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Auxiliary Bactrian Light Horse

These men are of tough hill stock, and handy in a fight.

The Bactrian plain is to the west of the Hindu Kush in what is now Afghanistan. It first enters records of antiquity through Ctesias, a Greek historian (circa 400BC), who falsely claimed that the Assyrian King Ninus defeated the Bactrians in 2140BC. A fertile and developed land, Bactria was prosperous and so, during the expansion of the Achaemenid Empire, it inevitably drew the interest of the newly crowned Cyrus the Great. Under the Achaemenids, Bactria enjoyed the special privilege of being ruled by the crown prince, or heir-apparent to the royal line. It has been suggested that before the Persians, however, Bactria was ruled by the Median Kingdom before they, too, fell to the expansionist Achaemenids. Like many other Persian satrapies, Bactria attempted to rebel against its overlords in the wake of Darius III's defeat by Alexander the Great, only to be subdued by the victorious general.

Auxiliary Bactrian Light Horse

Unit Name

Auxiliary Bactrian Light Horse

Main Unit Key

Aux_Bac_Light_Horse

Land Unit Key

Aux_Bac_Light_Horse

Naval Unit Key

pel_transport

Soldiers

80

Category

Cavalry

Class

Melee Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost

430

Recruitment Cost

430

Upkeep Cost

90

Melee Attack

37

Weapon Damage

25

├ Melee Weapon

rome_spear_cav

├ Melee Damage Base

20

├ Melee Damage Ap

5

├ Armour Piercing

No

├ Bonus vs. Large

15

├ Bonus vs Elephants

15

└ Bonus vs Infantry

0

Charge Bonus

29

Melee Defence

26

├ Base Defence

11

├ Shield

hoplite_cav

└ Shield Defence

15

Armour

55

├ Armour

padded

├ Armour Defence

20

└ Shield Armour

35

Health

75

├ Man Entity

rome_infantry_light

├ Man Health

40

├ Bonus Hit Points

10

├ Mount

rome_hellenic_horse_spear_shield_l

├ Mount Entity

rome_horse_light

└ Mount Health

25

Base Morale

30

Abilities

Auxiliary Bactrian Light Horse
  • Diamond
    The unit moves into a diamond-shaped attack formation.
    Charge bonus, melee attack
    Acceleration, melee defence

Attributes

  • Hide (forest)
    This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.

Strengths & Weaknesses

Transport
  • Very poor hull strength
  • Very slow speed
  • Weak ramming
Auxiliary Bactrian Light Horse
  • Average attack
  • Weak defence
  • Low damage but average armour penetration
  • Poor morale
Recuitment Requirement
Unit Resouces Auxilia_Bactrian

Imperator Augustus Regions

Imperator Augustus
Provinces Regions
Bactria Baktria Eucratides Kapisene
Transoxania Bukhara Maracanda
Requires Buildings
Auxiliary Bactrian Light Horse Lv. 0 Auxiliary Camp
Auxiliary Camp
(rome_military_aux_2)
Level 1
Auxiliary Barracks
Auxiliary Barracks
(rome_military_aux_3)
Level 2
Auxiliary Garrison
Auxiliary Garrison
(rome_military_aux_4)
Level 3
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