Mercenary Bactrian Light Horse

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.

Unit Name Mercenary Bactrian Light Horse

Main Unit Key Mer_Bac_Light_Horse

Land Unit Key Mer_Bac_Light_Horse

Naval Unit Key barbarian_transport_small

Soldiers 80

Category Cavalry

Class Melee Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost 430

Recruitment Cost 310

Upkeep Cost 230

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

• 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

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

• Average attack
• Weak defence
• Low damage but average armour penetration
• Poor morale

Empire Divided Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
1	rom_province_pool_transoxania	Transoxania	Bukhara Maracanda	0	0.15	1	3
2	rom_province_pool_bactria	Bactria	Baktria Eucratides Kapisene	1	0.15	1	3

Grand Campaign Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
3	rom_province_pool_transoxania	Transoxania	Bukhara Maracanda	0	0.15	1	3
4	rom_province_pool_bactria	Bactria	Baktra Eucratideia	1	0.15	1	3

Faction Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Faction	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
5	rom_faction_pool_bactrian	Baktrian Nobles Baktria	1	0.15	1	3