CLASH of Spears lists for Rome and its enemies

from Marius to Trajan (100BC-100AD)

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 Contents
1. Introduction .......................................................................................................................................................................... 5
1.2 The Late Republic ........................................................................................................................................................ 5
1.3 The Early Empire ......................................................................................................................................................... 7
1.4 Running historical matchups.................................................................................................................................. 9
2. New Rules ............................................................................................................................................................................11
2.1 New warband type, War-party ............................................................................................................................11
2.12 Ally contingents and War-parties ...............................................................................................................12
2.2 New Special Characters ..........................................................................................................................................13
3. Soldiers and War Gear ....................................................................................................................................................15
3.1 New Weapons and Armor ......................................................................................................................................15
3.2 New Traits ....................................................................................................................................................................16
3.21 Martial Traits .......................................................................................................................................................16
3.22 Disposition Traits ..............................................................................................................................................18
4. Other Tools of War ...........................................................................................................................................................19
4.1 Scorpio ...........................................................................................................................................................................19
4.2 Scythed Chariot ..........................................................................................................................................................22
5. Rome & its enemies from Marius to Trajan ...........................................................................................................25
5.1 Late Republican Roman ..........................................................................................................................................26
5.2 Early Imperial Roman..............................................................................................................................................28
5.3 Ancient British ............................................................................................................................................................30
5.4 Dacians...........................................................................................................................................................................32
5.5 Germanic Tribes.........................................................................................................................................................34
5.6 Parthians .......................................................................................................................................................................36
5.7 Pontic..............................................................................................................................................................................37
5.8 Spartacus slave revolt (third servile war 73 BC) ......................................................................................... 38
5.9 Late Successors of Alexander ...............................................................................................................................39
5.10 Thracians....................................................................................................................................................................43

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 1. Introduction
Circa 104 BC Gaius Marius decided the legions would no longer use different animals as their
standards, thus the Aquila was adopted as the unique symbol for all legions. From then on, the eagles
would rise to expand the reach or Rome through the world

1.2 The Late Republic Although the senate wanted to retain

After the end of the Punic Wars, Rome quickly
became the dominant power in the
Mediterranean. However, conflict was ever
present at the edge of the Republic.
Towards the end of the 2nd century BC the
Numidian King Jugurtha, a former ally of
Rome, openly initiated hostilities against the
Roman territories in Africa.
The inability of the chosen Roman consuls in
dealing with Jugurtha soon became a
problem. It was then that an up and coming
legate named Gaius Marius saw an
opportunity to gain renown.
Caecilius Metellus as Consul, Gaius Marius
used a preexisting rule that allowed the
people to contradict the dispositions of the
Senate and thus managed to outmaneuver his
political rivals to become the new Consul.
This plebeian influence in consular
appointments would become more common
from then on, thus leading to the popularity
of the phrase Senātus Populusque Rōmānus,
the People and Senate of Rome -S.P.Q.R.- as a
prominent symbol of the late Republic.
The political environment was making it
difficult for Marius to raise legions in the
traditional way and so he came up with a new

The Republic in 63BC

Pompey’s conquests
Caesar’s conquests
Vassal Roman States

Roman Republic during Caesar’s time (© Historicair/ Wikimedia Commons)

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plan. He passed reforms that eliminated the
property requirements for citizens to join the
army. These reforms allowed him to levy a
professional army paid and equipped by the
state.
This was the beginning of the transition from
the citizen army of the earlier Republic to the
professional force of the Late Republic.
Leading this new republican army, Marius
was able to defeat Jugurtha. A few years later
he was responsible for saving Rome from the
Germanic tribes invading from the north, thus
becoming a Hero of the Republic.
The availability of a professional army
extended the reach of Rome’s military power
now that the new professional soldiers did
not have the intrinsic desire to return to
family life after each campaign. The extended
As a result of the reforms implemented by Marius, legionnaires became professional soldiers with uniform equipment
provided by the state.
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service time of the professional soldier also
led to great loyalty from the soldiers to their
leaders. This meant that the consuls where
soon able to convert their military support
into political power!
In the years to come after the Marian reforms,
the Roman Legions faced many new enemies
while pacifying Iberia, expanding into
Germanic territories, or while pushing
towards the east and fighting the remains of
the Alexandrian empire and other eastern
kingdoms. Led by generals such as Caesar and
Pompey the legions dramatically increased
Rome’s sphere of influence, annexing new
territories. It was only a matter of time before
these generals would CLASH with each other
resulting in the well-known Roman civil war
between Caesar and Pompey, where
ultimately Caesar resulted victorious.
1.3 The Early Empire
After the assassination of Julius Caesar, Rome
once again descended into civil war.
This war was also known as the war of the
triumvirate. In the end, Octavian, adoptive
son of Julius Caesar, defeated the combined
forces of Mark Anthony and Cleopatra at the
naval battle of Actium in 31 BC.
This final victory allowed Octavian to
consolidate his power. He adopted the title of
Princeps, first man. He became what can be
considered the earliest emperor of Rome and
took the name Augustus.
Augustus soon decided the Roman army was
due for new reforms. The Marian reforms had
transformed the legionnaire into a
professional soldier, and it was now time to
continue that process to transform the entire
army into a dedicated professional force
incorporating the allied auxiliary troops into
the Roman ranks and drill.
Although Rome would continue to use allies
that fought in their traditional style and
organization when needed, the bulk of the
auxiliary troops, non-citizen soldiers
provided by the provinces, received
standardized equipment and were organized
into cohorts for infantry and alae for cavalry.
The legionnaires and auxiliaries of the new
army were fully equipped by the state and
they would become the pinnacle of the
Roman fighting machine. This disciplined and
effective army was now ready to push the
frontiers of the growing empire.
Augustus indeed expanded the frontiers of
the empire across the known world.
In 9 AD Rome faced one of its greatest
disasters since Cannae, when an army under
command of Quinctilius Varus operating in
Germany was ambushed at the Teutoburg
forest.
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The Early Roman Emperors
• Augustus 27BC-14AD
• Tiberius 14-37AD
• Caligula 37-41AD
• Claudius 41-54AD
• Nero 54-68AD
• Galba 68-69AD
• Otho 69AD
• Vitellius 69AD
• Vespasian 69-79AD
• Titus 79-81AD
• Domitian 81-96AD
• Nerva 96-98AD
• Trajan 98-117AD
Rome soon recovered and retaliated with a
successful campaign, yet the region of the
Rhine would continue to be a border of the
empire that had to be watched carefully for
years to come.
Rome also expanded into Britain when in 43
AD Claudius sent legions under the pretext of
supporting a local faction among the internal
turmoil in the isles.
Annexing Britain was not an easy task and the
struggle in the isles continued all the way up
to Boadicea’s insurrection circa 60AD.
As armed insurrections became common
across the empire it was only a matter of time
before the turmoil would turn to civil war
again.
In 68AD, General Sulpicius Galba who was in
command of the legions in Spain, was able to
leverage his military power and conspire to
depose Nero. Upon Nero committing Suicide
Galba was proclaimed Emperor. Soon, other
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military commanders in other provinces saw
an opportunity to seek power through coups
and plots.
After the continuous turmoil that extended
through 69AD, in the end it was Vespasian,
with support from the eastern legions, who
was able to establish himself as ruling
emperor.
Vespasian had been a successful military
commander and he was able to reign for 10
years until his death.
He was succeeded by his son Titus and later
his other son Domitian.
During Domitian’s reign, Rome expanded the
frontier in the British Isles towards Ireland.
Meanwhile, north of the Illyricum province,
Domitian had to deal with the growing threat
of Dacians and Sarmatians that continuously
harassed the Roman border.
Roman Empire at the end of Trajan’s reign (© Tataryn / Wikimedia Commons)
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Despite some success in the campaign against
the Dacian king Decebalus, Domitian could
not solidify his position as new unrest
troubled the German frontier.
Rome agreed to peace terms with Decebalus
in 88AD. These terms were very convenient
to the Dacians and allowed them to grow in
strength in the region.
Domitian was increasingly perceived as a
Tyrant due to his disdain for the Senate and
in 96AD he was assassinated.
The Senate immediately proclaimed Marcus
Nerva as the new Emperor.
Soon it was clear that Nerva was finding it
difficult to consolidate his power and he had
no option but to appoint a successor. He
adopted Trajan due to his military merits.
In January of 98AD Nerva died and Trajan
became emperor of Rome.
With Trajan in power, Rome was once again
in an expansionary trajectory. First, the
Dacian growing threat had to be dealt with by
taking military action against king Decebalus.
Trajan’s campaign in Dacia achieved final
victory, conquering and destroying the
Dacian capital of Sarmizegetusa.
After the success in Dacia, Trajan turned to
the Parthians and Armenians that continued
to be a problem on the Roman frontier.
1.4 Running historical matchups
With the addition of this expansion players
now have three possible versions of the
Roman army for different time periods.
Players interested in fighting historical
engagements can use this quick table below
that shows which Roman army interacted
with each of the possible other lists. An X
indicates that they engaged with each other.

