Nasamones (Empire Divided) Melee Ship

Assault Tetreres - Numidian Swordsmen

Ramming attacks from these ships inflict terrible damage.

Learning to use a sword is not hard for African warriors.

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.

(Numidian Swordsmen)
Numidia had a fierce warrior tradition, partly due to the bitter feuding and internal warfare between the eastern Massylii and western Masaesylis. While the Numidians were famed as cavalrymen, their infantry forces were also quite effective. The historian Suetonius mentions that there were 'Numidian Legions' - a term normally reserved in Roman writings to describe Roman troops - when passing comment on Julius Caesar’s speech about Juba’s march to aid Scipio before the Battle of Thapsus in 46 BC. This suggests that some Numidians were fighting in the Roman style, and were possibly equipped in the same manner. The Numidians also adopted other tactics and war gear, such as the thureos-style shield and hoplite-like spears.

Abilities

Assault Tetreres

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

Attributes

• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
• Resistant to Heat
  This unit tires less quickly in the desert.

Strengths & Weaknesses

Assault Tetreres

• Average hull strength
• Medium crew
• Average speed
• Average ramming
• Average boarding

Numidian Swordsmen

• Very good attack
• Average defence
• Average damage but low armour penetration
• Good morale

Nasamones (Empire Divided) Units
General (1)
1.Numidian Noble Cavalry
Melee Infantry (1)
2.Numidian Swordsmen
Missile Infantry (2)
3.Numidian Javelinmen
4.Numidian Slingers
Spear Infantry (1)
5.Numidian Infantry
Missile Cavalry (3)
6.Numidian Cavalry
7.Numidian Noble Cavalry
8.Numidian Noble Cavalry
Fixed Artillery (3)
9.Roman Giant Ballista
10.Roman Polybolos
11.Roman Bastion Scorpion
Field Artillery (7)
12.Roman Ballista
13.Roman Bastion Ballista
14.Roman Beehive Onager
15.Roman Scorpion
16.Roman Heavy Onager
17.Roman Onager
18.Roman Bastion Onager
Admiral (1)
19.Missile Trieres - Numidian Slingers
Melee Ship (2)
20.Assault Dieres - Numidian Infantry
21.Assault Tetreres - Numidian Swordsmen
Missile Ship (3)
22.Raiding Hemiolia - Numidian Javelinmen
23.Missile Trieres - Numidian Slingers
24.Missile Trieres - Numidian Slingers