Mamlaktha Nabata Melee Cavalry

Farasin Khabarin

Numidian tribesmen were raised with horses from an early age, riding bareback without a bridle and controlling their horses by tapping the beasts between the ears with a stick. Numidian cavalry were supremely agile, skirmishing with assured expertise before swinging around to escape as rapidly as they had arrived. Wearing only a thin tunic, they carried javelins and small wicker shields. At Cannae, the highpoint of Carthaginian military success, Hannibal’s right wing consisted of 3,500 Numidian cavalrymen. The Numidians attacked the Romans' allied cavalry and chased them from the field before returning to smash into the rear of the Roman lines. Considered the elite of the Carthaginian army during the Second Punic War, the Numidians' defection before the Battle of Zama arguably led to Scipio’s victory over Hannibal in the final stages of the conflict.

Unit Name Farasin Khabarin

Main Unit Key nab_heavy_cav

Land Unit Key nab_heavy_cav

Naval Unit Key pel_transport

Soldiers 100

Category Cavalry

Class Melee Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost 1957

Recruitment Cost 1957

Upkeep Cost 391

Melee Attack 36

Weapon Damage 9

├ Melee Weapon cspear3

├ Weapon Damage 9

├ Weapon Deadliness 0

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Cavalry 2

├ Bonus vs. Elephants 2

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 31

Melee Defence 52

├ Base Defence 26

├ Shield cshield2

└ Shield Defence 26

Armour 14

├ Armour carm7

├ Armour Defence 14

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 20

├ Man Entity medium_medium

├ Man Health 20

├ Bonus Hit Points 0

├ Mount rome_numidian_horse_sword_shield_l

├ Mount Entity rome_horse_light

└ Mount Health 0

Base Morale 60

Abilities

• Stamina (low)
  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 Heat
  This unit tires less quickly in the desert.

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. 1	Royal Stables (rom_EASTERN_stables_heavy_3) Level 2 Nisean Stables (rom_EASTERN_stables_heavy_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Nabatean Separatists Mamlaktha Nabata
Imperator Augustus	Mamlaktha Nabata (Imperator Augustus)