He succeeded to invade Armenia. Although he The rules for allies and close allies can be
was not able to subjugate the Parthians, by found on page 119 of CLASH of Spears. An
installing a subservient king in Armenia at army can choose as allies other armies in the
least he managed to keep them at bay. same column, while each list indicates what
other nations can be treated as close allies.
In 117AD Trajan became ill and in August of
that year he died. Given the scale of actions represented you
can always imagine a small band of deserters
Trajan had not officially chosen an heir, at the or rebellious troops helping the enemy or
moment of death, he supposedly appointed mercenaries looking for fortune far away
Publius Aelius Hadrianus as successor. from home like in the Anabasis. Time travel
however, seems more unlikely!
Whether by honest appointment or political
maneuvering in 117AD Hadrian became the
new emperor of Rome.
Republican Roman Late Republican Roman Early Imperial Roman
Army List
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Carthaginians X
Gallic Tribes X X
Greek Colonies X
Iberian Tribes X X
Italian Tribes X X
Numidians X X
Pyrrhus Expedition X
Ancient British X X
Dacians X
Germanic Tribes X X
Parthians X X
Spartacus Revolt X
Thracians X X
Late Successors X X
Pontic X X

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 2. New Rules
Victrix Imperial Romans painted by Dwarf Crypt Painting
2.1 New warband type, War-party
We need to introduce a new type of warband
organizational structure to better reflect how
professional forces are organized.
While some armies allow you to build your
force as an Ad-Hoc or a Muster force, for
armies based on career soldiers rather than
levied upon need from the civilian population
we introduce a new type of force called the
War-party.
Armies that indicate that they follow the war-
party organizational structure do not benefit
from adopting a mix of civis, milites and rare
compliant with the Muster force but will gain
certain benefits if the force is organized
according to the War-party composition.
For a force to be compliant with the War-
party composition it must fulfill the following
requirements:
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1) The number of milites models in your
force must be greater than or equal to the
number of civis models in your force
2) The number of milites models in your
force must be greater than or equal to
twice the number of rare models in your
force.
If your warband conforms to the war-party
organization and your list indicates that this
is an acceptable composition for your army,
you will start the game with one fate point
and one “War-party token”, use any available
token that suits you to represent the war-
party token as long as it is different from the
tokens you use to represent fate points (a
nicely painted 54mm Roman legionary could
be a good idea).
The War-party token can be used once during
the game to gain one of the following benefits:
• You may expend the War-party token to
re-roll a single die out of three, on a break
test that you have just taken
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• You may expend the war-party token and 2.12 Ally contingents and War-parties
use it as a fate point, in the same way as
With the incorporation of the War-party
standard fate points are used, see page 95
organization we now have three different
of the CLASH of Spears core book.
ways to organize your force.
These benefits reflect the commitment of the
Any force can be organized as Ad-hoc, some
professional soldier to the task at hand, which
can be organized as Muster and some can be
might not be necessarily superior to that of
organized as War-Party.
the citizen soldier of the Muster force, but
manifests in a slightly different way in the When you add an allied force to your core
rules. force it will be organized according to one of
those alternatives.
Of course, you can still build an Ad-Hoc force
if you’d rather build an army that does not If the allied force is Muster or War-Party
follow the War-party structure. (depending on the valid organization for that
list) and your core force is not Ad-Hoc, then
For armies that follow the War-party
your whole army gains the benefits from your
organization, building a warband compliant
main force organizational structure, Muster
with the Muster force structure counts as an
or War-Party, whatever applies.
Ad-Hoc force.
If either the core force or the allied force is
A force qualifies as a War-party if both these
Ad-Hoc then the whole army will be
conditions are fulfilled:
considered Ad-Hoc.
• The number of civis models does not
exceed the number of milites models
in the force Example
• The number of milites models is
greater than or equal to twice the Alvaro has built a Caesarean army according
number of rare models in the force to the Late Republican list and his Romans
comply with the War-Party requirements.
An army from a list that observes the War-
party organization and that fulfills the He has decided to add a Germanic Tribes ally
previous requirements starts the game with contingent. The Germanic tribes observe the
one fate point and one war-party token. Muster force organizational structure.

The war-party token can be used once during If the ally contingent does not comply with
the game to gain the following: the Muster requirements, the whole army will
be considered Ad-Hoc.
• You may expend the war-party token
If the ally contingent complies with the
to re-roll a single die during a force
Muster force requirements, then the army is
break test
considered a War-Party, since that is the
• You may expend the war-party token
organizational structure of the Late
to use it as standard fate point as
Republican army.
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2.2 New Special Characters
Supporting families (15 or 20pts)
Some army lists provide the option of fielding
supporting families in your force.
These particular families are especially fierce
and in the habit of loudly reminding their
warriors of the extreme consequences of
defeat. Sometimes explicitly describing the
tragedies that would befall them if their
warriors decided to turn craven. This will
inspire extra courage or at least intimidate
them enough to prefer death in the battlefield
rather than returning defeated!
If you don’t have supporting family figures
you may still include them in your force but
must pay 20 pts for them. If you have a few
painted camp followers that you can place
next to the table, you can include them in
your army for 15pts.
If a player decides to give a rousing speech
before the battle (see CLASH of Spears page
96), the presence of supporting families will
help the commander make clear to the
soldiers how important the victory is.
The player will benefit from a +2 modifier to
the die roll. This means that the force will
gain a fate point on a roll of 3+ instead of the
normal 5+ required

The supporting families will not join the

battle and will instead remain in the
periphery of the battlefield which means that
you don’t necessarily need figures to
represent them.

