Mercenary Ligurian Horsemen

The Ligurians were an ancient Indo-European people from a region of northwestern Italy, to which they gave their name, south of the Alps. Strabo claims that they were different people to the Gauls, who also descended southward from the Alps, though many Ligurian customs resembled those of the marauding Celts. The expansions of Gallic tribes and Etruscan cities meant that Liguria's territory was heavily reduced, with some tribes even migrating to northern Corsica. Ligurians were viewed as a warlike people, and were highly valued as mercenaries, being employed on multiple occasions by Carthaginian generals and Greek tyrants alike. Ligurian pirates were also known to attack trade ships in the Tyrrhean and Ligurian seas, as stated by Diodorus Siculus and Strabo. Rome engaged in a long and drawn-out war against the Ligurians during the Republic's expansion, ultimately assimilating the native tribes into Roman culture during the 2nd century BC.

Unit Name Mercenary Ligurian Horsemen

Main Unit Key inv_mercenary_ligurian_horsemen

Land Unit Key inv_mercenary_ligurian_horsemen

Naval Unit Key pel_transport

Soldiers 80

Category Cavalry

Class Melee Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost 600

Recruitment Cost 600

Upkeep Cost 450

Melee Attack 30

Weapon Damage 27

├ Melee Weapon rome_celtic_spear_cav

├ Melee Damage Base 20

├ Melee Damage Ap 7

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 10

├ Bonus vs Elephants 10

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 30

Melee Defence 30

├ Base Defence 30

├ Shield none

└ Shield Defence 0

Armour 30

├ Armour leather

├ Armour Defence 30

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 75

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_heavy

├ Man Health 40

├ Bonus Hit Points 10

├ Mount rome_celtic_horse_spear_shield_m

├ Mount Entity rome_horse_medium

└ Mount Health 25

Base Morale 35

Abilities

No Ability

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

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