Ala Contariorum Sarmatorum (Reformed)
(Sarmatian Auxiliary Lancers)After being captured as prisoners of war, these Sarmatians have been allowed freedom in return for their military service. They provide excellent shock cavalry that are almost fearless in battle.
Developed from the cavalry skills of their ancestors, the steppe lancers of the Scythian, or Saka, tribes and the Sarmatians were a type of heavy cavalry comparable to their Hellenic counterparts. They wore scale armour to protect themselves and their mounts, and used a long lance known as a kontos. This enabled them to deliver devastating charges in a fashion comparable to the Alexandrian Companion cavalry. The scale armour was made from horn, or later metal, and allowed the wearers to run down their western counterparts. They were still vulnerable to dense pike or spear-armed formations. Archery provided a solution: sustained volleys from skirmishing foot and horse archers were used to thin and spread out the enemy. At the Battle of Carrhae in 53BC, the tightly-packed Roman infantry were forced to spread out by Parthian archers, which enabled their cataphracts to charge and break an overconfident Roman force four times their number.
Unit Name Ala Contariorum Sarmatorum (Reformed) |
Main Unit Key Aux_Sarmatian_Lancers |
Land Unit Key Aux_Sarmatian_Lancers |
Naval Unit Key pel_transport |
Soldiers 100 |
Category Cavalry |
Class Shock Cavalry |
Custom Battle Cost 2100 |
Recruitment Cost 2100 |
Upkeep Cost 420 |
Melee Attack 36 |
9 |
├ Melee Weapon alance3 |
├ Weapon Damage 9 |
├ Weapon Deadliness 0 |
├ Armour Piercing Yes |
├ Bonus vs. Cavalry 0 |
├ Bonus vs. Elephants 0 |
└ Bonus vs Infantry 2 |
Charge Bonus 36 |
35 |
├ Base Defence 19 |
├ Shield none |
└ Shield Defence 16 |
22 |
├ Armour carm11 |
├ Armour Defence 22 |
└ Shield Armour 0 |
20 |
├ Man Entity heavy_heavy |
├ Man Health 20 |
├ Bonus Hit Points 0 |
├ Mount cataphract_horse_light_sarmatian |
├ Mount Entity rome_horse_spc_cataphract_half |
└ Mount Health 0 |
Base Morale 60 |
Abilities
Ala Contariorum Sarmatorum (Reformed)- Stamina (poor)
Governs how fast the unit tires and restores fatigue, and is dependent on type of unit, weight and approach to combat. - Flying Wedge
The unit assumes a wedge formation that increases charge speed and bonus
Attributes
- Fire Whilst Moving
This unit can fire when mounted and moving. - Hide (forest)
This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close. - Resistant to Cold
This unit tires less quickly in snow.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Transport- Very poor hull strength
- Very slow speed
- Weak ramming
- Very good charge
- Low damage but average armour penetration
- Heavily armoured
- Slowest cavalry
- Good morale
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Maximum Number | 6 | |||||||||
Unit Resouces | DEI_Pannonia | |||||||||
Imperator Augustus Regions
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Requires Buildings | ||||||||||
Lv. 1 |
Auxiliary Garrison
(emp_ROMAN_military_main_aux_3) Level 2
Auxiliary Garrison
(rom_ROMAN_military_main_aux_4) Level 3 |
Faction Availability | |
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Grand Campaign | |
Samnite Wars | |
Caesar in Gaul | |
Hannibal at the Gates | |
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