Scenes from a Roman city market

Miniatures by Footsore, painted by Chris Dingley

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 3. Soldiers and War Gear
3.1 New Weapons and Armor
Additional Hand Weapon
(initiative 1, save mod 0)
This represent models armed with two hand
weapons used simultaneously.
Double Handed Weapons
Use the same rules as double handed axe in
CLASH of Spears (page 60).
Mixed weapons
(initiative 2, save mod 0)
In general, in CLASH a unit has to have a
predominant weapon with which the
majority of the models in the unit is armed.
However, we now introduce the category of
Mixed weapons to reflect the armament of
those units were no weapon is dominant and
instead troops are armed with a variety of
weapons
Improved Armor
Improved partial or full armor follow the
same characteristics indicated in the CLASH
but the base armor has been enhanced by
adding metal plates or similar types of
improvements.
Troops equipped with Improved partial
armor or Improved full armor benefit from
the same armor points as the base armor and
have the same saving throw and use the same
fatigue chart category corresponding to that
type of armor. However, whenever troops
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armed with improved armor roll a saving
throw any rolls of 1, before applying any
modifiers, can be re-rolled as long as the hit
suffered did not confer a negative save
modifier. If the hit has a negative save
modifier the “improved” characteristic is
ignored.
We will add “ * ” in the save characteristic to
remind player of the additional rules.
Victrix Imperial
Legionnaire armed
with Improved
Partial Armor and
Heavy Shield
Example:
A unit of legionaries equipped with improved
partial armor and heavy shields are attacked
by enemy javelinmen suffering 3 hits.
The Roman player rolls the saving throws and
gets a 1,3 and a 6. This would result in 2
wounds given the saving throw of 4+.
However due to the improved characteristic
of the armor the Roman player re-rolls the 1
and gets 5, so in the end only one wound is
suffered.
It the 3 hits had been from throwing spears
then the re-roll would not be allowed and 2
wounds would have been caused. This is
because as the throwing spear hits have a
save modifier of -1 it negates the benefit of
the “improved” armor.
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Enclosed Armor (armor points 3)
This includes armor that covers the entire
body. This include limbs and sometimes even
some time of face protection.
Horse barding (armor points 1)
This includes armor that covers the majority
of the mount. Since rider and mount are
considered a single element in CLASH adding
this armor extends their survivability.
Horse Half-barding (armor points 1/0*)
This category includes armor that only covers
the frontal part of the horse.
Half barding counts as 1 point of armor, just
like barding but only when engaged in melee,
not against missile attacks.
When consulting the fatigue chart, use the
saving throw that applies against missile
attacks and ignore the effect of the half-
barding.
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3.2 New Traits
3.21 Martial Traits
Bushmaster
(affects movement in terrain)
These warriors are experts in the use of
terrain, skillfully melding with it when needed.
Troops with the Bushmaster trait that have to
take a morale test while all the models in the
unit are in high area terrain may re-roll any
1s rolled, before applying any modifiers.
These troops gain a +1 save modifiers against
missile attacks while in high area terrain.
Guarded Attack
(requires loose order vs loose order and
additional hand weapon, affects attack)
These warriors are expert two weapon fighters
and can parry counterattacks while closing in.
This trait takes effect when doing an attack
action in loose order against an enemy also in
loose order that counterattacks. Each to-hit
rolls of 6, before applying any modifiers, will
cause hits as usual and will also cancel one of
the enemy hits.
Gushing Wounds
(requires double handed, affects all-out attack)
The impressive wounds caused by these troops
with their heavy weapons can have significant
impact on the enemy morale.
When attacked by an enemy with this trait
doing an all-out attack, for each saving throw
of 1 before applying any modifiers the
defender must add 1D6 to their morale test as
if they had received an additional wound.
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Line Breaker
(requires double handed weapon and loose
order, affects attack)
These soldiers are trained to use their double
handed weapons to break through an enemy
closed formation.
When doing an attack action in loose order
against an enemy in close order, if the enemy
is forced to take a morale test, they must roll
an additional D6, just as if they had suffered
one additional casualty.
Parry Riposte
(requires loose order against enemy in loose
order, affects defend)
These soldiers can quickly transform a
defensive action into a counterattack.
This trait takes effect when troops select
defend while in loose order against an enemy
also fighting in loose order. For each enemy
hit cancelled by the defend response, the
defending player rolls a D6, each result that
matches or exceeds the combat stat of the
defender will cause a hit on the attacker. The
attacker never takes a morale test due to
these hits.
Overhead shot
(requires close order, affects shoot)
These troops are trained to fire indirectly over
friendly troops deployed close by.
When executing a shoot action while in close
order these troops can trace line of sight over
friendly troops within 4”. As long as at least
one of the shooting models has to trace line of
sight through friendly models treat the shoot
action as happening at long range. You can
always choose to shoot with models that have
direct line of sight if you wish to.
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Overwhelm
(required loose order, more attackers than
defenders and enemy within 2”)
These fighters prefer to swarm the enemy with
greater numbers to gain advantages in melee.
This is only possible when having a numerical
advantage against an enemy that has
wondered too close.
When executing an attack in loose order
against an enemy within a range of 2”, if the
attacker has more models than the defender,
then the attacker may re-roll any to-hit rolls
of 1, before applying any modifiers.
In addition to this, if the enemy is forced to
take a morale test from melee, they must roll
an additional D6, just as if they had suffered
one additional casualty.
Poorly equipped
(affects combat stat)
These troops do not normally carry a good
quality secondary weapon, and this will affect
their combat characteristic when their main
weapon is not available.
In CLASH we always assume that troops
armed with throwing weapons carry a
secondary weapon they can use in melee.
Poorly equipped troops carry poor quality
secondary hand weapons such as a knife or a
club in addition to their main weapon, usually
a throwing spear.
While troops with the poorly equipped trait
have an unloaded token next to them due to
having thrown their throwing spears, they
will suffer a -1 to any rolls against the combat
stat.
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3.22 Disposition Traits
Cutthroat
(affects enemy morale test in melee)
These troops can instill fear on a weakened
enemy due to their aggressive nature and
constitution.
If a an enemy unit is forced to take a morale
test from melee, while they have more fatigue
points than the cutthroat soldiers they are
fighting, they must add 1D6 to the test just as
if they had suffered an additional casualty.
Grizzled
(affects enemy morale test in melee)
These veteran soldiers having served for a long
time have experience most of the horrors of
war and are not easily affected by situations
that would disturb most warriors.
Troops with this trait always ignore the
effects of enemy traits that would force them
to add a D6 in morale due to melee or missile
attacks such as furor, impulsum etc.
In addition to this they only roll 1D6 when
testing morale for seeing a friendly unit
destroyed or a friendly character fall (see
page 28, CLASH of Spears).
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Independent
(affects activation)
Models with the independent trait do not
require a CP to activate or react as long as
they don’t currently accumulate any action
tokens.
CPs can still be used to activate them if they
currently do accumulate action tokens or to
increase the chances on any required
activation or reaction test.
When attempting a reaction test using this
trait, if the reaction is failed the model/unit
gains an action token.
Vicious
(affects all-out attack)
These warriors are especially violent and
bloodthirsty, they normally use hacking
weapons and single bladed swords that they
wield savagely to inflict terrible wounds
mercilessly.
When executing an all-out attack any natural
rolls of 6 will cause two hits as usual. In
addition, those hits resulting from any 6s
rolled receive a -1 save modifier, the
opposing player must roll these saves
separately to account for this.
Robur
(affects attack)
These warriors are especially big and strong.
They have spent their lives training themselves
to use their size and strength in combat to
overpower the enemy
When troops with this trait execute an attack
action, they may re-roll any 1s rolled before
applying any modifiers.
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A mounted patrol trots by a scorpio battery deployed on a hill
4.1 Scorpio
From the late Republic onwards, it was
common to assign these small engines of war
to Roman legions and this was formalized
under Augustus reforms.
Although the scorpio might not be a common
weapon to be encountered in skirmish
actions it is not difficult to imagine special
scenarios where one or two could be
deployed with a specific role during a small
encounter.
A scorpion is represented by the bolt-thrower
model and a crew of two operators.
The cost of the scorpio itself is 30pts but you
need to add two crew that must be purchased
separately.
A scorpio counts as 4 rare models plus the 2
crew for a total of 6 rare models.
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Movement
The scorpio was light enough that it could be
moved by the crew, however this was not an
easy task.
To move a scorpio a crew of two is required,
if only one crewman remains it cannot be
moved. The scorpio must first be secured for
transport by executing a ready action.
Once the scorpio has been secured it can be
moved 4” by the crew executing a move
action but this action will incur an additional
+1 fatigue beyond what is indicated in the
fatigue chart.
The scorpio cannot enter or move over rough
or broken terrain nor can it be moved over
linear obstacles.
Once secured for movement the scorpio
cannot shoot until it is deployed.
Deploying takes one ready action and it
allows the crew to place the scorpion facing
in any direction.
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Turning the Scorpio
A scorpio can be turned in place to face any
desired direction. Unlike moving, the scorpio
can turn even if only one crew member
remains.
Turning the scorpio counts as a regular move
action.
Shooting the Scorpio
Scorpios shoot using the shoot action using
the ranged stat of the crew, as long as at least
one crew remains (see page 43 of CLASH of
Spears). When shooting, the fatigue modifier
for the action becomes 0 instead of the
normal +1, so the unit only incurs the fatigue
indicated in the fatigue table.
The Scorpio has a close range of 32” and does
not have long range.
The Scorpio suffers a -1 to hit against all
targets beyond 8” and a -2 to hit against all
targets beyond 16”.
The Scorpio benefits from a +1 to hit
modifiers against any targets in close order.
The Scorpio ignores to-hit penalties for the
shield overlap trait.
If the Scorpio hits the target immediately roll
a second die with the same target number to
attempt to score a second hit and all the same
traits apply.
Hits gain a -2 save modifier
The scorpio can only shoot at an enemy target
in line of sight.
The Scorpio does not have an arc of fire. It
shoots at the closest target in the direct
straight path along the direction of the facing
going through the center of the model.
It may shoot over targets at different
elevation on the same straight line, as long as
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the LOS rules detailed in CLASH of Spears
(page 24) are observed.
After the scorpio shoots, place two unloaded
markers, the scorpio cannot shoot again until
the unloaded markers are removed.
When executing a ready action while the
scorpio is deployed and still manned by both
crew, remove one unloaded marker. If only
one crew remains then two consecutive ready
actions within the same activation are
required to remove the first unloaded token,
while the second unloaded token can be
removed with a single ready action.
Note that if the unit is stalled when trying to
execute the consecutive actions it must start
again on the next activation.
The Scorpio in melee
The scorpio cannot execute attack or all-out
attack, however if attacked in melee by an
enemy the crew will fight and can adopt any
valid combat response.
Eliminating the Scorpio
Any melee and missile attacks against the
scorpio are always resolved against the crew.
Once both crew members are eliminated you
can either leave the scorpio model on the
table or remove it, but it can no longer be
utilized, has no other effect on the game and
counts as 4 additional models for breakpoints
from casualties, 6 counting the crew.
Scorpio during the engagement phase
During the engagement phase assign the
scorpio a deployment token as you would to
other units. The scorpio never provides
scouting tokens no matter what armor the
crew has.
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normally just like other counters; however,
you may not enter or move it through
rough/broken terrain or cross obstacles.
When replacing the token with the scorpio
the unit gains one fatigue for each 4” move,
taken and is considered secured for
movement.

