Not that Palmyrene Cohors and Legionaries are bad units, but for approaching double the cost they don’t really bring double the effectiveness. Oh, and did I mention that nearby factions will be relying on Vigiles, Eastern Spearmen, or Levies at this point, all of which are quite inferior to Palmyrene Spearmen in a straight up fight? The phalanx also provides better melee buffs than a testudo, and allows them to keep moving slowly. Thus their formation is less resistant to missiles, but in the early game there hopefully won’t be much more than slingers and skirmishers to deal with. They also cost far less upkeep, which is just as crucial if not more so for allowing you to keep building up your settlements despite the near-constant warfare.Īnother key thing to note is that while Palmyrene Cohors and Legionaries have Defensive Testudo, the standard Spearmen have Hoplite Phalanx. These fellows have weaker stats than the senior Cohors, most notably less armour – however, they cost a lot less. I am normally all for having few elite troops, but for Palmyra you will need to economise at least a little.Įnter Palmyrene Spearmen. I’m going to discuss the issues you face as a faction in the next chapter, but suffice to say for now that you will need more than one army. Said Cohors and Legionaries are fantastic units that you are going to want: and, in my opinion, should avoid for a while. Even their Cohors and Legionary units have them, rather than the traditional Roman gladius. Palmyran armies are heavily dependent on the spear.
Not to say that they’re easy – but that’s the point of this guide, to highlight the strengths. Palmyra has options for days, and doesn’t really struggle against anyone. Take a Roman legion, greek phalanxes, eastern spearmen and ranged firepower, and ram them all together. Remeber how the best thing about Rome in the grand Campaign is the auxiliary barracks, allowing you to flesh out armies with units from other races? Well Palmyra gets that, AND its basic unit chains have some of that diversity as well. The empire was multilingual, multicultural, and essentially a hodgepodge of everything in the area. Palmyra’s burgeoning empire stood at a crossroads – part of the Roman Empire, jammed between Persian, Arabic, and Egyptian cultures, with Galatians to the north and a history of Greek culture thanks to Alexander and the later Seleucids.
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