Assault Tetreres - Levy Spearmen
Ramming attacks from these ships inflict terrible damage.Levies can fight and are relatively cheap to maintain, but lack skill and conviction.
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.
(Levy Spearmen)
Throughout the civilised world, levies formed the backbone of many armies. Called to service from among citizens or subjects, they followed a long tradition that began, in Greece at least, with hoplite warfare between the city-states. Equipped with spears, these levied phalanxes could present a formidable wall of spear points to other infantry and cavalry. What levies lacked in skill and discipline compared to professional soldiers and mercenaries, they made up for in numbers and the advantage their weaponry provided. These troops, especially the citizen-levy of the Greek city-states, were at first expected to provide their own arms and equipment. As time passed, the citizen army developed into a more formalised body in which arms and equipment were provided. Often, however, personal loyalty to a general or king replaced any sense of civic duty, although 'civic duty' might be grudging to say the least in men taken from their homes, families and livelihoods, and thrust into battle.
Unit Name Assault Tetreres - Levy Spearmen |
Main Unit Key Ara_Spear_Four |
Land Unit Key Ara_Levy_Spear |
Naval Unit Key persian_four |
Soldiers 120 |
Category Medium Ship |
Class Melee Ship |
Custom Battle Cost 580 |
Recruitment Cost 580 |
Upkeep Cost 116 |
890 |
└ Ship persian_four |
Ship Speed 6 |
Melee Attack 13 |
25 |
├ Melee Weapon rome_spear |
├ Melee Damage Base 20 |
├ Melee Damage Ap 5 |
├ Armour Piercing No |
├ Bonus vs. Large 20 |
├ Bonus vs Elephants 20 |
└ Bonus vs Infantry 0 |
Charge Bonus 11 |
49 |
├ Base Defence 24 |
├ Shield oval |
└ Shield Defence 25 |
45 |
├ Armour cloth |
├ Armour Defence 10 |
└ Shield Armour 35 |
45 |
├ Man Entity rome_infantry_medium |
├ Man Health 40 |
└ Bonus Hit Points 5 |
Base Morale 30 |
Abilities
Assault Tetreres- Row Hard 20
Increases speed for 20 strokes.
Ship speed
- Square
The unit moves into a close square formation.
Bracing, morale, melee defence
Can't move
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
- Average defensive unit
- Low damage but average armour penetration
- Weak attack
- Poor morale
Requires Buildings | |
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Lv. 0 |
Military Pier
(east_port_military_2) Level 1
Naval Yard
(east_port_military_3) Level 2
Drydock
(east_port_military_4) Level 3 |
Faction Availability | |
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Grand Campaign | |
Imperator Augustus |