• Movement: Requires one ready action to secure and one ready action to deploy, cannot shoot
while secured for movement. Requires two crew to move and moves 4”. May not enter rough or
broken terrain
• Turning in place: if deployed with at least one crew, may turn in place as a move action
• Shooting: Range is 32” / -
-1 to hit if beyond 8”, -2 beyond 16”, +1 to hit vs close order (ignores shield overlap trait)
• If a hit is scored, repeat and if also successful another hit is scored. Hits have a -2 save modifier
• Shoots at closest target in LOS in straight line of facing, may shoot over troops at different
elevation per normal LOS rules.
• Gains two unloaded markers. With two crew a ready action removes one unloaded, with one
crew two ready actions in the same activation remove the first one while a single ready action
removes the second one.
• During the engagement phase gain 1 fatigue per move, never adds scout tokens, and may not
enter rough/broken terrain or cross obstacles. Starts the game secured for movement.

Example:
In the example below, a player wants to shoot the scorpio at enemy unit A, however friendly unit B
is the first unit on the straight path, so the player spends an action to rotate the scorpio.

On the second action the player does aims since the crew have the trait. On the third action he rolls
to hit looking to roll a 5+ given the distance and the ranged stat of the crew. The player rolls a 5 and
hence a second roll is made also looking for a 5, this time the roll is a 3. The re-roll from the aim still
apply so he re-rolls but gets a 2. In the end one hit is scored, the enemy will have to attempt a saving
throw with a -2 save modifier.

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4.2 Scythed Chariot
Although scythed chariot would most often
be encountered in major battles, it is possible
to imagine situations in which one of these
chariots could get involved in a CLASH of
Spears engagement.
The scythed chariot always counts as save 4+
when consulting the fatigue table.
Scythed chariot, Gripping Beast miniatures painted for
PaintingWAR Magazine: Roma y sus enemigos.
Movement
Scythed chariots are difficult to maneuver.
When a scythed chariot does a move action
only two options are available
1) Move in a straight line in the direction of
facing up to 8”
2) Roll a test against the grit stat and if
passed the chariot may move up to 4”
straight in the direction of facing and
execute a turn of up to 45 degrees at the
end of the move. If the test is failed the
chariot may still do a straight move of up
to 8”.
Scythed chariots may never enter rough or
broken terrain or cross obstacles.
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Scythed chariots and melee
Scythed chariots cannot execute Attack or All-
Out-Attack actions. They can execute Charge
actions.
A Charge action is a Fatigue +0 action, so
always gain the fatigue indicated in the
fatigue table.
When executing a charge action the chariot
must move in a straight line in the direction
of facing up to 8” and end up in base to base
contact with an enemy.
When executing a charge action, instead of
using the attacks of the charioteer, the chariot
rolls 3 attacks hitting on 3+ applying any
relevant modifiers. The speed of the attack
grants the chariot an initiative of 4 for these
attacks.
The enemy contacted with this charge action
can only select hold or can choose to do
dodge as a combat response. A dodge costs an
action but does not add any fatigue to the
dodging unit. The player rolls 1D6 for each hit
that the enemy scored and compares the
results against the save stat. For each result
that is lower than the unmodified save stat of
the unit a hit is cancelled, other hits do take
effect and the player may attempt saving
throws as normal.
Scythed chariot attacks have a -3 save
modifier.
If at the end of the combat the defending unit
received any hits that were not cancelled by a
dodge, even if they were saved by armor then
the owner must take a morale test as normal.
If the defending unit does not gain any
fatigue, then the chariot has failed to cause
enough disruption and has been damaged
during the melee. The chariot counts as
destroyed, remove the model from the table.
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fatigue point, then it must retreat as normal.
In addition, the unit is forced into loose order.
If the enemy unit retreats, immediately place
the chariot on the other side of the attacked
unit continuing in the same straight line with
the same facing as the chariots has gone
through.
If there is no room behind the target unit due
to other troops, obstacles, rough or broken
terrain, the chariot remains in place.
Scythed chariots may not charge other
chariots or elephants and are destroyed if
contacted by a moving or rampaging
elephant.
Attacking Scythed Chariots
Although chariots are treated as characters
they can always be the targeted even if it is
not the closest enemy. Attacks are directed
against the charioteer.
The charioteer gains the same benefits of the
mounted trait against missile and melee
attacks (-1 to hit when active).
Enemy units located to the front of a scythed
chariot can never initiate an attack or all-out
attack against the chariot.
Units located to the flank or rear can engage
the chariot in melee and in that case the
charioteer must choose a valid combat
response.
If the chariot is forced to retreat from combat
it is destroyed.
Scythed Chariots and Army Selection
Scythed chariots are always purchased with a
charioteer special character as indicated in
the corresponding army list.
A scythed chariot costs 32pts plus the cost of
the charioteer. The model itself does not have
any effect on casualties for break points, only
the character riding the chariot which is
eliminated when the chariot is destroyed.

• Move action: may only move straight in direction of facing up to 8” or attempt a grit test to
move up to 4” and turn up to 45 degrees at the end of the move. It may never cross obstacles or
enter rough or broken terrain.
• Scythed chariots engage in melee by doing a special action called Charge (+0)
Move up to 8” straight in the direction of facing and contact an enemy (not chariot or elephant)
Roll 3 attacks initiative 4 and -3 save modifier vs a to hit target of 3+ applying modifiers
Enemy may only do hold or dodge. Dodge costs an action but add no fatigue, player may roll
1D6 per each enemy hit and any rolls below the unmodified save stat cancel enemy hits.
If the target unit suffers any hits, even if saved by armor then it must take a morale test.
If the unit gains any fatigue it must retreat and change to loose order. The chariot is placed on
the other side of the unit continuing in a straight line if there is room available, else it remains
in place. If the target unit gains no fatigue at all the chariot is destroyed
• Charioteers can be targeted even if they are not the closest enemy, they get the same benefit as
mounted against missile and melee attacks.
• Only enemies to the flank or rear can engage a chariot in melee, the charioteer can select a valid
combat response, if the chariot is forced to retreat it is destroyed.

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 5. Rome & its enemies from Marius to Trajan

Roman legionnaires encounter a Samnite patrol during the Social War.

In 91BC the Italian allied nations, referred to by the Romans as socii, demanded to be granted Roman citizenship and
upon the rejection from the Senate an armed insurrection took place that would continue until 89BC

The following lists allows you to create forces
for the late Roman Republic after the Marian
reforms, for the early Roman Empire after
Augustus reforms and for many of the
enemies that Rome faced during that time.
We have also included some of the enemies
that fought against the prior period of the
Republic to expand you list of possible
matchups.
As explained in the introduction to this
supplement, it is possible to use any of these
lists against any of the lists available in the
CLASH of Spears rulebook if you wish to do
so.
Players concerned with historical accuracy
will limit the options to those encounters
between contemporaneous lists as outlined in
the introduction (see section 1.4).
However, if you are not concerned with
historical accuracy, know that the lists have
been designed with the same balance and
trade offs in mind so that they will be
equivalent in strengths and weaknesses to
any of the lists in the core rulebook.

