Seleucid Melee Cavalry

Light Cavalry

The early Greek cavalry took roughly the same form throughout the city-states, being comprised of citizens able to afford and maintain a horse. After the Greco-Persian Wars, city-states such as Athens founded more permanent cavalry funded by annual grants. Right through the Peloponnesian War however, this volunteer cavalry continued to be few in numbers, and was used principally to chase skirmishers and fleeing hoplites. It was not that cavalry were ineffectual in Greek warfare, as shown by the Theban victory at the Battle of Delium in 424BC, but until this time they had been underused and lacked the numbers to make a decisive impact. Often wearing a metal helm and a mailed cuirass reaching down to their knees, they were equipped with a long sword and a spear, usable as both a lance and a javelin. However, a lack of saddle and stirrups, unused by the Greeks of the time, made them relatively easy to knock from horseback.

Unit Name Light Cavalry

Main Unit Key Gre_Light_Cav

Land Unit Key Gre_Light_Cav

Naval Unit Key pel_transport

Soldiers 80

Category Cavalry

Class Melee Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost 440

Recruitment Cost 440

Upkeep Cost 90

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 29

Melee Defence 50

├ Base Defence 10

├ Shield caetra_fast_cav

└ Shield Defence 40

Armour 35

├ Armour leather

├ Armour Defence 30

└ Shield Armour 5

Health 75

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_medium

├ Man Health 40

├ Bonus Hit Points 10

├ Mount rome_hellenic_horse_spear_shield_l

├ Mount Entity rome_horse_light

└ Mount Health 25

Base Morale 40

Abilities

• Diamond
  The unit moves into a diamond-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

• Average attack
• Weak defence
• Low damage but average armour penetration
• Poor morale

Requires Buildings

Lv. 0

Muster Field (greek_military_1) Level 0 Stables (greek_military_east_stable_2) Level 1 Satrap's Stables (greek_military_east_stable_3) Level 2 Royal Stables (greek_military_east_stable_4) Level 3 Holosideros Barracks (greek_military_heavy_2) Level 1 Hoplite Barracks (greek_military_heavy_3) Level 2 Royal Barracks (greek_military_heavy_4) Level 3 Periokos Camp (greek_military_light_2) Level 1 Skirmisher Camp (greek_military_light_3) Level 2 Mercenary Camp (greek_military_light_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
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