Mercenary Italian Cavalry

Before Rome controlled the whole of Italy it shared the peninsula with others, such as the Etruscans and Samnites. These various petty kingdoms, cities and tribes often fought each other, but also united against common external threats. It was as the Etruscans waned and Greek influence fell away that the Romans began steadily accumulating land and power. After three wars against the Samnites, Rome finally became the dominant power in Italy, and extracted pledges of loyalty and military aid from the 'Socii Latini', its Latin allies. There were further rebellions against Rome’s dominance, the most significant being the Allied War of 90-88BC, when many of the Socii turned on Rome. Clearly, this gave the Romans pause, as the peace settlement after was surprisingly generous: it gave the Socii the right of full Roman citizenship, giving them a stake in Rome's continued survival and effectively uniting the whole of Italy under their rule.

Unit Name Mercenary Italian Cavalry

Main Unit Key Mer_Ita_Cav

Land Unit Key Mer_Ita_Cav

Naval Unit Key pel_transport

Soldiers 80

Category Cavalry

Class Melee Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost 600

Recruitment Cost 420

Upkeep Cost 310

Melee Attack 38

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 34

Melee Defence 37

├ Base Defence 17

├ Shield cavalry

└ Shield Defence 20

Armour 55

├ Armour chest

├ Armour Defence 25

└ Shield Armour 30

Health 75

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_medium

├ Man Health 40

├ Bonus Hit Points 10

├ Mount rome_hellenic_horse_spear_shield_m

├ Mount Entity rome_horse_medium

└ Mount Health 25

Base Morale 50

Abilities

• Flying Wedge
  The unit moves into a flying wedge-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

• Good attack
• Average defence
• Low damage but average armour penetration
• Average 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_corsica_et_sardinia	Corsica et Sardinia	Aleria Caralis	0	0.75	1	2
2	rom_province_pool_italia	Italia	Beneventum Brundisium Cosentia	0	0.75	1	2
3	rom_province_pool_italia	Latium	Ariminium Arretium Asculum Roma	0	0.75	1	2

Grand Campaign Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
4	rom_province_pool_corsica_et_sardinia	Corsica et Sardinia	Alalia Karalis	0	0.75	1	2
5	rom_province_pool_italia	Italia	Velathri Roma Ariminum Neapolis	0	0.75	1	2

Samnite Wars Mercenaries Pool

Hannibal at the Gates Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
10	pun_province_pool_corsica_et_sardinia	Corsica et Sardinia	Alalia Karalis Olbia	0	0.5	1	2
11	pun_province_pool_etruria	Etruria	Arretium Pisae Tarquinii	0	0.5	1	2
12	pun_province_pool_latium_et_campania	Latium et Campania	Capua Roma Tarracina	1	0.5	1	2
13	pun_province_pool_samnium	Samnium	Barium Beneventum Sipontum	0	0.5	1	2
14	pun_province_pool_umbria_et_picenum	Umbria et Picenum	Ancona Corfinium Pisaurum Spoletium	2	0.5	1	2

Faction Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Faction	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
15	rom_faction_pool_italian	Lucania (Samnite Wars) Rome (Samnite Wars) Samnites (Samnite Wars) Etruscan League (Hannibal at the Gates) Latin Rebels (Hannibal at the Gates) Samnites (Hannibal at the Gates) Etruscan League	1	0.75	1	2