Thorakitai Hoplitai (Greek Heavy Hoplite Phalanx)

Thorakitai Hoplitai (Greek Heavy Hoplite Phalanx)
Thorakitai Hoplitai (Greek Heavy Hoplite Phalanx)
Primary Weapon	Type: spear Attack: 15 Charge: 6 Lethality: 0.13 Attributes: light spear
Secondary Weapon	Type: sword Attack: 10 Charge: 6 Lethality: 0.11 Attributes: Armour Piercing
Defence	Armour: 12 Shield: 3 Skill: 9
Recruitment	Soldiers: 40 Cost: 1902 Upkeep: 478 Turns: 1
Mental	Morale: 15 Discipline: disciplined Training: highly_trained
Other	Hit Points: 1 Mass: 1.22 Attributes: Can board ships, Can hide in forest Formation: square Side/Back spacing: 0.76/1 Mount effects: elephant -1 Ownership: Koinon Hellenon, Eleutheroi

Thorakitai Hoplitai are an elite among Greek soldiery, carefully selected and given the best training to make them superior spearmen.

Description

Some Hoplitai were able to afford better equipment and devote more time to warfare. Much of their equipment is similar to the less wealthy Hoplitai, with one exception. They were often armored in mail, which gave them better protection against most weapons in relation to the linothorax and leather used by other Hoplitai. The Thorakitai Hoplitai are among the best infantry in the world, if tactically inflexible due to the slowness of movement of an armored phalanx.

Historically, the Thorakitai Hoplitai (heavy hoplites) were the elite of most Hellenic armies, and tended to make up only a small percentage of the forces in the army. They were often deployed on the right flank of a Hellenic phalanx because the right side was more vulnerable than the left in phalanx combat. A hoplite was armed with his shield on his left arm and his spear gripped in his right one. Because of this the left side of a phalanx formation was naturally less vulnerable and the best soldiers were placed on the right flank with the logic being that elite troops would fight longer in dangerous situations than green or more poorly equipped soldiers. The Thorakitai Hoplitai were mostly grizzled mercenary veterans who had amassed enough wealth for higher quality panoplia or wealthy citizens who had a penchant for warfare. They were almost never used against the Romaioi because the Hellenikai poleis mainly accepted Romaios hegemony without serious struggle. The exception was Korinthos, whose Thorakitai Hoplitai broke the Romaioi left flank during the battle for the city, but were checked and then promptly cut down by Romaioi legionnaires and Noumidoi mercenaries enveloping them on three sides.

Usage

These heavy infantry are tough to defeat and are able to hold the line against the enemy or perform their roles as shock infantry.

While they are similar to the Thorakitai (Hellenic Heavy Spearmen) in stats. They are armed with armor-piercing sword which makes them quite better at attacking heavily armored infantry or cavalry compared to the Thorakitai being only armed with a spear.

They should not battling units like the Teceitos (Celtic Axemen), Drapanai (Dacian Shock Infantry), or the Botroas (Southern Gallic Swordsmen) as they will be torn apart due to having high armor while at the same time dealing even less damage against them.

Thorakitai Hoplitai AOR