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Seleucid Argyraspides

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Class: spearmen · Category: infantry · Men per unit: 60

Description

"Under Theodotos the Aitolian, who had played the traitor to Ptolemy, was a force of ten thousand selected from every part of the kingdom and armed in the Macedonian manner, most of them with silver shields." (Polyb. 5.79.4)

Stats

		Rank in roster
Men per unit	60	█████████· 87%
Attack	22	██████████ 99%
Charge bonus	6	███······· 28%
Defence	31	█████····· 46%
· armour	12	███████··· 69%
· defence skill	16	███······· 28%
· shield	3	████······ 37%
Morale	13	███████··· 70%
Discipline	Normal
Training	Highly trained
Recruitment cost	2,383 dn	██████···· 64%
Upkeep per turn	872 dn	████████·· 83%
Turns to recruit	4

Weapons

	Primary	Secondary
Attack	22	7
Charge bonus	6	6
Type	melee · blade	melee · simple
Damage	piercing	piercing
Properties	Long spear (bonus against cavalry, penalty against infantry) · +8 attack against cavalry · very long pike (phalanx)	—

Defence

	Primary	Secondary
Total	31	—
Armour	12	—
Defence skill	16	—
Shield	3	—

Condition and terrain

Hit points	1
Ground: scrub / sand / forest / snow	-4 / -1 / -6 / -1
Charge distance	0
Formations	Square · Phalanx

Technical stats

Time between blows (primary / secondary)	2.5 s / 2.5 s
Extra fatigue in hot climates	0
Collision mass per man (1.0 is normal)	1.23
Spacing between men: close / loose	1 × 1 m / 2 × 2.4 m
Default ranks	5

In battle: Can sap · Very good stamina

Who can recruit it

A core roster unit for 3 factions, each able to raise it anywhere they hold the right building:

Seleucid Empire · Seleucid Rebels (Asia Minor) · Seleucid Rebels (Upper Satrapies)

Exactly what a settlement must have, route by route (2)

Building	Also requires
Direct Rule	Tier 3 Military Industrial Complex · Tier 2 Colony
Homeland	Tier 2 Military Industrial Complex