Mounted Sword Legionaries
Roman Legionary cavalry are particularly effective in melee combat.Developing throughout the Republic, from to the recruitment of allied horsemen from Iberia, Gaul, Numidia and Thrace, Roman legionary cavalry adapted to meet changing needs and resources. The cavalry of each Legion originally included 300 Equites and 600-900 Socii, giving a typical consular army of two Legions around 1,800-2,400 cavalry. During the Samnite, Pyrrhic, Punic and Jugurthine Wars, and with the demands of a growing empire, there was a gradual move away to using allied cavalry. As the equites became legionary officers and then the Socii became citizens, cavalry recruits from Italy became scarce: by the time of Caesar’s Gallic campaigns the Legions relied almost exclusively on allied cavalry. Equipment changed little during this period. The spear and chainmail adopted by the equites, probably influenced by the Celts, came full-circle with the recruitment of later Gallic cavalry. Helmet and shield styles did change and the small round shield of the equites became the versatile thureos.
Unit Name Mounted Sword Legionaries |
Main Unit Key Rom_Mounted_Legio |
Land Unit Key Rom_Mounted_Legio |
Naval Unit Key roman_transport |
Soldiers 90 |
Category Cavalry |
Class Melee Cavalry |
Custom Battle Cost 570 |
Recruitment Cost 570 |
Upkeep Cost 85 |
Melee Attack 28 |
39 |
├ Melee Weapon rome_gladius_marian |
├ Melee Damage Base 31 |
├ Melee Damage Ap 8 |
├ Armour Piercing No |
├ Bonus vs. Large 0 |
├ Bonus vs Elephants 0 |
└ Bonus vs Infantry 5 |
Charge Bonus 28 |
69 |
├ Base Defence 32 |
├ Shield oval |
└ Shield Defence 37 |
90 |
├ Armour mail |
├ Armour Defence 57 |
└ Shield Armour 33 |
120 |
├ Man Entity rome_infantry_heavy |
├ Man Health 55 |
├ Bonus Hit Points 15 |
├ Mount rome_horse_sword_shield_h |
├ Mount Entity rome_horse_heavy |
└ Mount Health 50 |
Base Morale 55 |
Abilities
Mounted Sword Legionaries- Draco
Reduces the effectiveness against mounted units of any nearby enemies for an extended time.
Bonus vs cavalry, bonus vs elephants, bracing - Flying Wedge
The unit moves into a flying wedge-shaped attack formation.
Charge bonus, melee attack
Acceleration, melee defence - Cavalry Testudo
The unit raises their shields and turns towards the aggressor.
Protection against missiles
Can't move
Attributes
- 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
Transport- Very poor hull strength
- Very slow speed
- Weak ramming
- Good attack
- Average defence
- Low damage but average armour penetration
- Average morale
Requires Buildings | |
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Lv. 0 |
Cohort Barracks
(rome_military_main_3) Level 2 |
Lv. 1 |
Legionary Barracks
(rome_military_main_4) Level 3 |
Faction Availability | |
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Grand Campaign | |
Samnite Wars | |
Caesar in Gaul | |
Imperator Augustus |