Arabian Rebels Melee Cavalry

Abbir Farasin

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 Abbir Farasin

Main Unit Key Ara_medium_cav

Land Unit Key Ara_medium_cav

Naval Unit Key pel_transport

Soldiers 120

Category Cavalry

Class Melee Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost 1853

Recruitment Cost 1853

Upkeep Cost 371

Missile Damage 15

├ Missile Weapon javelin3

├ Projectile javelin3

├ Missile Damage 15

├ Missile Ap Damage 0

└ Base Reload Time 9

Accuracy 15

Range 90

Reload 20

Shots Per Minute 8

Ammunition 1

Melee Attack 40

Weapon Damage 11

├ Melee Weapon axe4

├ Weapon Damage 11

├ Weapon Deadliness 0

├ Armour Piercing Yes

├ Bonus vs. Cavalry 0

├ Bonus vs. Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 24

Melee Defence 52

├ Base Defence 26

├ Shield cshield2

└ Shield Defence 26

Armour 12

├ Armour carm5

├ Armour Defence 12

└ 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 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.

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. 0	Heavy Horse Studs (rom_EASTERN_stables_heavy_2) Level 1 Royal Stables (rom_EASTERN_stables_heavy_3) Level 2
Lv. 1	Nisean Stables (rom_EASTERN_stables_heavy_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Saba Separatists Hagar Mamlakat Himyar Ma'in Mascat Qidri Arabian Rebels Mamlakatin Saba
Imperator Augustus	Hagar (Imperator Augustus) Mamlakat Himyar (Imperator Augustus) Ma'in (Imperator Augustus) Mascat (Imperator Augustus) Qidri (Imperator Augustus) Arabian Rebels (Imperator Augustus) Mamlakatin Saba (Imperator Augustus)