Burgundians Shock Cavalry

Barbed Lancers

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 Barbed Lancers

Main Unit Key att_ger_barbed_lancers

Land Unit Key att_ger_barbed_lancers

Naval Unit Key att_lon_light_tra_ger

Soldiers 80

Category Cavalry

Class Shock Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost 600

Recruitment Cost 600

Upkeep Cost 295

Melee Attack 30

Melee Damage 12

├ Melee Weapon att_barbed_lance

├ Melee Base Damage 7

├ Armour-piercing Damage 5

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Attack Against Cavalry 10

├ Attack Against Elephants 0

└ Attack Against Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 215

Melee Defence 40

├ Base Defence 10

├ Shield att_round_small

└ Shield Defence 30

Armour 32

├ Armour att_scale

├ Armour Defence 27

└ Shield Armour 5

Health 232

├ Man Entity att_infantry_medium

├ Man Health 90

├ Bonus Hit Points 17

├ Mount att_ger_barbed_lancers_horse

├ Mount Entity att_horse_medium

└ Mount Health 125

Morale 45

Abilities

• Wedge
  The unit moves into a wedge-shaped attack formation.

Attributes

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

Strengths & Weaknesses

No Strengths and Weaknesses

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Required Technology Cost 181 Upgrade To
Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Livestock Herd (att_bld_barbarian_farm_livestock_3) Level 2 Livestock Pens (att_bld_barbarian_farm_livestock_4) Level 3 Sparring Fields (att_bld_barbmigs_military_warriors_3) Level 2 Warriors' Encampment (att_bld_barbmigs_military_warriors_4) Level 3

Garrison Buildings

x 1

Warlord's Hold (att_bld_barbarian_civic_chieftain_3) Level 2 Warlord's Castle (att_bld_barbarian_civic_chieftain_5_legendary) Level 4 Chieftain's Hold (att_bld_barbarian_civic_minor_chieftain_3_legendary) Level 2 Chieftain's Castle (att_bld_barbarian_civic_minor_chieftain_5_legendary) Level 4 Curing Shack (att_bld_barbarian_farm_curing_1) Level 1 Smoke Shed (att_bld_barbarian_farm_curing_2) Level 2 Salt Warehouse (att_bld_barbarian_farm_curing_3) Level 3

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Burgundians
The Last Roman	Burgundians (The Last Roman)