In front before battle, elite skirmishers (the velites) covered the deployment of the legion and during battle cavalry and auxiliaries protected the flanks. The Romans pioneered the manipular legion sometime around 300 BC, giving their formations more flexibility and support deployed in a triple line with gaps between the maniples, the legion could react rapidly to any threat. For the next few thousand years defensive tactics didn’t change much, save that archery made better armor ever more important.Īs with so many things military, Rome improved upon the defensive tactics employed by most of their competitors. Their densely packed infantry were armored (helmet, breastplate, and greaves) and armed (with nine-foot spears and round shields that could be overlapped). The first to adopt such a phalanx formation were the Sumerians around the third millennium BC. In the expansions, it also unlocks the Reconquest War and Protectorate War Casus Belli and awards a Governor Title.īesides cowering behind walls when the barbarians came, the first defensive tactics consisted of packing armored men in as tight as possible, with lots of sharp spears pointing outward to discourage attackers. Two new defense-oriented Military Policies become available with this Civic. Even the greatest aggressors need to defend against attacks by vengeful neighbors sometimes, and so it becomes necessary to develop specific procedures to improve the defensive capabilities of a nation. It can be hurried by receiving a Declaration of War.Īn integral part of having a state is learning how to defend it.
– Sun Tzu "Defense is superior to opulence."ĭefensive Tactics is a Classical Era civic in Civilization VI. "Invincibility lies in the defense the possibility of victory in the attack."
Unlocks two new Casus Belli: War of Reconquest and Protectorate War.
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