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Sacra Francisca

The Sacra Francisca are the finest lancers ever to sit upon a horse.

Developed during their early part of the 1st century AD by the eastern empires of the time, the ‘kontos’ lance was at least four metres long. Designed to be used by cavalrymen, it was initially fielded by the cataphracts and clibinarii of Parthia and its successors, the Sassanid Persians. In fact the Parthian cataphracts who annihilated the Roman army at the Battle of Carrhae in 55BC may also have used an early version of the kontos. Literally as long as a bargepole, from where it gets its Greek name, a kontos was generally used two-handed whilst its wielder controlled their horse using both knees to indicate speed and direction. Later on, Rome faced this deadly new cavalry weapon again at the hands of the brutal steppe nomads who raided its borders during the 3rd century AD. As a reaction to having faced lance-armed warriors and come off worse, the Romans soon had their own version, spelled ‘contus’. The contus lance was still in use 1,000 years later by the Roman Empire’s successors - the Byzantines in the east and the Germanic peoples in the west.

Sacra Francisca

Unit Name

Sacra Francisca

Main Unit Key

att_ger_sacra_francisca

Land Unit Key

att_ger_sacra_francisca

Naval Unit Key

att_lon_light_tra_ger

Soldiers

80

Category

Cavalry

Class

Shock Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost

825

Recruitment Cost

825

Upkeep Cost

495

Melee Attack

30

Melee Damage

10

├ Melee Weapon

att_lance_elite

├ Melee Base Damage

3

├ Armour-piercing Damage

7

├ Armour Piercing

No

├ Attack Against Cavalry

20

├ Attack Against Elephants

0

└ Attack Against Infantry

0

Charge Bonus

245

Melee Defence

20

├ Base Defence

10

├ Shield

att_oval

└ Shield Defence

10

Armour

57

├ Armour

att_scale

├ Armour Defence

27

└ Shield Armour

30

Health

245

├ Man Entity

att_infantry_heavy

├ Man Health

90

├ Bonus Hit Points

20

├ Mount

att_ger_sacra_francisca_horse

├ Mount Entity

att_horse_heavy

└ Mount Health

135

Morale

54

Abilities

Sacra Francisca
  • Wedge
    The unit moves into a wedge-shaped attack formation.
  • Steady
    Improves the unit's ability to defend at the cost of their mobility.

Attributes

  • Disciplined
    This unit does not suffer a morale penalty when the general dies. It can also rally after routing more often.
  • Encourage
    This unit provides a morale bonus to nearby allies.
  • Hide (forest)
    This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.

Strengths & Weaknesses

No Strengths and Weaknesses
Recuitment Requirement
Required Technology Frankish Martial Culture Cost 206 Upgrade From Antrustriones Cavalry Guard