Egypt Melee Cavalry

Egyptian Cavalry

Native troops supported the Greek phalanxes of Ptolemaic Egypt. Brave and proud warriors, Egyptians fulfilled several roles, but were most commonly used as peltasts, skirmishers on the flanks of the phalanxes, or as non-phalanx infantry in difficult terrain. Although the Ptolemies adopted all the trappings of the Pharaohs and their religious infrastructure, there was still much unrest among the native population long after the succession. This was due mainly to the way the Greek overlords used the traditions of the Pharaohs to fill their coffers at the expensive of ordinary people. The core of Ptolemaic armies was always Greek until the Battle of Raphia in 217BC, when they faced such a large Seleucid force and Ptolemy IV was forced to muster some 30,000 native Egyptians for the first time. Need overcame the suspicion of the disenchanted natives; the performance of the Egyptians in battle eventually led to a greater proportion of native troops in the Egyptian army and, in time, more diverse roles for those men as they gained the trust of their Greek commanders.

Unit Name Egyptian Cavalry

Main Unit Key Egy_Cav

Land Unit Key Egy_Cav

Naval Unit Key egyptian_transport

Soldiers 90

Category Cavalry

Class Melee Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost 530

Recruitment Cost 530

Upkeep Cost 70

Melee Attack 25

Weapon Damage 29

├ Melee Weapon rome_spear_cav

├ Melee Damage Base 19

├ Melee Damage Ap 10

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 10

├ Bonus vs Elephants 12

└ Bonus vs Infantry 10

Charge Bonus 28

Melee Defence 69

├ Base Defence 34

├ Shield cavalry

└ Shield Defence 35

Armour 67

├ Armour padded

├ Armour Defence 37

└ Shield Armour 30

Health 105

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_medium

├ Man Health 55

├ Bonus Hit Points 10

├ Mount rome_hellenic_horse_spear_shield_m

├ Mount Entity rome_horse_medium

└ Mount Health 40

Base Morale 40

Abilities

• Diamond
  The unit moves into a diamond-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.
• Resistant to Heat
  This unit tires less quickly in the desert.

Strengths & Weaknesses

• Very poor hull strength
• Very slow speed
• Weak ramming

• Average attack
• Weak defence
• Low damage but average armour penetration
• Poor morale

Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Holosideros Barracks (greek_military_heavy_2) Level 1 Hoplite Barracks (greek_military_heavy_3) Level 2 Open Air Market (greek_town_centre_market_3) Level 2 Palestrae (greek_town_centre_stadia_3) Level 2
Lv. 1	Royal Barracks (greek_military_heavy_4) Level 3 Emporion (greek_town_centre_market_4) Level 3 Stadia (greek_town_centre_stadia_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Egypt Egyptian Nobles Egyptian Rebels Cyrenaica
Imperator Augustus	Egypt (Imperator Augustus) Egyptian Nobles (Imperator Augustus) Egyptian Rebels (Imperator Augustus)