Roman Expedition (The Last Roman) Missile Cavalry

Hippo Toxotai

'Equites sagittarii' is Latin for 'horse archers', specialist mounted units armed with bows who served as auxiliary units in the Roman army from the time of Augustus. This, like many adaptations made to the army's original model, was entirely due to contact with the powerful armies of the eastern empires - Parthia and later, Sassanid Persia. Horse archers were, therefore, far more likely to be found serving in the east, where they could match their opponents tactic for tactic in lightning runs and skirmishing. Additionally, the type of glue used in their composite bows would fail in the west due to its predominantly damp climate. Following the decline and collapse of the Western Empire, the Eastern Roman army continued to go from strength to strength, but due to its location there was, day to day, a gradual shift from the Latin language to Greek, so equites sagittarii became ‘hippo-toxotai’ – literally ‘horse archers’ in Greek.

Unit Name Hippo Toxotai

Main Unit Key bel_rom_hippo_toxotai

Land Unit Key bel_rom_hippo_toxotai

Naval Unit Key att_cor_light_rom

Soldiers 80

Category Cavalry

Class Missile Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost 650

Recruitment Cost 650

Upkeep Cost 325

Missile Damage 49

├ Missile Weapon att_bow_composite_horse

├ Projectile att_arrow_composite_normal_horse

├ Missile Damage 37

├ Missile Ap Damage 12

└ Base Reload Time 20

Accuracy 0

Range 150

Reload 50

Rate of Fire 6

Ammunition 23

Melee Attack 17

Melee Damage 40

├ Melee Weapon att_spatha

├ Melee Base Damage 36

├ Armour-piercing Damage 4

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Attack Against Cavalry 0

├ Attack Against Elephants 0

└ Attack Against Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 17

Melee Defence 42

├ Base Defence 12

├ Shield att_round_small

└ Shield Defence 30

Armour 32

├ Armour att_scale

├ Armour Defence 27

└ Shield Armour 5

Health 224

├ Man Entity att_infantry_medium

├ Man Health 90

├ Bonus Hit Points 9

├ Mount att_rom_equites_sagittarii_horse

├ Mount Entity att_horse_medium

└ Mount Health 125

Morale 45

Abilities

• Precision Shot
  Improved missile weapon damage for an extended period. These values are further modified by the unit itself.

Attributes

• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
• Fire Whilst Moving
  This unit can fire when mounted and moving.

Strengths & Weaknesses

No Strengths and Weaknesses

Faction Availability
The Last Roman	Roman Empire (The Last Roman) Roman Expedition (The Last Roman) Roman Expedition Separatists (The Last Roman) Eastern Separatists (The Last Roman)