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Class: heavy · Category: infantry · Men per unit: 40

Reforms: Unlocked by Polybian Reform · Older units become this one with Polybian Reform · No longer recruitable after The Late Republican Reforms · Becomes a newer unit with The Late Republican Reforms

	Primary	Secondary
Attack	14	14
Charge bonus	14	15
Type	thrown · blade	melee · blade
Damage	piercing	piercing
Projectile	pilum_early	—
Range	40	—
Ammunition	2	—
Properties	Armour-piercing (counts only half the target's armour) · used just before charging into combat	—

	Primary	Secondary
Total	45	—
Armour	11	—
Defence skill	29	—
Shield	5	—

Hit points	1
Ground: scrub / sand / forest / snow	0 / -1 / 0 / -1
Charge distance	30
Formations	Square

Technical stats

Time between blows (primary / secondary)	2.5 s / 2.5 s
Extra fatigue in hot climates	3
Collision mass per man (1.0 is normal)	1.25
Spacing between men: close / loose	1 × 1.2 m / 2 × 2.4 m
Default ranks	5

In battle: Can sap · Good stamina

A core roster unit for 4 factions, each able to raise it anywhere they hold the right building:

Roman Rebels (first civil war) · Roman Rebels (second civil war) · Rome · The Roman Senate

Exactly what a settlement must have, route by route (2)

Building	Also requires
Direct Rule	Tier 3 Military Industrial Complex · Tier 2 Colony · Polybian Reform · not The Late Republican Reforms
Homeland	Tier 2 Military Industrial Complex · Polybian Reform · not The Late Republican Reforms