Arjos

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...[S]oldiers came from the forts. Everything to do with the forts, according to what Tagart had told him, was to be shunned and feared.

— Richard Herley, The Earth Goddess (Pt I, cap 8)

In game[edit | edit source]

Overall strategy[edit | edit source]

A distinctively Celtic unit, the Arjos is typified by its ability to counter all other heavy infantry units. Not even Greek Hoplites with their terrifying attack and HP stand a chance against the Arjos. For this reason, if you see Celtic Arjoi approaching you, do not stand your ground, but bring out archers and skirmishers to take them out before their make contact with your forces. You can still defeat Arjoi in the old-fashioned way by using chariotry, if you so wish.

For the Celtic player, the Arjos is a fine spear unit

History[edit | edit source]

A simple, relatively light form of armour, chainmail consists of various interlocking links throughout. Chainmail was never designed to completely protect the wearer, as the energy of a blow would be transferred into the body with minimal resistance, leading to fractured and broken bones. The purpose of chainmail was to deflect glancing blows and to protect the body from cuts and gashes, which it excelled at. A strike from a sword would be able to break a bone, but the medicine of the time was sufficient enough to set and heal a broken bone (although not perfectly). An open wound, however, was likely to become infected, which the doctors of the time were not able to reliably treat.

Chain mail was thought to have been created some time during the Early Classic period of Western history, and gradually became one of the main forms of defence during the Middle Ages. We do not know the specifics, but it appears that it was first introduced in Celtic Europe and the Middle East — mail is mentioned by the Avesta, while the oldest example of chainmail ever to be found so far have all been excavated in Italy and Romania, all dating back as early as the 4th century BCE. Chainmail nevertheless was costly and difficult to make (especially since only very few cultures knew how to work effectively with iron until the middle of the 1st millenium BCE), and so most of the time throughout history only the elite could have access to chainmail.