Mercenary Eastern Javelinmen

The javelin is among the oldest weapons in the world. Equipped with javelins and little else, skirmishers harried their opposite numbers and peppered hoplite phalanxes before quickly retreating. This was the typical tactic of all unarmoured, javelin-armed troops: to engage at range and then fall back behind more heavily-armoured infantry, or continue attacks while trying to stay just out of reach of the enemy. Such harassment could be highly effective, in 391BC at the Battle of Lechaeum, a force of Spartans, lacking the support of skirmishers or cavalry, were severely punished by javelin-armed Athenians who refused to meet them at close quarters. Over time, shields became common, such as those used by Thracian and Greek peltasts, but in turn these were rendered obsolescent by the Hellenic thureophoroi. Nevertheless, javelinmen and other irregulars continued to play a part in many armies throughout antiquity.

Unit Name Mercenary Eastern Javelinmen

Main Unit Key Mer_Eas_Javelinmen

Land Unit Key Mer_Eas_Javelinmen

Naval Unit Key pel_transport

Soldiers 120

Category Missile Infantry

Class Missile Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 370

Recruitment Cost 230

Upkeep Cost 170

Missile Damage 41

├ Missile Weapon rome_javelin_improved

├ Projectile javelin_improved

├ Missile Damage 29

├ Missile Ap Damage 12

└ Base Reload Time 10

Accuracy 5

Range 80

Reload 13

Shots Per Minute 7

Ammunition 7

Melee Attack 8

Weapon Damage 24

├ Melee Weapon rome_shortsword

├ Melee Damage Base 20

├ Melee Damage Ap 4

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 0

├ Bonus vs Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 3

Melee Defence 37

├ Base Defence 12

├ Shield pelta

└ Shield Defence 25

Armour 15

├ Armour cloth

├ Armour Defence 10

└ Shield Armour 5

Health 45

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_very_light_fast

├ Man Health 40

└ Bonus Hit Points 5

Base Morale 20

Abilities

No Ability

Attributes

• Resistant to Fatigue
  Fatigue has less of an effect on this unit.
• Hide (scrub & forest)
  This unit can hide in scrub and forest until enemy units get too close.
• Resistant to Heat
  This unit tires less quickly in the desert.

Strengths & Weaknesses

• Very poor hull strength
• Very slow speed
• Weak ramming

• Short range
• Fast rate of fire
• Very good damage and armour penetration
• Very weak in melee
• Very poor morale

Empire Divided Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
1	rom_province_pool_galatia_et_cappadocia	Galatia et Cappadocia	Ancyra Iconium Mazaca Side	0	0.15	1	4
2	rom_province_pool_syria	Palmyra	Dura Palmyra	1	0.15	1	4
3	rom_province_pool_syria	Syria	Antioch Samosata Tarsus Thapsacus	1	0.15	1	4
4	rom_province_pool_armenia	Armenia	Arsamosata Artaxa Carana Tigranocerta	0	0.15	1	4
5	rom_province_pool_bithynia_et_pontus	Bithynia et Pontus	Amaseia Nicomedia Sinope Trapezos	0	0.15	1	4
6	rom_province_pool_caucasia	Caucasia	Gabala Mtskheta Phasis	1	0.15	1	4

Grand Campaign Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
7	rom_province_pool_galatia_et_cappadocia	Galatia et Cappadocia	Mazaca Samosata Ancyra Iconium	0	0.15	1	4
8	rom_province_pool_syria	Syria	Palmyra Dura Tyros Antioch	1	0.15	1	4
9	rom_province_pool_armenia	Armenia	Armavir Tushpa Arsamosata	0	0.15	1	4
10	rom_province_pool_bithynia_et_pontus	Bithynia et Pontus	Nicomedia Sinope Amaseia Trapezos	0	0.15	1	4
11	rom_province_pool_caucasia	Caucasia	Gabala Phasis Mtskheta	1	0.15	1	4