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Galatian Swordsmen (AOR)

Light Infantry(0.6.7)

Faction:

Weapons

AttackLethalityChargeTypeTechMin. DelayMissile TypeMissile RangeAmmo

Weapon AttributesPrimaryThrown before chargingSecondaryNoneAttack AttributesFire Delay0Modifiers

Primary12114ThrownBladed25celtic_javelin502

Secondary150.520MeleeBladed25---

None

Defence

TotalArmourDefence SkillShield

Primary220157

Secondary----

Soldier Stats

SoldiersMass

600.91

Mental Stats

MoraleDisciplineTraining

12Impetuous (may charge without orders)Untrained

Health

Hit PointsExtra HP

Formation

FormationsDepthCharge Dist.

Spacing
Side / Back

CloseLoose

Square430

1.1 / 1.32.2 / 2.6

Cost

RecruitmentUpkeepWeapon UpgradeArmour UpgradeCustom Battle

14885451120565

Recruitment

Turns TakenAI Priority Offset

Terrain Modifiers

Attack ± in ScrubAttack ± in SandAttack ± in ForestAttack ± in SnowHeat Modifier

2-2420

Unit Data

Unit Type (ID)Dictionary StringUnit ClassUnit Category

aor galatian swordsmengalatian_swordsmenLightInfantry

Attributes: Can embark, Can hide in forest, Can hide in long grass, Can sap, Can warcry, Not available in custom battles, Mercenary unit, Very hardy

Ownership:

AOR Unit

Short description

Equipped with a long, slashing sword and protected by a Celtic thureos, these young swordsmen are eager for blood

Description

Equipped with a long, slashing La Tene iron sword and an oval, Celtic shield (thureos) made of leather-covered wood, these young Galatian warriors are eager to prove their worth in battle and rise through the ranks of Celtic society. Different to many other cultures, the Celts were experts at smithing swords, and thus able to also equip poorer and less experienced warriors with these weapons.

At the forefront of a Galatian army, these unarmoured swordsmen can deliver a lethal charge onto the enemy lines with their ferocity and formidable swords. Yet, a wise commander should be careful to protect them from javelins and not let them break apart in a frenzy.

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

In 279 BC well organised bands of Celtic warriors violently erupted into Macedonia and Greece (Liv. 38.16.1-2; Paus.1.4.1; Polyaen 7.35.1-2; Just. 24.4.6), causing widespread devastation, until the host, headed by Brennus, was defeated by the Aetolian League near Delphoi (Diod.22.9.1; Paus.23.10.1-10; Just.24.8.1-10). The following year, at the invitation of Nikomedes I of Bithynia, an off-shoot Celtic grouping, consisting of 10,000 warriors, crossed the Hellespont into Asia, along with their wives and children (Polyb. 1.6.5; Liv. 38.16.3-7; Strab. 12.5.1; Mem. FGrH 434 F11.1-3, F12.6; Paus. 1.41.5). The tribes of the Tolistobogii, Tectosages and Trocmi initially assisted Nikomedes in the dynastic struggle against his brother, before embarking on a decade of raiding and plundering in western Anatolia. Finally settling in the area of Phrygia and Kappadokia later known as “Galatia” (Mem. FGrH 434 F11.6), the three tribes were each divided into four cantons led by a tetrarch. These tetrarchai periodically gathered with 300 senators in the Drynemeton, a sacred place near modern Ancyra, in a “Council of the nation” (Strab. XII.5.1, C567).