Athens Melee Cavalry

Mycenean Cavalry

The early Greek cavalry took roughly the same form throughout the city-states, being comprised of citizens able to afford and maintain a horse. After the Greco-Persian Wars, city-states such as Athens founded more permanent cavalry funded by annual grants. Right through the Peloponnesian War however, this volunteer cavalry continued to be few in numbers, and was used principally to chase skirmishers and fleeing hoplites. It was not that cavalry were ineffectual in Greek warfare, as shown by the Theban victory at the Battle of Delium in 424BC, but until this time they had been underused and lacked the numbers to make a decisive impact. Often wearing a metal helm and a mailed cuirass reaching down to their knees, they were equipped with a long sword and a spear, usable as both a lance and a javelin. However, a lack of saddle and stirrups, unused by the Greeks of the time, made them relatively easy to knock from horseback.

Unit Name Mycenean Cavalry

Main Unit Key Gre_Mycenean_Cavalry

Land Unit Key Gre_Mycenean_Cavalry

Naval Unit Key greek_transport

Soldiers 90

Category Cavalry

Class Melee Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost 770

Recruitment Cost 770

Upkeep Cost 85

Melee Attack 35

Weapon Damage 32

├ Melee Weapon rome_spear_cav_elite

├ Melee Damage Base 21

├ Melee Damage Ap 11

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 10

├ Bonus vs Elephants 14

└ Bonus vs Infantry 10

Charge Bonus 38

Melee Defence 61

├ Base Defence 41

├ Shield hoplite_cav

└ Shield Defence 20

Armour 119

├ Armour bronze

├ Armour Defence 74

└ Shield Armour 45

Health 120

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_heavy

├ Man Health 55

├ Bonus Hit Points 15

├ Mount rome_hellenic_horse_spear_shield_h

├ Mount Entity rome_horse_heavy

└ Mount Health 50

Base Morale 60

Abilities

• 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
• Rapid Advance
  Improved unit movement speed over an extended period.
  Speed, acceleration, charge speed
  Exertion: fatigue

Attributes

• 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. 1	Pandocheion (greek_city_centre_inn_4) Level 3 Royal Barracks (greek_military_heavy_4) Level 3 Civil Colony (greek_town_civil_4) Level 3 Farming Colony (greek_town_farm_4) Level 3 Market Colony (greek_town_trade_4) Level 3
Lv. 0	Slave Market (greek_city_centre_slave_3) Level 2 Holosideros Barracks (greek_military_heavy_2) Level 1 Hoplite Barracks (greek_military_heavy_3) Level 2