Who gets it: Boeotians

Thebans: Why have we met today, Boiotian friends?

Tanagrans: We, the representatives of Tanagra, have a proposal.

Other Boiotians:

Tanagrans: We have seen the Macedonians use Aspis shields for their cavalry. The large, round shield affords horsemen the ideal protection, and armed with kopis and spear, they will be unstoppable in melee.

Orchomenians: But how much will it cost?

Tanagrans: Not that much, we already have many Aspis shields from our Hoplites, and the same goes for spears and Kopis swords. We can produce the necessary Linothorakes easily, one Linothorax can be produced for as little as 24 drachmae after the Athenian method...

Thebans: Bah, Athenians!

Anthedonians: But it's cheap...

Orchomenians: Let us vote!

And thus the Boiotians voted to introduce Aspis bearing cavalry into their army.

It fires when a settlement held by Boeotians is a huge city or larger.

The game checks this at the end of every round.

1 unit can be recruited once it fires:

Unit	Who can raise it
Aspidophoroi	Free Peoples

Units already in your armies are converted:

Before	After
Xystophoroi	Aspidophoroi

1 unit can no longer be recruited:

Unit	Who can raise it
Xystophoroi	Free Peoples