Mercenary Citizen 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 Mercenary Citizen Cavalry

Main Unit Key Mer_Gre_Citizen_Cav

Land Unit Key Mer_Gre_Citizen_Cav

Naval Unit Key greek_transport

Soldiers 90

Category Cavalry

Class Melee Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost 570

Recruitment Cost 420

Upkeep Cost 250

Melee Attack 25

Weapon Damage 29

├ Melee Weapon rome_hoplite_spear_cav

├ Melee Damage Base 18

├ Melee Damage Ap 11

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 10

├ Bonus vs Elephants 12

└ Bonus vs Infantry 10

Charge Bonus 26

Melee Defence 61

├ Base Defence 41

├ Shield hoplite_cav

└ Shield Defence 20

Armour 97

├ Armour spolas

├ Armour Defence 52

└ Shield Armour 45

Health 105

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_heavy

├ Man Health 55

├ Bonus Hit Points 10

├ Mount rome_hellenic_horse_spear_shield_m

├ Mount Entity rome_horse_medium

└ Mount Health 40

Base Morale 45

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

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

Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
1	rom_province_pool_hellas	Achaia	Athenae Gortyna Sparta	0	0.15	1	3
2	rom_province_pool_macedonia	Macedonia	Apollonia Pharsalus Thessalonica	0	0.15	1	3
3	rom_province_pool_magna_graecia	Sicily	Agrigentum Panormus Syracuse	0	0.15	1	3
4	rom_province_pool_asia	Asia	Ephesus Pergamon Pessinus Rhodos	1	0.15	1	3

Grand Campaign Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
5	rom_province_pool_hellas	Hellas	Athenai Hierapytna Sparta	0	0.15	1	3
6	rom_province_pool_macedonia	Macedonia	Apollonia Pella Larissa	0	0.15	1	3
7	rom_province_pool_magna_graecia	Magna Graecia	Cosentia Brundisium Lilybaeum Syracusae	0	0.15	1	3
8	rom_province_pool_asia	Asia	Ephesus Pergamon Pessinus Rhodos	1	0.15	1	3

Caesar in Gaul Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
9	gaul_province_pool_transalpina	Transalpina	Massalia Vasio	1	0.15	1	3

Hannibal at the Gates Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
10	pun_province_pool_gallia_transalpina	Gallia Transalpina	Lugdunum Massilia Nemausus Tolosa	0	0.5	1	3
11	pun_province_pool_hispania_citerior	Hispania Citerior	Cissis Emporiae Ilerda Salduba	0	0.5	1	3
12	pun_province_pool_magna_graecia	Magna Graecia	Buxentum Croton Tarentum Thurii	1	0.5	1	3
13	pun_province_pool_sicilia	Sicilia	Lilybaeum Messana Syracuse	1	0.5	1	3

Faction Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Faction	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
14	gaul_faction_pool_hellenic	Massilia (Caesar in Gaul)	1	0.15	1	3