Axum (Empire Divided) Military (Stables) Level 3

Royal Stables

Noble horses are fitting mounts for the best of cavalrymen.

Eastern cavalry had both Hellenistic and Persian influences, with the more easterly states favouring cataphract-style scale armour, in the Parthian fashion, protecting both rider and horse. As a result, the Seleucid kings that followed Alexander maintained two 1,000-man units of elite cavalry, the Hetairoi, modelled on Parthian cataphracts. Following the Alexandrian and Parthian examples, heavy cavalry were a hammer in the tactical toolbox of eastern generals, driving off their opposite numbers before outflanking and exploiting vulnerable infantry flanks. This was helped by the use of a wedge formation to drive into the enemy and break their ordered lines.

Effects

-4 food (this_region)
+1 army recruitment capacity (this_province)

Provides Garrison Army

Recruitable Units

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