Auxiliary Iberian Cavalry
These auxiliaries are a flexible force of cavalry in any Roman army.A specialist skirmish unit, the Cantabrians rode some of the finest mounts in the Iberian peninsula. These speedy and dextrous cavalrymen were renowned for their tactical skill, introducing their own distinct attack formation that best exploited their speed and skirmishing. In a 'Cantabrian Circle', the riders skilfully created a continually moving circle, making them difficult to target whilst ensuring a continuous shower of javelins rained down on the enemy. Incredibly effective at disrupting infantry lines, slow-moving heavy troops are their most obvious target. Enemies often broke ranks in an attempt to reduce casualties, but that played straight into the hands of the Iberian infantry. Having fallen victim to the Cantabrian circle on many occasions, the Romans later adopted it as a tactic for their own cavalry.
Unit Name Auxiliary Iberian Cavalry |
Main Unit Key Aux_Ibe_Cav |
Land Unit Key Aux_Ibe_Cav |
Naval Unit Key roman_transport |
Soldiers 90 |
Category Cavalry |
Class Melee Cavalry |
Custom Battle Cost 510 |
Recruitment Cost 510 |
Upkeep Cost 70 |
34 |
├ Missile Weapon rome_javelin_precursor |
├ Projectile javelin_prec |
├ Missile Damage 19 |
├ Missile Ap Damage 15 |
└ Base Reload Time 40 |
Accuracy 5 |
Range 40 |
Reload 0 |
Shots Per Minute 2 |
Ammunition 2 |
Melee Attack 38 |
36 |
├ Melee Weapon rome_falcata_cav |
├ Melee Damage Base 29 |
├ Melee Damage Ap 7 |
├ Armour Piercing No |
├ Bonus vs. Large 0 |
├ Bonus vs Elephants 0 |
└ Bonus vs Infantry 5 |
Charge Bonus 25 |
63 |
├ Base Defence 27 |
├ Shield caetra_cavalry |
└ Shield Defence 36 |
51 |
├ Armour cloth |
├ Armour Defence 27 |
└ Shield Armour 24 |
105 |
├ Man Entity rome_infantry_medium |
├ Man Health 55 |
├ Bonus Hit Points 10 |
├ Mount rome_iberian_horse_sword_shield_m |
├ Mount Entity rome_horse_medium |
└ Mount Health 40 |
Base Morale 40 |
Abilities
Auxiliary Iberian Cavalry- Wedge
The unit moves into a wedge-shaped attack formation.
Charge bonus, melee attack
Acceleration, melee defence
Attributes
- 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
- Average attack
- Weak defence
- Low damage but average armour penetration
- Poor morale
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Unit Resouces | Auxilia_Iberian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hannibal at the Gates Regions
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Lv. 0 |
Auxiliary Barracks
(rome_military_aux_3) Level 2 |
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Lv. 1 |
Auxiliary Garrison
(rome_military_aux_4) Level 3 |
Faction Availability | |
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Samnite Wars | |
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