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Mavia’s Lancers TanukhidsTanukhids Shock Cavalry

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.

Mavia’s Lancers

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

Melee Damage

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

Melee Defence

7

├ Base Defence

7

├ Shield

att_none

└ Shield Defence

0

Armour

3

├ Armour

att_cloth

├ Armour Defence

3

└ Shield Armour

0

Health

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
Upgrade
Required Technology Cavalry Recruitment Reforms Cost 138 Upgrade To Mavia’s Chargers
Requires Buildings
Mavia’s Lancers Lv. 0 Militia Encampment
Militia Encampment
(att_bld_eastern_sassanid_military_minor_3)
Level 2
Militia Compound
Militia Compound
(att_bld_eastern_sassanid_military_minor_4)
Level 3
Recruitment Tents
Recruitment Tents
(att_bld_eastmig_military_1)
Level 0
Militia Quarters
Militia Quarters
(att_bld_eastmig_military_2)
Level 1
Cavalry Circle
Cavalry Circle
(att_bld_eastmig_military_cavalry_3)
Level 2
Drill Field
Drill Field
(att_bld_eastmig_military_inf_3)
Level 2
Victory Parade
Victory Parade
(att_bld_eastmig_military_infantry_4)
Level 3
Imperial Muster
Imperial Muster
(att_bld_eastmig_military_infantry_5)
Level 4
Faction Availability
Grand Campaign