Kingetoi

In game

Kingetoi — Vital statistics
Guardsmen	Medium infantry that has more armour and attack (especially against mercenaries) and a faster training speed than normal Swordsmen, making them in effect an Espadachine that comes into play one age earlier, although costing a bit more in food than usual. Strong versus siege weapons, buildings Weak versus heavy cavalry
Prereq:	Build time	HP	LOS	Attack	Attack speed	Movement speed	Upgrade of
[3]	14.3s (215t)	145	8	26	1.7s (25t)	24
Cost			Created from	Armour	Weapon range	Specialty
Base	Ramp	Pop
: 60; : 50	: 6	1		5	Melee	Defensive bonus versus archers.

Overall strategy

Kingetoi (or "marchers") are a Celtic upgrade of the Swordsman, becoming in essence a Guardsman that has far greater armour than any other Swordsman unit in the game. They however are considered a class of elite infantry, so they can be recruited solely from a Warrior Hall, and can be considered a super-unit in that they are not only cheap, but very tough, perhaps moreso than any other infantry unit in Warbirth.

History

Compared to battle-axes, spears or clubs, swords are highly deadly weapons owing to their versatility and their size, being a convenient sidearm like the revolver of our present day. A good swordsman would have been able to cut off the arms or legs of his enemies with a single stroke and still keep going on in defeating many of his enemies in a short period of time.

Celtic warriors typical of the early La Téne culture were the best within regular troops; They were veterans, highly skilled, and given the best equipment. This last evolved with time; The very first of these, in 600-300BCE would have been wearing no armor, but perhap a Semitic-style, disc-shaped bronze kardiophylax, and a high pointed helmet. They were given also heavy spears and a long sword — over time, most Celtic veteran infantry would be equipped with swords as main weapons as opposed to spears.

References

• Ancient Battles; Ancient boian armies of antiquity