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5.1 Late Republican Roman
This list covers the Republican Roman army since the Marian reforms until the reforms of
Augustus. After the reforms, the original class structure of velites, hastati, principes and triarii was
abandoned. Legions were now uniformly equipped, and the traditional style of heavy shield, gladius
and pilum was retained as the preferred mode of combat. Allies were extensively employed for
auxiliary roles and this became a very prominent characteristic of Pompeian or Caesarean armies.

Force organization: you may build Ad-Hoc or War-party forces

Characters: Your army must include at least one character level II or higher and cannot include
more characters than the total number of line units in the army (see page 124 of CLASH of Spears).
Line troops:

Troop type Availability Combat Ranged Grit Save Weapons Armor Traits Points

wall of spears,
partial armor &
Slack legionaries civis 4+ 5+ 4+ 4+ throwing spear shield overlap, 20
heavy shield
drilled, impulsum
available options: remove partial armor (-2pts per model)

wall of spears,
partial armor &
Trained legionaries milites 4+ 5+ 3+ 4+ throwing spear shield overlap, 22
heavy shield
drilled, impulsum
available options: remove partial armor (-2pts per model)

wall of spears,
partial armor & impulsum, shield
Veteran legionaries milites 3+ 5+ 3+ 4+ throwing spear 25
heavy shield overlap, drilled,
grizzled

wall of spears,
Iberian allied infantry civis 4+ 5+ 4+ 5+ throwing spear heavy shield guerrilla, 17
determined, allies

wall of spears,
Gallic or Glatian allied infantry civis 4+ 5+ 4+ 5+ throwing spear heavy shield shield overlap, furor, 17
allies

skirmish specialist,
Allied javelin men civis 5+ 5+ 5+ 6+ javelin shield 9
allies
available options: remove shield (-1pts per model)

skirmish specialist,
Allied slingers civis 5+ 5+ 5+ 7+ sling 8
allies

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Troop type Availability Combat Ranged Grit Save Weapons Armor Traits Points

moutned, impetus,
cavalry spear & partial armor &
Iberian/Gallic/Glatian cavalry rare 3+ 5+ 3+ 5+ allies, extra 25
javelin shield
equipment (javelin)
available options: upgrade armor to full armor for gallic/glatian cavalry (+1pts per model )

skirmish specialist,
Cretan archers rare 4+ 4+ 3+ 7+ bow 17
aimed shot, allies
available options: add buckler ( +1pts per model )

Numidian or other allied light mounted,

rare 4+ 5+ 4+ 6+ javelin shield 17
cavalry marauders, allies

African Forest Elephant (includes Attacks (4), Wounds (4), see Elephant special rules Clash of
rare 4+ 3+ 4+ 66
mahout) Spears page 76
add 2 crew
4+ 4+ 3+ 6+ javelin partial armor iron will 36
(points are for both crew)
purchase thrusting spears(+2pts), change javelin to bow(free), upgrade to full armor(+2pts), remove partial armor(-4pts) ,
options (pts for both crew)
add howda -tower- for the crew (+8pts)
Note: The elephant plus the mahout count as 4 rare models, and if you add the 2 crew that counts as 2 additional rare models for army selection

aimed shot, skirmish

Scorpio & 2 crew rare 4+ 4+ 3+ 6+ scropio partial armor 66
specialist, iron will

Close allies: none, allies operating under the Roman command structure are already represented
in the list.

An Ad-Hoc Late Republican force composed on Roman legionaries supported by allied

auxiliary troops from Iberia and North Africa

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5.2 Early Imperial Roman
This list covers the Early Imperial Roman army since the reforms of Augustus until Trajan’s reign as
emperor. During this period auxiliary troops were incorporated into the ranks and given
standardized equipment. The troops are characterized with the well-known lorica segmentata yet
early in the period chain mail was still used and the transition happened over time.
In the list we have not differentiated the Pretorian Guard since rather than making it a type of unit
we could imagine a player making an entire force based on the Pretorian Guard given the scale of
the game. If that is your case, then the standard legionnaire profiles will still work since there is no
evidence that Pretorian Guard would be any different in training and drill.

Force organization: you may build Ad-Hoc or War-party forces

Characters: Your army must include at least one character level II or higher and cannot include
more characters than the total number of line units in the army (see page 124 of CLASH of Spears).
Line troops:

Troop type Availability Combat Ranged Grit Save Weapons Armor Traits Points

improved partial wall of spears,

Slack legionaries civis 4+ 5+ 4+ 4+* throwing spear armor & heavy shield overlap, 21
shield drilled, impulsum
available options: downgrade to partial armor (-1pts/model)

improved partial wall of spears,

Trained legionaries milites 4+ 5+ 3+ 4+* throwing spear armor & heavy shield overlap, 23
shield drilled, impulsum
available options: downgrade to partial armor (-1 pts/model), upgrade to improved full armor (+1 pts/model)

wall of spears,
improved partial
impulsum, drilled,
Veteran legionaries milites 3+ 5+ 3+ 4+* throwing spear armor & heavy 26
shield overlap,
shield
grizzled
available options: downgrade to partial armor (-1 pts/model) upgrade to improved full armor (+1 pts/model)

partial armor & wall of spears,

Auxiliary infantry civis 4+ 5+ 4+ 4+ throwing spear 18
heavy shield shield overlap

available options: remove partial armor (-2 pts/model)

Auxiliary Archers civis 4+ 5+ 4+ 6+ bow partial armor overhead shot 14

skirmish specialist,
Allied Archers civis 5+ 5+ 5+ 7+ bow 8
allies

skirmish specialist,
Allied Javelinmen civis 5+ 5+ 5+ 6+ javelin shield 9
allies

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Troop type Availability Combat Ranged Grit Save Weapons Armor Traits Points

moutned, impetus,
cavalry spear & full armor &
Auxiliary Cavalry rare 3+ 5+ 4+ 4+ extra equipment 24
javelin shield
(javelin)

Equites Sagitarii rare 4+ 5+ 4+ 5+ bow full armor mounted 18

aimed shot,
improved partial
Scorpio & 2 crew rare 4+ 4+ 3+ 6+* scropio skirmish specialist, 68
armor
iron will

Close Allies: none, allies operating under the Roman command structure are already represented
in the list as auxiliae or allies.

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5.3 Ancient British
This list covers the ancient British enemies that the Romans faced during Caesar’s campaign or
during the later annexation of Britain during Claudius reign during the first century AD.
Force organization: you may build Ad-Hoc or Muster forces

Characters: Your army must include at least one character level II or higher and cannot include
more characters than the total number of line units in the army (see page 124 of CLASH of Spears).
Any character may be mounted on a light chariot for 8pts
You may buy a new type of character called chariot rider, this character has no command points or
command range. In any other aspect it is simply another character.

Combat Ranged Grit Save Equipment Traits PTS

Wounds(2),
Chariot Full Armor, shield, javelin,
4+ 4+ 3+ 4+ Iron Will, 52
Rider light chariot
Independent
You may downgrade armor to partial armor (-1pts)

Line troops:

Troop type Availability Combat Ranged Grit Save Weapons Armor Traits Points

Javelinmen civis 5+ 5+ 5+ 6+ javelin shield skirmish specialist 9

available options: remove shield (-1pts/model)

Slingers civis 5+ 5+ 5+ 7+ sling skirmish specialist 8

available options: add buckler (+1pts/model)

wall of spears,
Tribsemen civis 4+ 5+ 5+ 6+ throwing spear shield 9
poorly equipped

available options: upgrade shield to heavy shield (+1pts/model)

wall of spears,
Warriors civis 4+ 5+ 4+ 5+ throwing spear heavy shield 17
bushmaster, guerilla

available options: change heavy shield to shield (-1pts/model)

shield overlap, wall

Allied lowland celts civis 4+ 5+ 4+ 5+ throwing spear heavy shield of spears, furor, 17
allies

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Troop type Availability Combat Ranged Grit Save Weapons Armor Traits Points

wall of spears,
Nobles milites 3+ 5+ 3+ 5+ throwing spear heavy shield 21
bushmaster, guerilla

available options: may add partial armor (+2pts/model), may downgrade heavy shield to shield (-1pts/model)

wall of spears, ira,

Fanatics rare 4+ 5+ 3+ 5+ throwing spear heavy shield guerrilla, 20
bushmaster
available options: may downgrade heavy shield to shield (-1 pts/model)

Light cavalry milites 4+ 5+ 4+ 6+ javelin shield mounted 16

British Mastiffs rare 4+ 5+ 5+ 7+ feral 10

Close allies: Lowland Gauls

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5.4 Dacians

This list covers the Dacian forces that fought against

the Romans at the end of the first century AD, first
against Domitian and later against Trajan.
Dacians were a tough enemy for Rome. The hilly
terrain made it suitable for constant hit and run
tactics but the Dacians would not fear to face
romans in open battle.
The most distinctive weapon used by the Dacians
was falx, as two-handed weapon that could be used
effectively to break through the enemy wall of
shields.
Dacians often fielded Sarmatian allied armored
cavalry.

