Changes between Version 32 and Version 33 of Civ:_Ptolemies

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Dec 22, 2013, 11:33:51 AM (10 years ago)

Author:

michael

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Civ:_Ptolemies

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  * '''Generic Name: Mercenary Thureos Spearman.'''
- * '''Specific Name: Thureophoros Misthophóros.'''
+ * '''Specific Name: Thureophóros Misthophóros.'''
    * '''Class:''' Spearman.
    * '''Ranged Armament:''' Spear or "Dory." 
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      * '''Advanced:''' Non-plumed Thracian-style Hellenistic helmets. Tunic with white stripe down the center. Brown boots. Decorative sheathed xiphos.
      * '''Elite:''' Plumed and crested Thracian-style Hellenistic helmets. Tunic with white stripe down the center. White boots. Decorative sheathed xiphos.
-   * '''History:''' .
+   * '''History:''' The thureophoroi (singular: thureophoros) was a type of infantry soldier, common in the 3rd to 1st century BCE, who carried a large oval shield called a thureos which had a type of metal strip boss and a central spine. They were armed with a long thrusting spear, javelins and a sword. They also usually wore an iron or bronze Macedonian helmet. The thureos was probably originally an adapted form of a Celtic shield. Thracian and Illyrian infantry probably adopted the shield before the Greeks. However it has been suggested that the thureos was brought to Greece after Pyrrhus of Epirus' campaigns in Italy, as his Oscan allies and Roman enemies used the scutum. Thureophoroi were a 3rd century development on the Peltast and wore no body armor, but did wear sturdy leather boots for quick movement. Thureophoroi could skirmish, as well as fight in a phalanx when necessary. They were often stationed on the flanks of the traditional pike phalanx as a flexible link between the heavier pikemen and the cavalry wings.
    * '''Garrison:''' 1.
    * '''Function:''' This is a "mercenary" unit, with all the traits that designation entails.
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    * '''Phase:''' Town.
    * '''Special:'''
-     * ''Must ''be constructed in '''neutral '''territory. Has no territory radius effect.
-     * Trains all "settler" units: Galatian Settler Swordsman, Macedonian Settler Cavalry, Tarantine Settler Cavalry.
+     * Expansion building. Instead of building more Civic Centers to expand their territory, Ptolemy players construct Military Settlements instead, which are are weaker and cast a smaller territory radius, but also are cheaper and build faster.
+     * Trains all "settler" units: Thureos Mercenary Spearman, Galatian Settler Swordsman, Macedonian Settler Cavalry, Tarantine Settler Cavalry.
 
  * '''Generic Name: Library.'''