Etruscan League Melee Cavalry

Italian Cavalry

Before Rome controlled the whole of Italy it shared the peninsula with others, such as the Etruscans and Samnites. These various petty kingdoms, cities and tribes often fought each other, but also united against common external threats. It was as the Etruscans waned and Greek influence fell away that the Romans began steadily accumulating land and power. After three wars against the Samnites, Rome finally became the dominant power in Italy, and extracted pledges of loyalty and military aid from the 'Socii Latini', its Latin allies. There were further rebellions against Rome’s dominance, the most significant being the Allied War of 90-88BC, when many of the Socii turned on Rome. Clearly, this gave the Romans pause, as the peace settlement after was surprisingly generous: it gave the Socii the right of full Roman citizenship, giving them a stake in Rome's continued survival and effectively uniting the whole of Italy under their rule.

Unit Name Italian Cavalry

Main Unit Key Ita_Cav

Land Unit Key Ita_Cav

Naval Unit Key pel_transport

Soldiers 80

Category Cavalry

Class Melee Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost 600

Recruitment Cost 600

Upkeep Cost 110

Melee Attack 38

Weapon Damage 25

├ Melee Weapon rome_spear_cav

├ Melee Damage Base 20

├ Melee Damage Ap 5

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 15

├ Bonus vs Elephants 15

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 34

Melee Defence 37

├ Base Defence 17

├ Shield cavalry

└ Shield Defence 20

Armour 55

├ Armour chest

├ Armour Defence 25

└ Shield Armour 30

Health 75

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_medium

├ Man Health 40

├ Bonus Hit Points 10

├ Mount rome_hellenic_horse_spear_shield_m

├ Mount Entity rome_horse_medium

└ Mount Health 25

Base Morale 50

Abilities

• Flying Wedge
  The unit moves into a flying wedge-shaped attack formation.
  Charge bonus, melee attack
  Acceleration, melee defence

Attributes

• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.

Strengths & Weaknesses

• Very poor hull strength
• Very slow speed
• Weak ramming

• Good attack
• Average defence
• Low damage but average armour penetration
• Average morale

Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Field of Mars (rome_military_1) Level 0 Auxiliary Camp (rome_military_aux_2) Level 1 Auxiliary Barracks (rome_military_aux_3) Level 2 Auxiliary Garrison (rome_military_aux_4) Level 3 Manipular Barracks (rome_military_main_2) Level 1 Cohort Barracks (rome_military_main_3) Level 2 Legionary Barracks (rome_military_main_4) Level 3