Force organization: you may build Ad-Hoc or Muster forces

Characters: Your army must include at least one character level II or higher and cannot include
more characters than the total number of line units in the army (see page 124 of CLASH of Spears).

Line Troops:

Troop type Availability Combat Ranged Grit Save Weapons Armor Traits Points

Javelinmen civis 5+ 5+ 5+ 6+ javelin shield skirmish specialist 9

options available: remove shields (-1pts/model)

Tribsemen civis 4+ 5+ 5+ 5+ throwing spear heavy shield wall of spears 13

wall of spears,
Warriors civis 4+ 5+ 4+ 5+ throwing spear heavy shield shield overlap, 17
vicious

Archers civis 5+ 5+ 5+ 7+ bow skirmish specialist 8

wall of spears,
partial armor &
Nobles milites 3+ 5+ 3+ 4+ throwing spear shield overlap, 23
heavy shield
vicious
options available: remove partial armor (-2pts/model)

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Troop type Availability Combat Ranged Grit Save Weapons Armor Traits Points

double handed
Falxmen milites 3+ 5+ 4+ 7+ line breaker 14
weapon

Light Cavalry rare 4+ 5+ 4+ 6+ javelin shield mounted 16

Allied mounted archers rare 4+ 5+ 4+ 7+ bow mounted, allies 15

full armor & massed charge,

Allied Sarmatian Cavalry rare 3+ 5+ 3+ 4+ kontos 24
horse barding mounted, allies

change to half barding (-1pts/model), remove horse barding (-2pts/model), add bow and extra equipment(bow ) trait
options available:
(3pts/model)

aimed shot,
Scorpio & 2 crew rare 4+ 4+ 3+ 6+ scorpio partial armor skirmish specialist, 66
iron will

Close allies: none, their close allies the Sarmatians have already been included in the list.

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5.5 Germanic Tribes
This list covers the Germanic tribes that were a constant threat to the norther Roman border.
We have outlined two lists, one to represent those tribes from the plains more adapted to the open
terrain and another list to cover those tribes from the forest areas such as the Cherusci or the
Batavians who would be more inclined to fighting in terrain and ambushing the enemy as in the
case of the Teurtoburg massacre in 9AD.
Force organization: you may build Ad-Hoc or Muster forces
Characters: Your army must include at least one character level II or higher and cannot include
more characters than the total number of line units in the army (see page 124 of CLASH of Spears).
Your force may not include soothsayers but may instead include supporting families as described
earlier in this supplement.

Plains tribes line Troops:

Troop type Availability Combat Ranged Grit Save Weapons Armor Traits Points

Javelinmen civis 5+ 5+ 5+ 7+ javelin skirmish specialist 8

available options: add shield (+1pts/model)

poorly equipped,
Tribesmen civis 4+ 5+ 4+ 5+ throwing spear heavy shield 14
wall of spears

poorly equipped,
Warriors civis 4+ 5+ 4+ 5+ throwing spear heavy shield shield overlap, 16
wall of spears, robur
available options: remove poorly equipped (+1pts/model)

poorly equipped,
Allied Forest Tribe Warriors civis 4+ 5+ 4+ 5+ throwing spear heavy shield guerrilla, robur, wall 16
of spears, allies
available options: remove poorly equipped (+1pts/model)

shield overlap,
Veteran Warriors milites 3+ 5+ 3+ 5+ throwing spear heavy shield 21
wall of spears, robur

mounted, extra
cavalry spear &
Cavalry milites 3+ 5+ 3+ 6+ shield quipment (javelin), 24
javelin
impetus, robur

Archers milites 5+ 5+ 5+ 7+ bow skirmish specialist 8

poorly equipped,
Fanatics rare 4+ 5+ 3+ 5+ throwing spear heavy shield shield overlap, wall 19
of spears, ira, robur

available options: remove poorly equipped (+1pts/model)

Close allies: Forest tribes

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Forest tribes line Troops:

Troop type Availability Combat Ranged Grit Save Weapons Armor Traits Points

Archers civis 5+ 5+ 5+ 7+ bow skirmish specialist 8

poorly equipped,
Tribesmen civis 4+ 5+ 4+ 5+ throwing spear heavy shield 14
wall of spears

poorly equipped,
shield overlap,
Allied Plains Tribes Warriors civis 4+ 5+ 4+ 5+ throwing spear heavy shield 16
wall of spears,
robur, allies
available options: remove poorly equipped (+1pts/model)

poorly equipped,
Warriors civis 4+ 5+ 4+ 5+ throwing spear heavy shield guerrilla, robur, wall 16
of spears
available options: remove poorly equipped (+1pts/model)

Javelinmen civis 5+ 5+ 5+ 7+ javelin skirmish specialist 8

available options: add shield (+1 pts/model)

wall of spears,
Veteran Warriors milites 3+ 5+ 3+ 5+ throwing spear heavy shield 21
guerrilla, robur

partial armor & shield overlap,

Romanized Warriors milites 4+ 5+ 4+ 4+ throwing spear 18
heavy shield walls of spears

mounted, extra
cavalry spear &
Cavalry rare 3+ 5+ 3+ 6+ shield quipment (javelin), 24
javelin
impetus, robur

poorly equipped,
wall of spears,
Fanatics rare 4+ 5+ 3+ 5+ throwing spear heavy shield 19
shield overlap, ira,
robur
available options: remove poorly equipped (+1pts/model)

Close allies: Plains tribes

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5.6 Parthians
As Rome expanded towards the east it came into contact with the Parthian kingdom, which at its
height occupied what today is Iran. The Parthian way of war was very problematic for the Romans
which at the time relied mostly on infantry and did not have great numbers of mounted troops.
In 53 BC this problem became very evident at the battle of Carrhae when over thirty thousand
Roman troops led by Crassus were defeated by less than ten thousand Parthians mainly horse
archers and cataphracts.
The Parthians were never effectively subjugated by the Romans and would continue to mark the
confine of the Roman Empire until eventually taken over by the Sassanids in 225AD.
Force organization: you may build Ad-Hoc or Muster forces

Characters: Your army must include at least one character level II or higher and cannot include
more characters than the total number of units in the army (see page 124 of CLASH of Spears).

Line Troops:

Troop type Availability Combat Ranged Grit Save Weapons Armor Traits Points

Horse Archers civis 4+ 5+ 4+ 7+ bow mounted 15

Tribesmen civis 4+ 5+ 5+ 6+ javelin shield 10

Archers milites 5+ 5+ 5+ 7+ bow skirmish specialist 8

Javelinmen milites 5+ 5+ 5+ 6+ javelin shield skirmish specialist 9

enclosed armor & massed charge,

Cataphracts milites 3+ 5+ 3+ 3+ kontos 26
horse barding mounted

Options: downgrade armor to full armor (-1pts/model)

wall of spears,
Militia rare 4+ 5+ 5+ 5+ thrusting spear heavy shield 12
shield overlap

Close allies: none

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5.7 Pontic
The kingdom of Pontus became one of Rome’s most persistent enemies. Mithridates the Great
expanded his kingdom located south of the Black Sea conquering Bosporus and extending his
borders. Eventually Rome prevalied, when Caesar defeated Mithridates son Pharnaces II in 47BC,
campaign in which he famously uttered “veni, vidi, vici”, (I came, I saw, I won).
Force organization: you may build Ad-Hoc or Muster forces
Characters: Your army must include at least one character level II or higher and cannot include
more characters than the total number of line units in the army (see page 124 of CLASH of Spears).
The army may include up to one charioteer (character) riding on a scythed chariot. The charioteer
has no command points or command range. In any other aspect it is simply another character.

