Syracuse (Rise of the Republic) Missile Infantry

Sicilian Peltasts

Sicily's original inhabitants can be defined as three separate groups of Italians: the Sicani, the Siceli and the Elymians. Despite splitting the island between them, there is no evidence that they ever fought. Then, from around 750BC, Greeks began to arrive in Sicily and establish colonies, the most important of which being Syracuse. By this time, Greek culture was already prevalent in the Mediterranean and the local tribesmen adopted Hellenic ways with relative ease. As Syracuse grew into a large and powerful polis, its tyrants levied local troops for campaigns against Carthage (for territory) and Athens (for influence), looking to exploit the latter's weakened state following its war against Sparta. Due to the lack of warlike natives, and their unchallenged development on Sicily, Syracuse became one of the most well-known places in the ancient world until 212BC, when the Roman consul Marcus Claudius Marcellus besieged and sacked the city.

Unit Name Sicilian Peltasts

Main Unit Key inv_gre_sicillian_skirmishers

Land Unit Key inv_gre_sicillian_skirmishers

Naval Unit Key pel_transport

Soldiers 120

Category Missile Infantry

Class Missile Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 550

Recruitment Cost 550

Upkeep Cost 110

Missile Damage 32

├ Missile Weapon rome_javelin

├ Projectile javelin_normal

├ Missile Damage 20

├ Missile Ap Damage 12

└ Base Reload Time 10

Accuracy 5

Range 80

Reload 13

Shots Per Minute 7

Ammunition 7

Melee Attack 35

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 5

Melee Defence 55

├ Base Defence 30

├ Shield peltast_thureos

└ Shield Defence 25

Armour 65

├ Armour spolas

├ Armour Defence 35

└ Shield Armour 30

Health 55

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_very_light_fast

├ Man Health 40

└ Bonus Hit Points 15

Base Morale 50

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.

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

Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Hoplite Barracks (inv_gre_military_3) Level 2 Royal Barracks (inv_gre_military_4) Level 3

Garrison Buildings
x 4	Capitoline Hill (inv_all_capitoline_hill) Level 0 Metropolis (inv_gre_major_town_4) Level 3 Euryalus (inv_gre_major_town_5) Level 4 Civil Colony (inv_gre_minor_town_civil_4) Level 3 Colony (Amber Road) (inv_greek_amber_4) Level 3 Colony (Sluiced Mine) (inv_greek_gold_4) Level 3 Colony (Grain Estate) (inv_greek_grain_4) Level 3 Colony (Sluiced Mine) (inv_greek_lead_4) Level 3 Colony (Master Leather Workshop) (inv_greek_leather_4) Level 3 Colony (Timber Trader) (inv_greek_lumber_4) Level 3 Colony (Marble Architect) (inv_greek_marble_4) Level 3 Colony (Olive Oil Trader) (inv_greek_olive_4) Level 3 Colony (Master Dye Works) (inv_greek_purple_dye_4) Level 3 Colony (Salt Workshop) (inv_greek_salt_4) Level 3 Colony (Master Winemaker) (inv_greek_wine_4) Level 3
x 2	Megapolis (inv_gre_major_town_3) Level 2 Farming Colony (inv_gre_minor_town_farm_4) Level 3 Market Colony (inv_gre_minor_town_trade_4) Level 3 Colony (Master Horse Breeders) (inv_greek_horse_3) Level 2 Colony (Armourer) (inv_greek_iron_armour_3) Level 2 Colony (Weaponsmith) (inv_greek_iron_weapon_3) Level 2
x 1	Ephebic College (inv_gre_military_buff_attack_4) Level 3 Polemistes Camp (inv_gre_military_mercenary_syracuse_4) Level 3 Mercenary Centre (inv_gre_military_mercenary_syracuse_5) Level 4

Faction Availability

Rise of the Republic

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