The first could 'skirmish' if that was what his officer demanded of him. Take for instance the heavy roman legionair or an auxilary cavalryman. The roles of any unit or warrior in antiquity could easily change. The actual use of the word skirmisher as we use it derives from 17th century military vocabulary. Skirmish (v.) c.1200, from Old French escarmouchier, from Italian scaramucciare (see skirmish (n.)). Other modern Germanic forms have an additional diminutive affix: German scharmützel, Dutch schermutseling, Danish skjærmydsel. Influenced in Middle English by a separate verb skirmysshen "to brandish a weapon," from Old French eskirmiss-, stem of eskirmir "to fence," from Frankish *skirmjan, from the same Germanic source. Late 14c., from Old French escarmouche "skirmish," from Italian scaramuccia, earlier schermugio, probably from a Germanic source (compare Old High German skirmen "to protect, defend"), with a diminutive or depreciatory suffix, from Proto-Germanic *skerm-, from PIE *(s)ker- (1) "to cut" (see shear (v.)). For most, I think the problem lies with the technical use of the word 'skirmisher'.: "
They were still expected to use javelins, but could then join in the close fighting." seeing as the unit in-game (and what they are based off) does not use a pelte or thureos, wears armor, and isn't a skirmisher. In any regard the description would be inaccurate except for part of the full description "As armies developed and tactics became more complex, peltasts were expected to take part in hand-to-hand combat: with such expectation they were given stiffened linen cuirasses and short swords. Resulting in Agema eventually developing a similar connotation to 'vanguard'. Resulting in Royal Peltasts and Shield Bearers technically being representations of the same same unit, but Royal Peltasts representing the elite Agema. I was under the impression that Peltast simply meant someone that used a pelte (although generally implying light infantry) and the Antigonid army just called their Hypaspists 'Peltasts' for some reason. As you can imagine, skirmisher is a more modern word. Peltast in the greek had the same connotation and meaning as promachoi, meaning 'front rankers', or 'vanguard'. The description of the royal peltasts is accurate, they are technically skirmishers but were never really deployed as such. Is there a way to make royal peltasts go into range mode? Is it supposed to be this way? In my campaign as Macedon the best range unit i can make are light peltasts, but ive noticed other countries have more heavily armored peltasts. Originally posted by Shotgunwilly:The Royal peltasts for Macedon say "The kings own skirmishers are a force to be reckoned with", but they are a melee unit.
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