Mercenary Persian Mounted Warriors

The Persian war machine differed greatly from that of the west. Gone was the reliance on a backbone of columns and infantry; instead, the eastern empires fielded heavy cataphracts, drawn from the nobility, as their main strength. These powerful shock troops were complimented by horse or camel archers, to harry the enemy and keep them under pressure. On foot, the Persians fielded light spearmen levies supported by an elite division of archers to back the cavalry and rain death upon the enemy. Also, the cataphracts were often aided by the hammer-blow of the terrifying elephant corps, upon which great importance was placed due to its magnificent power.

Unit Name Mercenary Persian Mounted Warriors

Main Unit Key att_merc_est_persian_mounted_warriors

Land Unit Key att_merc_est_persian_mounted_warriors

Naval Unit Key att_cor_light_rom

Soldiers 80

Category Cavalry

Class Melee Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost 325

Recruitment Cost 240

Upkeep Cost 265

Melee Attack 45

Melee Damage 32

├ Melee Weapon att_spear

├ Melee Base Damage 24

├ Armour-piercing Damage 8

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Attack Against Cavalry 20

├ Attack Against Elephants 20

└ Attack Against Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 45

Melee Defence 22

├ Base Defence 7

├ Shield att_round

└ Shield Defence 15

Armour 18

├ Armour att_cloth

├ Armour Defence 3

└ Shield Armour 15

Health 220

├ Man Entity att_infantry_light

├ Man Health 75

├ Bonus Hit Points 20

├ Mount att_est_persian_mounted_warriors_horse

├ Mount Entity att_horse_medium

└ Mount Health 125

Morale 32

Abilities

No Ability

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

Grand Campaign Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
1	att_merc_est_province_major	Armenia	Duin Payttakaran Tosp	1	0.1	1	3
2	att_merc_est_province_major	Asoristan	Arbela Ctesiphon Meshan	1	0.1	1	3
3	att_merc_est_province_major	Caucasia	Gabala Kotais Mtskheta	1	0.1	1	3
4	att_merc_est_province_major	Khwarasan	Abarshahr Harev Merv	1	0.1	1	3
5	att_merc_est_province_major	Makran	Harmosia Phra Pura	1	0.1	1	3
6	att_merc_est_province_major	Media Atropatene	Ecbatana Ganzaga Rhaga	1	0.1	1	3
7	att_merc_est_province_major	Osroene	Amida Edessa Nisibis	1	0.1	1	3
8	att_merc_est_province_major	Persis	Behdesir Siraf Stakhr	1	0.1	1	3
9	att_merc_est_province_major	Spahan	Issatis Spahan Susa	1	0.1	1	3
10	att_merc_est_province_major	Transcaspia	Dahistan Kath Siahkuh	1	0.1	1	3
11	att_merc_est_province_minor	Arabia Magna	Dumatha Hira Yathrib	0	0.05	1	1
12	att_merc_est_province_minor	Asia	Cyzicus Ephesus Synnada	0	0.05	1	1
13	att_merc_est_province_minor	Bithynia	Amasea Ancyra Nicomedia	0	0.05	1	1
14	att_merc_est_province_minor	Cappadocia	Caesarea Eusebia Melitene Trapezus	0	0.05	1	1
15	att_merc_est_province_minor	Cilicia	Iconium Myra Tarsus	0	0.05	1	1
16	att_merc_est_province_minor	Insulae Orientalis	Constantia Gortyna Rhodes	0	0.05	1	1
17	att_merc_est_province_minor	Sarmatia Asiatica	Anacopia Samandar Tanais	0	0.05	1	1
18	att_merc_est_province_minor	Scythia	Bolghar Raha Sarai	0	0.05	1	1
19	att_merc_est_province_minor	Syria	Antiochia Emesa Tyrus	0	0.05	1	1