Nasamones (Empire Divided) Missile Cavalry

Numidian Noble Cavalry

Numidian tribesmen were raised with horses from an early age, riding bareback without a bridle and controlling their horses by tapping the beasts between the ears with a stick. Numidian cavalry were supremely agile, skirmishing with assured expertise before swinging around to escape as rapidly as they had arrived. Wearing only a thin tunic, they carried javelins and small wicker shields. Their horses, ancestors of the Berber horse, were small and well adapted for speed over long distances. Harassing tactics, while rarely decisive, were extremely frustrating to less mobile enemies, but not so useful against heavier types of cavalry. Described as "by far the best horsemen in Africa" by the historian Livy, their strength was recognised by Rome as a great military asset.

Unit Name Numidian Noble Cavalry

Main Unit Key 3c_Num_Numidian_Noble_Cavalry

Land Unit Key 3c_Num_Numidian_Noble_Cavalry

Naval Unit Key 3c_pel_transport

Soldiers 80

Category Cavalry

Class Missile Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost 1280

Recruitment Cost 1280

Upkeep Cost 255

Missile Damage 41

├ Missile Weapon rome_javelin_improved

├ Projectile javelin_improved

├ Missile Damage 29

├ Missile Ap Damage 12

└ Base Reload Time 10

Accuracy 5

Range 80

Reload 20

Shots Per Minute 8

Ammunition 7

Melee Attack 65

Weapon Damage 36

├ Melee Weapon rome_kopis

├ Melee Damage Base 30

├ Melee Damage Ap 6

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 0

├ Bonus vs Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 30

Melee Defence 44

├ Base Defence 19

├ Shield pelta_cavalry

└ Shield Defence 25

Armour 45

├ Armour mail

├ Armour Defence 40

└ Shield Armour 5

Health 90

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_heavy

├ Man Health 40

├ Bonus Hit Points 25

├ Mount rome_hellenic_horse_sword_shield_m

├ Mount Entity rome_horse_medium

└ Mount Health 25

Base Morale 70

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.
• Fire Whilst Moving
  This unit can fire when mounted and moving.
• Parthian Shot
  This unit can fire all around and not just in-front of itself.
• Resistant to Heat
  This unit tires less quickly in the desert.

Strengths & Weaknesses

• Very poor hull strength
• Very slow speed
• Weak ramming

• Short range
• Fast rate of fire
• Fast moving
• Very good damage and armour penetration
• Large shield
• Very weak in melee
• Poor morale

Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Royal Stables (3c_east_military_cav_heavy_3) Level 2 Nisean Stables (3c_east_military_cav_heavy_4) Level 3

Garrison Buildings
x 2	Nisean Stables (3c_east_military_cav_heavy_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
Empire Divided	Garamantia (Empire Divided) Mauretania (Empire Divided) Mauri (Empire Divided) Nasamones (Empire Divided) African Rebels (Empire Divided)