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Assault Octeres - Egyptian Infantry

Anyone who does not quail before an octeres deserves to fill the belly of a fish.

Egyptians, trained for close-combat, are hardy and loyal in the service of a true Pharaoh.

An arms race in warship size developed between the various nations around the Mediterranean. Size, in terms of the number of rowers, ships length and bulk and above all majesty of the vessel became as much a tool of statecraft as of warfare. A people who could afford such ships were almost certainly rich enough to withstand the strains of any war. A 'four' or quadreme was still a handy warship, able to manoeuvre in battle. The same could not be said of some of the large polyremes, a word meaning many oars. Practical archaeology shows that too many banks of oars simply don't work, so polyreme probably referred to the number of rowers: an octeres is likely to have had some eight rowers per bank of three oars, arranged in three, three, and two to an oar going up from the waterline. King Demetius of Macedon led his fleet at the battle of Salamis in 306BC from the deck of a hepteres or 'seven', but his ambitions didn't stop there. Neither did those of other kingdoms, and later lumbering warships including 'elevens', 'thirteens' and larger. As bigger ships to carry more rowers such vessels could also carry big marine contingents, arrow towers and an array of useful artillery.

(Egyptian Infantry)
Native troops supported the Greek phalanxes of Ptolemaic Egypt. Brave and proud warriors, Egyptians fulfilled several roles, but were most commonly used as peltasts, skirmishers on the flanks of the phalanxes, or as non-phalanx infantry in difficult terrain. Although the Ptolemies adopted all the trappings of the Pharaohs and their religious infrastructure, there was still much unrest among the native population long after the succession. This was due mainly to the way the Greek overlords used the traditions of the Pharaohs to fill their coffers at the expensive of ordinary people. The core of Ptolemaic armies was always Greek until the Battle of Raphia in 217BC, when they faced such a large Seleucid force and Ptolemy IV was forced to muster some 30,000 native Egyptians for the first time. Need overcame the suspicion of the disenchanted natives; the performance of the Egyptians in battle eventually led to a greater proportion of native troops in the Egyptian army and, in time, more diverse roles for those men as they gained the trust of their Greek commanders.

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Assault Octeres - Egyptian Infantry

Unit Name

Assault Octeres - Egyptian Infantry

Main Unit Key

Egy_Infantry_Eight

Land Unit Key

Egy_Infantry

Naval Unit Key

egyptian_eight

Soldiers

200

Category

Heavy Ship

Class

Melee Ship

Custom Battle Cost

1450

Recruitment Cost

1450

Upkeep Cost

290

Missile Damage

32

├ Missile Weapon

rome_javelin_precursor

├ Projectile

javelin_prec

├ Missile Damage

20

├ Missile Ap Damage

12

└ Base Reload Time

15

Accuracy

5

Range

40

Reload

0

Shots Per Minute

4

Ammunition

2

Ship Health

2051

└ Ship

egyptian_eight

Ship Speed

4

Melee Attack

14

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

8

Melee Defence

39

├ Base Defence

14

├ Shield

thureos

└ Shield Defence

25

Armour

55

├ Armour

padded

├ Armour Defence

20

└ Shield Armour

35

Health

45

├ Man Entity

rome_infantry_medium

├ Man Health

40

└ Bonus Hit Points

5

Base Morale

30

Abilities

Assault Octeres
  • Row Hard 30
    Increases speed for 30 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 Octeres
  • Unbeatable hull strength
  • Very heavy crew
  • Very slow speed
  • Strong ramming
  • Indomitable boarding
Egyptian Infantry
  • Average attack
  • Weak defence
  • Average damage but low armour penetration
  • Poor morale
Requires Buildings
Assault Octeres - Egyptian Infantry Lv. 0 Military Port
Military Port
(greek_port_military_4)
Level 3