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Clibanarii

This unit of heavily-armoured melee cavalry are an almost unstoppable battlefield force.

'Clibinarii' were the ultimate blunt instrument on late Roman battlefields. Taken from the original Greek 'klibanophoroi', their name means 'camp oven' or 'metallic furnace', probably due to the amount of armour that covered both man and horse. Having faced formidable opposition when fighting Palmyra and Sassanid Persia, the Eastern Romans soon realised that they would have to match their enemies' brutal heavy cavalry attack if they were to make any headway whatsoever in their wars against the eastern empires. Whereas cataphracts were traditionally armed with lances for charging, clibinarii carried all manner of clubs, maces, and axes which enabled them to get in close and literally smash their opponents to pieces in melee.

Clibanarii

Unit Name

Clibanarii

Main Unit Key

att_rom_clibanarii

Land Unit Key

att_rom_clibanarii

Naval Unit Key

att_cor_light_rom

Soldiers

80

Category

Cavalry

Class

Shock Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost

700

Recruitment Cost

700

Upkeep Cost

390

Missile Damage

49

├ Missile Weapon

att_bow_composite_horse

├ Projectile

att_arrow_composite_normal_horse

├ Missile Damage

37

├ Missile Ap Damage

12

└ Base Reload Time

20

Accuracy

0

Range

150

Reload

30

Rate of Fire

4

Ammunition

2

Melee Attack

32

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

242

Melee Defence

12

├ Base Defence

12

├ Shield

att_none

└ Shield Defence

0

Armour

50

├ Armour

att_cataphract

├ Armour Defence

50

└ Shield Armour

0

Health

244

├ Man Entity

att_infantry_heavy

├ Man Health

90

├ Bonus Hit Points

19

├ Mount

att_rom_clibanarii_horse

├ Mount Entity

att_horse_heavy

└ Mount Health

135

Morale

45

Abilities

Clibanarii
  • Wedge
    The unit moves into a wedge-shaped attack formation.
  • Scare
    Reduces the morale of an enemy unit for an extended period of time.

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
Requires Buildings
Clibanarii Lv. 0 Imperial Muster
Imperial Muster
(att_bld_eastmig_military_infantry_5)
Level 4