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

Before the Peace of Apameia in 188 BC the military power of the Attalid kingdom was rather insignificant, with Eumenes II contributing a paltry 4000 men, mostly mercenaries, to the campaign against Antiochos III in Asia in 190 BC. This assessment led to the long-standing belief that there was no citizenry armed as Macedonian Phalangites in the Pergamene army before 188 BC. However, an inscription mentions what seems to be a permanent open-air military camp (to hypaithron) near Attalid Tralleis (SEG 46, 1434) already in the 3rd century and in the 270s BC Philteairos had 1000 bronze peltai - the shields of the phalangites - produced in a temporary workshop in Pergamon, of whom he gave 600 to his ally Kyme (SEG 50, 1195). The evidence thus hints at the existence of Pergamene Phalangites before 188 BC, even though their number may have been as small as 400 men and there is no guarantee they were a standing force.

	Primary	Secondary
Attack	19	4
Charge bonus	1	1
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)	—

	Primary	Secondary
Total	24	—
Armour	10	—
Defence skill	11	—
Shield	3	—

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	1
Collision mass per man (1.0 is normal)	1.09
Spacing between men: close / loose	1 × 1 m / 2 × 2.4 m
Default ranks	5

In battle: Can sap · Good stamina

A core roster unit for one faction, which can raise it anywhere it holds the right building:

Pergamon

Exactly what a settlement must have, route by route (3)

Building	Also requires
Indirect Rule	Tier 2 Military Industrial Complex · Tier 1 Colony
Direct Rule	Tier 2 Military Industrial Complex · Tier 1 Colony
Homeland	Tier 2 Military Industrial Complex