Safineis (Hannibal at the Gates) Melee Cavalry

Equites Italici

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 Equites Italici

Main Unit Key Ita_Cav

Land Unit Key Ita_Cav

Naval Unit Key pel_transport

Soldiers 100

Category Cavalry

Class Melee Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost 1696

Recruitment Cost 1696

Upkeep Cost 339

Melee Attack 27

Weapon Damage 9

├ Melee Weapon cspear2

├ Weapon Damage 9

├ Weapon Deadliness 0

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Cavalry 1

├ Bonus vs. Elephants 1

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 22

Melee Defence 41

├ Base Defence 15

├ Shield cshield2

└ Shield Defence 26

Armour 18

├ Armour carm9

├ Armour Defence 18

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 20

├ Man Entity medium_medium

├ Man Health 20

├ Bonus Hit Points 0

├ Mount rome_horse_spear_shield_m

├ Mount Entity rome_horse_medium_spr

└ Mount Health 0

Base Morale 55

Abilities

• Stamina (average)
  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.
• Disciplined
  This unit does not suffer a morale penalty when the general dies. It can also rally after routing more often.
• 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

Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Field of Mars (pun_ROMAN_military_main_1) Level 0 Manipular Barracks (pun_ROMAN_military_main_heavy_2) Level 1 Cohort Barracks (pun_ROMAN_military_main_heavy_3) Level 2

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Etruria Latin Rebels
Samnite Wars	Italian Rebels (Samnite Wars) Safineis (Samnite Wars)
Hannibal at the Gates	Rasenna (Hannibal at the Gates) Latin Rebels (Hannibal at the Gates) Safineis (Hannibal at the Gates)