Combat Ranged Grit Save Equipment Traits PTS

Wounds(2),
Charioteer 4+ 4+ 3+ 4+ Enclosed Armor, heavy chariot Iron Will, 75
Independent
You may downgrade armor to full armor (-1pts)
Line troops:
Troop type Availability Combat Ranged Grit Save Weapons Armor Traits Points

Archers civis 5+ 5+ 5+ 7+ bow skirmish specialist 8

Javelinmen civis 5+ 5+ 5+ 7+ javelin skirmish specialist 8

Tribesmen civis 4+ 5+ 5+ 5+ throwing spear heavy shield wall of spears 13

macedonian drill,
partial armor & wall of spears,
Phalangites civis 4+ 5+ 4+ 5+ pike 17
shield offensive spears,
drilled

wall of spears,
thrusting spear & offensive spear,
Thureophoroi civis 4+ 5+ 4+ 6+ shield 16
javelin extra
equipment(javelin)

wall of spears,
partial armor &
Romanized Infantry civis 4+ 5+ 4+ 4+ throwing spear shield overlap, 19
heavy shield
drilled
available options: remove partial armor (-2pts/model)

macedonian drill,
partial armor & wall of spears,
Veteran Phalangites milites 3+ 5+ 3+ 5+ pike 21
shield offensive spears,
drilled

wall of spears,
partial armor &
Veteran Romanized Infatnry milites 3+ 5+ 3+ 4+ throwing spear shield overlap, 23
heavy shield
drilled

mounted, impetus,
cavalry spear & partial armor &
Noble Cavalry rare 3+ 5+ 3+ 5+ extra 25
javelin shield
equipment(javelin)
available options: upgrade to full armor (+1 pts/model)

Light Cavalry rare 4+ 5+ 4+ 6 javelin shield mounted, allies 16

Close allies: Armenians/Cappadocians (use the Parthian List)

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5.8 Spartacus slave revolt (third servile war 73 BC)
This list covers the army of the uprising during the
third servile war from 73 to 72BC led by Spartacus.
Force organization: you may build Ad-Hoc or Muster
forces
Characters: Your army must include at least one
character level II or higher and cannot include more
characters than the total number of line units in the
army (see page 124 of CLASH of Spears).
Your force may not include soothsayers but may
instead include supporting families as described
earlier in this supplement.

Line troops:

Troop type Availability Combat Ranged Grit Save Weapons Armor Traits Points

Armed mob civis 5+ 5+ 5+ 7+ mixed weapons overwhelm 7

Freed slaves with captured partial armor and wall of spears,

civis 4+ 5+ 4+ 4+ throwing spear 18
weapons heavy shield shield overlap
available options: remove partial armor (-2pts/model)

Youngster civis 5+ 5+ 5+ 7+ javelin skirmish specialist 8

available options: add shield (+1pts/model)

parry riposte,
additional hand
Gladiators milites 3+ 5+ 3+ 6+ partial armor guarded attack, 18
weapon
cutthroat

available options: remove partial armor (-2pts/model)

shield overlap,
Gladiators with captured partial armor and
milites 3+ 5+ 3+ 4+ throwing spear wall of spears, 23
equipment heavy shield
cutthroat
available options: remove poorly equipped (+1pts/model)

Shepherds milites 4+ 5+ 4+ 7+ sling skirmish specialist 12

Shepherds with dog packs rare 4+ 5+ 5+ 7+ feral 10

Cavalry rare 4+ 5+ 4+ 6+ cavalry spear shield mounted, impetus 16

Close allies: none

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5.9 Late Successors of Alexander
Following the death of Alexander the Great, his empire broke into three main kingdoms under
control of his generals. North of Greece was the kingdom of Macedon, to the east were the Seleucids
and in Egypt the Ptolemaic kingdom.
These kingdoms engaged in several wars with Rome
during the times of the Republic. You can fight these
conflicts by using the Republican Roman lists available
in the CLASH of Spears core book.

• The Macedonian Wars 214-148 BC:

 1st 214-205 BC
 2nd 200-197 BC
 3rd 171-168 BC
 4th 150-148 BC

• The Roman Seleucid War 192-188 BC

Macedon was annex by Rome after the Macedonian wars, while the Seleucids saw their kingdom
slowly taken over by different enemies at their borders and were finally annexed by Rome during
the Late Republic.
Of course, these kingdoms also fought each other for dominance of Alexander’s legacy.
The Ptolemaic kingdom participated in the Roman civil wars during the late Republic so to
represent engagements in that conflict you can use the list available in this supplement.
Some of these wars pre-date the period in this book yet they are included here to expand the armies
covered in the core CLASH of Spears book which mainly focused on the western conflicts of the
Mediterranean.
All these lists reflect the later composition of the Successor armies, consistent with the time they
engaged with Rome, and Later Macedonians can also be used to represent Hellenistic Greeks.
Force organization: you may build Ad-Hoc or Muster forces

Characters: Your army must include at least one character level II or higher and cannot include
more characters than the total number of line units in the army (see page 124 of CLASH of Spears).
A Seleucid army may include up to one charioteer (character) riding on a scythed chariot. The
charioteer has no command points or command range. In any other aspect it is simply another
character.

Combat Ranged Grit Save Equipment Traits PTS

Wounds(2),
Charioteer 4+ 4+ 3+ 4+ Enclosed armor, heavy chariot Iron Will, 75
Independent
You may downgrade armor to full armor (-1pts)

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Later Seleucid Line Troops:

Troop type Availability Combat Ranged Grit Save Weapons Armor Traits Points

Archers civis 5+ 5+ 5+ 7+ bow skirmish specialist 8

Slingers civis 5+ 5+ 5+ 7+ sling skirmish specialist 8

wall of spears,
patial armor &
City Militia civis 4+ 5+ 5+ 4+ thrusting spear offensive spear, 15
heavy shield
shield overlap
available options: remove partial armor (-2pts/model)

macedonian drill,
partial armor & wall of spears,
Pezhetairoi civis 4+ 5+ 4+ 5+ pike 17
shield offensive spears,
drilled

macedonian drill,
partial armor & wall of spears,
Argyraspides milites 3+ 5+ 3+ 5+ pike 21
shield offensive spears,
drilled
wall of spears,
thrusting spear & offensive spear,
Thureophoroi milites 4+ 5+ 4+ 6+ shield 16
javelin extra
equipment(javelin)
available options: add partial armor (+2pts/model)

enclosed armor & massed charge,

Cataphracts milites 3+ 5+ 4+ 3+ xyston 25
horse barding drilled, mounted

massed charge,
Hetairoi rare 3+ 5+ 3+ 6+ xyston partial armor 23
mounted, drilled
available options: upgrade armor to full armor (+1pts/model)

Greek Light Cavalry rare 4+ 5+ 4+ 6 javelin shield mounted, allies 16

skirmish specialist,
Cretan Archers rare 4+ 4+ 3+ 7+ bow 17
allies
available options: add buckler (+1pts/model)

Asian Elephant (includes Attacks (4), Wounds (5),

rare 4+ 3+ 4+ 72
mahout) see Elephant special rules Clash of Spears page 76
add 2 crew
4+ 4+ 3+ 6+ javelin partial armor iron will 36
(points are for both crew)
options (pts for both crew) add thrusting spears (+2pts), change javelin to bow (free), revove partial armor (-4pts) ,add tower for the crew (+8pts)

Close Allies: none

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Later Macedonina ( or Hellenistic Greek) Line Troops:

Troop type Availability Combat Ranged Grit Save Weapons Armor Traits Points

Javelinmen civis 5+ 5+ 5+ 7+ javelin skirmish specialist 8

Slingers civis 5+ 5+ 5+ 7+ sling skirmish specialist 8

skirmish specialist,
Thracian peltasts civis 4+ 5+ 4+ 6+ javelin shield vicious, guerrilla, 15
allies

wall of spears,
patial armor &
City Militia civis 4+ 5+ 4+ 4+ thrusting spear offensive spear, 17
heavy shield
shield overlap
available options: remove partial armor (-2pts/model)

macedonian drill,
partial armor & wall of spears,
Pezhetairoi civis 4+ 5+ 4+ 5+ pike 17
shield offensive spears,
drilled

wall of spears,
thrusting spear & offensive spear,
Thureophoroi civis 4+ 5+ 4+ 6+ shield 16
javelin extra
equipment(javelin)
available options: add partial armor (+2pts/model)

