Ptolemaic Holdings (Macedonian Wars) Melee Cavalry

Lonchophoroi

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 Lonchophoroi

Main Unit Key Gre_Light_Cav

Land Unit Key Gre_Light_Cav

Naval Unit Key pel_transport

Soldiers 120

Category Cavalry

Class Melee Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost 1346

Recruitment Cost 1346

Upkeep Cost 269

Melee Attack 21

Weapon Damage 9

├ Melee Weapon cspear2

├ Weapon Damage 9

├ Weapon Deadliness 0

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Cavalry 1

├ Bonus vs. Elephants 1

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 22

Melee Defence 39

├ Base Defence 13

├ Shield cshield2

└ Shield Defence 26

Armour 12

├ Armour carm5

├ Armour Defence 12

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 20

├ Man Entity light_medium

├ Man Health 20

├ Bonus Hit Points 0

├ Mount rome_hellenic_horse_spear_shield_m

├ Mount Entity rome_horse_medium_spr

└ Mount Health 0

Base Morale 45

Abilities

• Stamina (average)
  Governs how fast the unit tires and restores fatigue, and is dependent on type of unit, weight and approach to combat.
• Flying Wedge
  The unit assumes a wedge formation that increases charge speed and bonus

Attributes

• Fire Whilst Moving
  This unit can fire when mounted and moving.
• 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 (rom_HELLENIC_military_main_1) Level 0 Muster Field (rom_HELLENIC_military_main_1) Level 0 Holosideros Barracks (rom_HELLENIC_military_main_heavy_2) Level 1 Hoplite Barracks (rom_HELLENIC_military_main_heavy_3) Level 2
Lv. 1	Royal Barracks (rom_HELLENIC_military_main_heavy_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Seleukidai Seleukidai Nobles
Macedonian Wars	Ptolemaic Holdings (Macedonian Wars) Ptolemaic Rebels (Macedonian Wars) Seleucid Empire (Macedonian Wars) Seleucid Rebels (Macedonian Wars)