Alans Melee Infantry

Alani Swordsmen

Alani warriors were known to be strong and fierce - the Roman historian Marcellinus spoke of them in complimentary terms, calling them "men of great stature and beauty" with "terribly fierce" eyes. Their hardiness and determination is hardly surprising, given their lives on the harsh, eastern steppes, and then coping with upheaval and migration westward brought on by the appearance of the Huns. The Alans, Sarmatians and indeed all the nomadic tribes had no choice but to master this unforgiving life, be destroyed or consumed by a stronger people. The fierceness of Alani warriors was demonstrated at the Battle of Adrianople in AD378, when a Gothic and Vandal army, bolstered by Alani infantry, outflanked and destroyed Roman forces under Emperor Valens. With the Alani infantry engaged at their front, and Gothic cavalry surrounding them, the Romans were decisively defeated. Abandoned by his bodyguards, Valens' body was never found.

Unit Name Alani Swordsmen

Main Unit Key att_alan_alani_swordsmen

Land Unit Key att_alan_alani_swordsmen

Naval Unit Key att_lon_light_tra_hun

Soldiers 160

Category Melee Infantry

Class Melee Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 300

Recruitment Cost 550

Upkeep Cost 300

Melee Attack 36

Melee Damage 40

├ Melee Weapon att_sword

├ 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 44

Melee Defence 31

├ Base Defence 16

├ Shield att_round

└ Shield Defence 15

Armour 42

├ Armour att_scale

├ Armour Defence 27

└ Shield Armour 15

Health 90

├ Man Entity att_infantry_medium

├ Man Health 90

└ Bonus Hit Points 0

Morale 40

Abilities

• Rapid Advance
  Improved unit movement speed over an extended period.

Attributes

• Resistant to Fatigue
  Fatigue has less of an effect on this unit.
• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.

Strengths & Weaknesses

No Strengths and Weaknesses

Recuitment Requirement
Required Technology Cost 119 Upgrade From

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Alans Alanic Separatists