Mercenary Sabean Javelinmen

The warriors of the Sabaean region were light infantry, cavalry and archers as mercenaries and auxiliaries for the Roman Empire. Dressed desert-fashion, they were entirely familiar with and comfortable in arid places. This was secondary however, to their reputation as mostly reliable fighters, of far more worth than ordinary citizens or levies. This was due to the independence that the Sabaean kingdom maintained from the 8th century BC to AD275. This record was based on military might as well as diplomacy and the spice trade including frankincense and myrrh. Never conquered by Rome, Sabaean warriors still found work as mercenaries and auxiliaries in Roman service.

Unit Name Mercenary Sabean Javelinmen

Main Unit Key 3c_Mer_Sabean_Javelinmen

Land Unit Key 3c_Mer_Sabean_Javelinmen

Naval Unit Key 3c_pel_transport

Soldiers 120

Category Missile Infantry

Class Missile Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 220

Recruitment Cost 220

Upkeep Cost 165

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 23

Shots Per Minute 8

Ammunition 7

Melee Attack 10

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 4

Melee Defence 38

├ Base Defence 13

├ Shield pelta

└ Shield Defence 25

Armour 15

├ Armour cloth

├ Armour Defence 10

└ Shield Armour 5

Health 50

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_very_light

├ Man Health 40

└ Bonus Hit Points 10

Base Morale 45

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	3c_province_pool_arabia	Arabia Felix	Eudaemon Maas-gat Marib	1	0.15	1	4
2	3c_province_pool_arabia	Arabia Magna	Adummatu Gerrha Yathrib	1	0.15	1	4
3	3c_province_pool_arabia	Judea	Jerusalem Salamis Tyros	1	0.15	1	4
4	3c_province_pool_arabia	Nabataea	Charmuthas Hegra Petra	1	0.15	1	4