Archers milites 5+ 5+ 5+ 7+ bow skirmish specialist 8

macedonian drill,
partial armor & wall of spears,
Agema milites 3+ 5+ 3+ 5+ pike 21
shield offensive spear,
drilled

wall of spears,
offensive spear,
partial armor &
Agema armed as Thureophoroi milites 3+ 5+ 3+ 5+ javelin extra 24
shield
equipment(javelin),
drilled
available options: remove partial armor (-2pts/model)

mounted, extra
cavalry spear & partial armor &
Greek/Thessalian Cavalry milites 3+ 5+ 3+ 5+ equipment(javelin), 25
javelin shield
impetus
available options: upgrade to full armor (+1 pts/model)

mounted, drilled,
Hetairoi rare 3+ 5+ 3+ 6+ xyston partial armor 22
massed charge
available options: upgrade to full armor (+1 pts/model)

Greek light cavalry rare 4+ 5+ 4+ 6+ javelin shield mounted, allies 16

skirmish specialist,
Cretan Archers rare 4+ 4+ 3+ 7+ bow 17
allies

Close Allies: Thracians

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Later Ptolemaic Line Troops

Troop type Availability Combat Ranged Grit Save Weapons Armor Traits Points

Archers milites 5+ 5+ 5+ 7+ bow skirmish specialist 8

Slingers milites 5+ 5+ 5+ 7+ sling skirmish specialist 8

Javelinmen civis 5+ 5+ 5+ 7+ javelin skirmish specialist 8

available options: add shield (+1pts/model)

macedonian drill,
partial armor &
Levy Phalangites civis 4+ 5+ 5+ 5+ pike wall of spears, 14
shield
offensive spear

macedonian drill,
partial armor & wall of spears,
Phalangites civis 4+ 5+ 4+ 5+ pike 17
shield offensive spears,
drilled

wall of spears,
partial armor & shield overlap,
Allied Roman Legionaries milites 4+ 5+ 3+ 4+ throwing spear 22
heavy shield impulsum, drilled,
allies
macedonian drill,
partial armor & wall of spears,
Guard Phalangites milites 3+ 5+ 3+ 5+ pike 21
shield offensive spears,
drilled

wall of spears,
thrusting spear & offensive spear,
Thureophoroi milites 4+ 5+ 4+ 6+ shield 16
javelin extra
equipment(javelin)
available options: add partial armor (+2pts/model)

massed charge,
Xystophoroi rare 3+ 5+ 3+ 6+ xyston partial armor 22
mounted, drilled

available options: upgrade to full armor (+1 pts/model)

Greek Light Cavalry rare 4+ 5+ 4+ 6 javelin shield mounted, allies 16

skirmish specialist,
Cretan Archers rare 4+ 4+ 3+ 7+ bow 17
allies
available options: add buckler (+1pts/model)

African Forest Elephant (includes Attacks (4), Wounds (4),

rare 4+ 3+ 4+ 66
mahout) see Elephant special rules Clash of Spears page 76
add 2 crew
4+ 4+ 3+ 6+ javelin partial armor iron will 36
(points are for both crew)
options (pts for both crew) add thrusting spears (+2pts), change javelin to bow (free), revove partial armor (-4pts) ,add tower for the crew (+8pts)

Close Allies: none

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5.10 Thracians
The Thracians inhabited the region of the Balkans in Eastern
Europe. They participated extensively in many of the Greek wars
as mercenaries earning a fearsome reputation. They joined the
Macedonians in the wars against Rome and where incorporated as
a Roman province in 46AD
Force organization: you may build Ad-Hoc or Muster forces
Characters: Your army must include at least one character level II
or higher and cannot include more characters than the total
number of line units in the army (see page 124 CLASH of Spears).
Line Troops

Troop type Availability Combat Ranged Grit Save Weapons Armor Traits Points

Javelinmen civis 5+ 5+ 5+ 7+ javelin skirmish specialist 8

Tribesmen civis 4+ 5+ 5+ 6+ javelin shield 10

skirmish specialist,
Peltasts civis 4+ 5+ 4+ 6+ javelin shield 15
guerrilla, vicious

wall of spears,
partial armor & shield overlap,
Mercenary Greek Hoplites civis 4+ 5+ 4+ 4+ thrusting spear 18
heavy shield offensive spear,
drilled, allies
available options: remove partial armor (-2pts/model)

Archers civis 5+ 5+ 5+ 7+ bow skirmish specialist 8

skirmish specialist,
Veteran Peltasts milites 3+ 5+ 3+ 6+ javelin shield 19
guerrilla, vicious
available options: add partial armor (+2pts/model)

Light Cavalry milites 4+ 5+ 4+ 6+ javelin shield mounted 16

double handed
Veterans with Rhomphaia milites 3+ 5+ 3+ 7+ gushing wounds 16
weapon
available options: add partial armor (+2 pts/model), add shield and extra equipment shield (+2pts/model)

Horse Archers rare 4+ 5+ 4+ 7+ bow mounted 15

extra
cavalry spear & full arrmor & equipment(cavalry
Noble Cavalry rare 3+ 5+ 3+ 4+ 26
javelin shield spear), mounted,
impetus
available options: remove full armor (-2pts/model)

Close allies: Later Macedonian

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Rise of Eagles is an expansion to CLASH of Spears by Francisco & Alvaro Erize
You will need a copy of the core CLASH of Spears rulebook to play. @Fighting Hedgehog 2021
Rules contributor & Proof Reading: Nicholas Bogart

Cover Art: Giuseppe Rava

Photography & miniatures: DwarfCrypt Painting, Team Wurfelkrieg, Chris Dingley, Jorge Magan,
Victrix Limited, Miniaturama PaingingWar Magazine and Francisco Erize
Additional graphical design: Ignacio Martinez Parada
Recommended Reading material:

Ancient Warfare Magazine has an extensive number of issues covering the late Republic and the
early Roman Empire ( https://www.karwansaraypublishers.com/ancient-warfare-magazine )
Dacia, The Roman Wars Volume 1 – by Radu Oltean, is a fantastic analysis of the Dacian Wars
A Wargamer’s Guide to The Early Roman Empire – by Daniel Mersey, is an excellent book for
those looking to learn about the period and get a high-level view of Rome and its enemies during
the early Empire.
Masters of Rome series, by Colleen McCullough – is an excellent series of novels covering the
intricate political maneuvering and schemes that occurred during the late Roman Republic and it is
an enjoyable way to learn about the period.
This expansion is dedicated to the memory of our father Francisco Javier Erize, and our great friend Jorge Magan,
who left us these past two years

Thracians ready to ambush the unsuspecting romans.

Wargames Foundry figures painted and converted by Jorge Magan

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 CLASH of Spears is a fast-paced wargame
for skirmishes in ancient times winner
of the Wargames Illustrated Best
Wargame Award of 2020

It was designed to be fast and intuitive,

while providing a realistic feel, tactical
depth, and high impact decision making.
The game represents small actions where
the use of terrain, troop specialization, and
combination of arms can lead the army to
victory.

www.clashofspears.com

Supported through expansions and reference material:

Starter armies by Victrix

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 Circa 104 BC Gaius Marius decided the legions would no longer use different animals as
their standards, thus the Aquila was adopted as the unique symbol for all legions. From then
on, the eagles would rise to expand the reach or Rome through the world.

Rise of Eagles is a companion to CLASH of Spears, the award-winning rules for ancient
large skirmish games.

This expansion allows you to take your CLASH games from the times of the Late Republic
following the campaigns of Marius, Caesar, and Pompey to the times of the early Roman
Empire until the campaigns of Trajan against Dacians and Parthians.

The supplement includes 13 new lists and all the new traits and supporting rules
required to play with these armies

• Late Republican Roman

• Early Imperial Roman

• Ancient British

• Dacians

• Germanic Tribes (Forest tribes, Plains tribes)

• Parthians

• Pontic

• Spartacus slave revolt

• Late Successors of Alexander (Macedonian, Seleucid, Ptolemaic)

• Thracians

You will need a copy of the CLASH of Spears book to play.

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