Terribly sorry Amenhotep7 for not having any new units to show you at the moment, but the Roman & Persian cataphract variations are taking me longer than I expected....and I did promise Xen that I would finish them first.
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In the mean time, so that I don't create units that nobody wants, or have to keep changing/altering units (thus wasting time), I have composed a quick list of alternative Hoplite shields, emblems, and helmets.
You choose which ones you want (I can also add a cloak, or make other shield emblems or use other helmets if you wish):-
For the 'drafted' Hoplites for example, I am planning on using the basic Civ3 Spearman who is a bit 'skinnier', but with a plain bronze Hoplite shield and a cheap looking helmet (as their equipment was supplied by the state, it would not be of the highest quality).
Spartan "Armed Helots" = as above, but with the famous 'lambda' for Lacedaemonia on the shield.
Athenian "Ephiboi" = as above, but with say an owl (if I can make a convincing looking one)
Other "Conscripted Hoplites" = as above, but with just plain bronze shields.
(Historical note: only Sparta and Thebes had 'national symbols' on their shields during this period. All the other city states allowed their Hoplites to wear whatever thay liked on their shields, in order to make each individual soldier stand out in battle.....a bit like medieval chivalric symbols)
Typical Armies Of The Period
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Hoplite heavy infantry armies with almost no cavalry:-
Athens, Sparta, Corinth, Argos, Thebes, and just about everybody in southern Greece, as well as the Greek colonies in southern Italy and Ionia.
Hoplite heavy infantry armies with more cavalry:-
Thessaly in central Greece, and the Etruscans, Romans, Campanians in Italy.
Peltast type armies with very few Hoplites and few cavalry:-
Illyria, Epirus, and Aetolia in western Greece.
Peltast type armies with no Hoplites but more cavalry:-
Macedonia and Thrace in northern Greece, and the Samnites, Oscans, Lucanians, and Bruttians in Italy.
Mercenary armies, with a equal mixture of heavy infantry, Peltasts and cavalry:-
Syracuse and Carthage.
Persia would be, as they have always been, a huge mass of useless subjugated levy infantry with lots of average cavalry.
(But
NO 'Immortals', as they were wiped-out 50 years earlier at Plataea
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Most of the above would also have 'impressed/drafted/conscript' citizen infantry, as well as skirmishing light infantry with defensive bombardment (Archers in Greece and Asia Minor, Javelinmen in Italy, Sicily and North Africa).
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How goes the territory? Preview?
