Frankish Kingdom (The Last Roman) Shock Cavalry

Sacra Francisca

Developed during their early part of the 1st century AD by the eastern empires of the time, the ‘kontos’ lance was at least four metres long. Designed to be used by cavalrymen, it was initially fielded by the cataphracts and clibinarii of Parthia and its successors, the Sassanid Persians. In fact the Parthian cataphracts who annihilated the Roman army at the Battle of Carrhae in 55BC may also have used an early version of the kontos. Literally as long as a bargepole, from where it gets its Greek name, a kontos was generally used two-handed whilst its wielder controlled their horse using both knees to indicate speed and direction. Later on, Rome faced this deadly new cavalry weapon again at the hands of the brutal steppe nomads who raided its borders during the 3rd century AD. As a reaction to having faced lance-armed warriors and come off worse, the Romans soon had their own version, spelled ‘contus’. The contus lance was still in use 1,000 years later by the Roman Empire’s successors - the Byzantines in the east and the Germanic peoples in the west.

Unit Name Sacra Francisca

Main Unit Key att_ger_sacra_francisca

Land Unit Key att_ger_sacra_francisca

Naval Unit Key att_lon_light_tra_ger

Soldiers 80

Category Cavalry

Class Shock Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost 825

Recruitment Cost 825

Upkeep Cost 495

Melee Attack 30

Melee Damage 10

├ Melee Weapon att_lance_elite

├ Melee Base Damage 3

├ Armour-piercing Damage 7

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Attack Against Cavalry 20

├ Attack Against Elephants 0

└ Attack Against Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 245

Melee Defence 20

├ Base Defence 10

├ Shield att_oval

└ Shield Defence 10

Armour 57

├ Armour att_scale

├ Armour Defence 27

└ Shield Armour 30

Health 245

├ Man Entity att_infantry_heavy

├ Man Health 90

├ Bonus Hit Points 20

├ Mount att_ger_sacra_francisca_horse

├ Mount Entity att_horse_heavy

└ Mount Health 135

Morale 54

Abilities

• Wedge
  The unit moves into a wedge-shaped attack formation.
• Steady
  Improves the unit's ability to defend at the cost of their mobility.

Attributes

• Disciplined
  This unit does not suffer a morale penalty when the general dies. It can also rally after routing more often.
• Encourage
  This unit provides a morale bonus to nearby allies.
• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.

Strengths & Weaknesses

No Strengths and Weaknesses

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Franks Frankish Separatists
The Last Roman	Frankish Kingdom (The Last Roman) Frankish Separatists (The Last Roman)