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Eastern Roman Empire Military Tier 10

Eastern Heavy Cavalry Tactics

The thunder of cavalry sweeps away all before it.

As the Roman Empire divided and struggled into late antiquity, one of the chief problems its army had to address was cavalry, which was greatly inferior compared to that of its enemies. The Hunnic and barbarian hordes that swept down from the steppes did so on horseback, and to the east the Sassanid Persian armies smashed their foes apart with their decisive heavy cataphracts. Rome was slow to adapt to the changing face of mounted warfare, as their chief allies primarily fielded foot soldiers. After initially resisting the need for change, the Empire finally started to develop new cavalry types that could effectively challenge eastern cataphracts and nomadic lancers. The Eastern Romans, particularly, developed the clibinarii based on the eastern cataphracts, as a response to the threat posed by the unstoppable Sassanid charge. Clibanarii and catafractarii wore head to foot mail or scale armour and carried long 'kontos' lances to unseat mounted opponents and smash through infantry lines.

Effects

Recruitment capacity: +1 (all forces)
Charge bonus: +5% for cavalry units (faction_to_force_own_unseen)
Charge bonus: +5% (faction_to_force_own_unseen)

Requires
Requires Technologies	New Conscription System New Tactics

Enables
Enables Technologies	Federate Forces
Enables Units Upgrade	Catafractarii Cost 175 Upgrade To Clibanarii Contarii Cost 175 Upgrade To Clibanarii

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