Samnites (Rise of the Republic) Missile Cavalry

Italian Horse Skirmishers

From the 8th century BC, when Greeks settlers established trading posts along Italy’s eastern seaboard in the vicinity of modern-day Naples, the region of Campania was part of Magna Graecia. It remained so, a stalwart of Hellenistic civilisation, until its aggressive Samnite neighbours began to migrate from their mountainous homelands, displacing the Greek culture and language prevalent there. In a land famed for its sweeping landscapes - ideal for the breeding of strong horses - the emergent Campanian nobility developed their renowned cavalry. Carrying heavy javelins for skirmishing and swords for melee, they used speed, agility and flexibility of tactics to inflict damage on more heavily armed, and therefore slower moving, opponents. Following the Samnite Wars with Rome, around the beginning of the 3rd century BC, Campanians provided the basis of the Socii cavalry attached to Roman Legions. Well-trained in their people’s equestrian traditions, they were highly valued horsemen and greatly respected warriors.

Unit Name Italian Horse Skirmishers

Main Unit Key inv_sam_italian_horse_skirmishers

Land Unit Key inv_sam_italian_horse_skirmishers

Naval Unit Key pel_transport

Soldiers 80

Category Cavalry

Class Missile Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost 650

Recruitment Cost 650

Upkeep Cost 130

Missile Damage 32

├ Missile Weapon rome_javelin

├ Projectile javelin_normal

├ Missile Damage 20

├ Missile Ap Damage 12

└ Base Reload Time 10

Accuracy 5

Range 80

Reload 13

Shots Per Minute 7

Ammunition 7

Melee Attack 5

Weapon Damage 38

├ Melee Weapon rome_generic_sword_cav

├ Melee Damage Base 34

├ Melee Damage Ap 4

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 0

├ Bonus vs Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 10

Melee Defence 45

├ Base Defence 5

├ Shield caetra_cavalry

└ Shield Defence 40

Armour 30

├ Armour chest

├ Armour Defence 25

└ Shield Armour 5

Health 70

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_light

├ Man Health 40

├ Bonus Hit Points 5

├ Mount rome_hellenic_horse_sword_shield_m

├ Mount Entity rome_horse_medium

└ Mount Health 25

Base Morale 30

Abilities

No Ability

Attributes

• Hide (scrub & forest)
  This unit can hide in scrub and forest until enemy units get too close.
• Fire Whilst Moving
  This unit can fire when mounted and moving.

Strengths & Weaknesses

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

• Short range
• Fast rate of fire
• Fast moving
• Very good damage and armour penetration
• Large shield
• Very weak in melee
• Poor morale

Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Stables (inv_ita_agriculture_horse_3) Level 2 Horse Ranch (inv_ita_agriculture_horse_4) Level 3

Garrison Buildings
x 1	Horse Pens (inv_ita_agriculture_horse_2) Level 1
x 2	Village (Horse Trainers) (inv_rom_horse_1) Level 0

Faction Availability
Rise of the Republic	Samnites (Rise of the Republic) Samnites Pretenders (Rise of the Republic) Samnites Secessionists (Rise of the Republic)