Garrison Buildings
x 1	Village (Amber Shore) (rome_amber_1) Level 0 Settlement (Amber Collector) (rome_amber_2) Level 1 Town (Amber Trader) (rome_amber_3) Level 2 Colonia (Amber Road) (rome_amber_4) Level 3 City (rome_city_1) Level 0 Civil Colonia (rome_city_civil_2) Level 1 Civil Municipium (rome_city_civil_3) Level 2 Civil Urbs (rome_city_civil_4) Level 3 Garrison Colonia (rome_city_garrison_2) Level 1 Garrison Municipium (rome_city_garrison_3) Level 2 Garrison Urbs (rome_city_garrison_4) Level 3 Village (Glassware) (rome_glass_1) Level 0 Settlement (Glass Blower) (rome_glass_2) Level 1 Town (Glass Maker) (rome_glass_3) Level 2 Colonia (Master Glass Maker) (rome_glass_4) Level 3 Village (Gold Mine) (rome_gold_1) Level 0 Settlement (Trench Mine) (rome_gold_2) Level 1 Town (Shaft Mine) (rome_gold_3) Level 2 Colonia (Sluiced Mine) (rome_gold_4) Level 3 Village (Grain Fields) (rome_grain_1) Level 0 Settlement (Grain Farms) (rome_grain_2) Level 1 Town (Grain Irrigated Farm) (rome_grain_3) Level 2 Colonia (Grain Estate) (rome_grain_4) Level 3 Village (Horse Trainers) (rome_horse_1) Level 0 Town (Horse Breeders) (rome_horse_2) Level 1 Colonia (Master Horse Breeders) (rome_horse_3) Level 2 Village (Iron Workshop) (rome_iron_1) Level 0 Town (Shieldmaker) (rome_iron_armour_2) Level 1 Colonia (Armourer) (rome_iron_armour_3) Level 2 Town (Blacksmith) (rome_iron_weapon_2) Level 1 Colonia (Weaponsmith) (rome_iron_weapon_3) Level 2 Village (Lead Mine) (rome_lead_1) Level 0 Settlement (Trench Mine) (rome_lead_2) Level 1 Town (Shaft Mine) (rome_lead_3) Level 2 Colonia (Sluiced Mine) (rome_lead_4) Level 3 Village (Tannery) (rome_leather_1) Level 0 Settlement (Open Air Tannery) (rome_leather_2) Level 1 Town (Leather Workshop) (rome_leather_3) Level 2 Colonia (Master Leather Workshop) (rome_leather_4) Level 3 Village (Loggers) (rome_lumber_1) Level 0 Settlement (Logging Camp) (rome_lumber_2) Level 1 Town (Timber Yard) (rome_lumber_3) Level 2 Colonia (Timber Trader) (rome_lumber_4) Level 3 Village (Marble Pit) (rome_marble_1) Level 0 Settlement (Marble Quarry) (rome_marble_2) Level 1 Town (Marble Cutter) (rome_marble_3) Level 2 Colonia (Marble Architect) (rome_marble_4) Level 3 Village (Olive Grove) (rome_olive_1) Level 0 Settlement (Olive Press) (rome_olive_2) Level 1 Town (Mola Olearia) (rome_olive_3) Level 2 Colonia (Olive Oil Trader) (rome_olive_4) Level 3 Village (Murex Snail Farm) (rome_purple_dye_1) Level 0 Settlement (Snail Vats) (rome_purple_dye_2) Level 1 Town (Dye Works) (rome_purple_dye_3) Level 2 Colonia (Master Dye Works) (rome_purple_dye_4) Level 3 Village (Silk Trader) (rome_silk_1) Level 0 Settlement (Silk Caravan) (rome_silk_2) Level 1 Town (Silk Market) (rome_silk_3) Level 2 Colonia (Silk Road) (rome_silk_4) Level 3 Village (Spice Depot) (rome_spice_1) Level 0 Settlement (Large Spice Depot) (rome_spice_2) Level 1 Town (Spice Producer) (rome_spice_3) Level 2 Colonia (Master Spice Producer) (rome_spice_4) Level 3 Village (rome_town_1) Level 0 Civil Settlement (rome_town_civil_2) Level 1 Civil Town (rome_town_civil_3) Level 2 Civil Colonia (rome_town_civil_4) Level 3 Farming Settlement (rome_town_farm_2) Level 1 Farming Town (rome_town_farm_3) Level 2 Farming Colonia (rome_town_farm_4) Level 3 Market Settlement (rome_town_trade_2) Level 1 Market Town (rome_town_trade_3) Level 2 Market Colonia (rome_town_trade_4) Level 3 Village (Vineyard) (rome_wine_1) Level 0 Settlement (Large Vineyard) (rome_wine_2) Level 1 Town (Winemaker) (rome_wine_3) Level 2 Colonia (Master Winemaker) (rome_wine_4) Level 3
x 2	Cohort Barracks (rome_military_main_3) Level 2 Legionary Barracks (rome_military_main_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Etruscan League Latin Rebels
Samnite Wars	Italian Rebels (Samnite Wars) Samnites (Samnite Wars)
Hannibal at the Gates	Etruscan League (Hannibal at the Gates) Latin Rebels (Hannibal at the Gates) Samnites (Hannibal at the Gates)