Mavia’s Lancers
The scourge of the east kill in the name of their warrior queen.Mavia, Queen of the Tanukhids, was relatively unknown to history until her legendary revolution against the Roman Empire, succeeding where Zenobia of Palmyra failed 100 years before. Indeed, Mavia is considered by most sources a 'warrior queen', indicating she was recognised primarily by her military deeds which, unusually for the time, made her gender irrelevant. In AD378, three years after the death of her husband, peace dissolved and Mavia began a large offensive campaign against the Romans. Her reasons seem to be religious - Emperor Valens sought to supplant the Tanukhid's Orthodox Christianity with his own brand of Arianism, and so Mavia went to war. She often rode at the head of her armies and struck fast into Roman territory, anticipating Imperial tactics and remaining fluid. As the Tanukhids had no central base of operations, the Romans found it difficult to combat their tactics - appearing as they did to be everywhere and nowhere all at once. Mavia's army bested the Romans in open battle on several occasions, and mercilessly butchered those in its way. In the end Valens capitulated, granting Mavia her demand and naming Moses bishop to the Tanukhid people. Despite her stunning victory, Mavia's glory seems to have lived and died with the war as, after peace was brokered, there is little recorded about the rest of her life.
Unit Name Mavia’s Lancers |
Main Unit Key att_des_es_mavias_lancers |
Land Unit Key att_des_es_mavias_lancers |
Naval Unit Key att_cor_light_rom |
Soldiers 80 |
Category Cavalry |
Class Shock Cavalry |
Custom Battle Cost 450 |
Recruitment Cost 450 |
Upkeep Cost 230 |
Melee Attack 26 |
10 |
├ Melee Weapon att_lance |
├ Melee Base Damage 3 |
├ Armour-piercing Damage 7 |
├ Armour Piercing No |
├ Attack Against Cavalry 10 |
├ Attack Against Elephants 0 |
└ Attack Against Infantry 0 |
Charge Bonus 225 |
7 |
├ Base Defence 7 |
├ Shield att_none |
└ Shield Defence 0 |
3 |
├ Armour att_cloth |
├ Armour Defence 3 |
└ Shield Armour 0 |
80 |
├ Man Entity att_infantry_very_light |
├ Man Health 75 |
├ Bonus Hit Points 5 |
├ Mount att_des_es_mavia’s_lancers_horse |
├ Mount Entity |
└ Mount Health |
Morale 34 |
Abilities
Mavia’s Lancers- Sea Sickness
As these men are inexperienced sailors. Caught up in sea combat, they suffer various penalties. - Wedge
The unit moves into a wedge-shaped attack formation.
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
Requires Buildings | |
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Lv. 0 |
Militia Encampment
(att_bld_eastern_sassanid_military_minor_3) Level 2
Militia Compound
(att_bld_eastern_sassanid_military_minor_4) Level 3 |
Faction Availability | |
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Grand Campaign |