Units

[Dux Corvanus]

Just some name conventions for Spanish units. Being a Spaniard myself, I must state that:

1) The correct ortography for bowmen in Spanish is not archeros. It's arqueros. 'Archeros' seems to be a corruption from French or English sources, and looks very very weird for a Spaniard.

2) On the other side, Spanish bowmen should be really scarce, it was a very uncommon weapon in Spanish panoply even since XV centry.

3) Spanish infantry units formed regiments that were called Tercios during late 16th and 17th centuries. Although it must be considered as a name convention -like RTW Roman legion, since Tercios used also a mix of different weapons (pikes and muskets)- I recommend you to use it when naming Spanish infatry units (for example: Tercio de Piqueros).

Good luck!

-Dux Corvanus-
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[cegorach]

1) The correct ortography for bowmen in Spanish is not archeros. It's arqueros. 'Archeros' seems to be a corruption from French or English sources, and looks very very weird for a Spaniard.

Thank you for your imput, but these Archeros are Spanish elite cavalry, NOT archers, so don't worry about it

[Dux Corvanus]

1) The correct ortography for bowmen in Spanish is not archeros. It's arqueros. 'Archeros' seems to be a corruption from French or English sources, and looks very very weird for a Spaniard.

Thank you for your imput, but these Archeros are Spanish elite cavalry, NOT archers, so don't worry about it

Oh right. Excuse my ignorance.

Anyway, you should consider my advice about the term tercios.

[SwordsMaster]

Oh right. Excuse my ignorance.

Anyway, you should consider my advice about the term tercios.

Not really mate. Tercio is a term that describes a force of some 3-5000 men composed of different regiments with different weapons and even cavalry and artillery. Besides Tercios were usually named either after the regions where they were recruited in, or the names of the Maestre de Campo (Colonel).Lo siento.