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Lakhmids Military Tier 11

Military Aristocracy

Only those of noble birth have the strength to lead.

The real strength of the Sassanid army was, primarily, heavy cavalry and seasoned skirmish troops. The Savaran cavalry were led by the 'great' families of noble Persian and Parthian blood. This mounted corps was also often reinforced by mercenaries. Infantry, by contrast, were not usually held in much regard, with some even referring to the levied Paighan – from which the vast majority of Sassanid infantrymen were drawn - as 'a crowd of pitiable peasants'. These poor quality levies were raised by the aristocracy, conscripted from the lands they owned to act, in most cases, as little more than ‘meat shields’ for the Sassanid advance. This social aristocracy bled quite clearly into the military, and remained as the basis for all military recruitment and conscription until the reforms of Khosrow I, who altered the system so that lesser nobility, primarily farmers and land-owners, could be drawn into the army. This dramatically reduced the aristocracy's power, as the armour and weaponry was provided by the state, meaning the newer forces swore loyalty to the Shahanshah himself, and not his local feudal lords.

Effects

Recruitment cost: -5% (all forces)
Replenishment: +3% (all forces)

Requires
Requires Technologies	Military Settlement State-Funded Supplies

Enables
Enables Units Upgrade	Desert Chieftain Cost 206 Upgrade To Desert Warlord Mavia’s Chargers Cost 175 Upgrade To Mavia’s Chosen Artillery Dromon - Eastern Artillery Crew Cost 125 Upgrade To Battery Dromon - Eastern Artillery Crew Dromon Warship - Eastern Boatmen Cost 250 Upgrade To Castled Dromon Warship - Elite Sassanid Heavy Marines Dromonarion Skirmisher - Eastern Naval Hurlers Cost 88 Upgrade To Dromonarion Skirmisher - Sassanid Slinger Marines
Enables Buildings	Military Port Royal Stables Royal Barracks

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