morale, melee defence
Can't move
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
- Very good defensive unit
- Low damage but average armour penetration
- Average attack
- Good morale
Requires Buildings | |
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Lv. 0 |
Hoplite Barracks
(greek_military_heavy_3) Level 2 |
Lv. 1 |
Royal Barracks
(greek_military_heavy_4) Level 3
Monument of Leonidas
(greek_military_heavy_5) Level 4 |
Faction Availability | |
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Grand Campaign | |
Imperator Augustus |