Masaesyli (Hannibal at the Gates) Missile Cavalry

Numidian Cavalry

Numidian tribesmen were raised with horses from an early age, riding bareback without a bridle and controlling their horses by tapping the beasts between the ears with a stick. Numidian cavalry were supremely agile, skirmishing with assured expertise before swinging around to escape as rapidly as they had arrived. Wearing only a thin tunic, they carried javelins and small wicker shields. At Cannae, the highpoint of Carthaginian military success, Hannibal’s right wing consisted of 3,500 Numidian cavalrymen. The Numidians attacked the Romans' allied cavalry and chased them from the field before returning to smash into the rear of the Roman lines. Considered the elite of the Carthaginian army during the Second Punic War, the Numidians' defection before the Battle of Zama arguably led to Scipio’s victory over Hannibal in the final stages of the conflict.

Unit Name Numidian Cavalry

Main Unit Key Afr_Numidian_Cav

Land Unit Key Afr_Numidian_Cav

Naval Unit Key pel_transport

Soldiers 80

Category Cavalry

Class Missile Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost 550

Recruitment Cost 550

Upkeep Cost 100

Missile Damage 41

├ Missile Weapon rome_javelin_improved

├ Projectile javelin_improved

├ Missile Damage 29

├ Missile Ap Damage 12

└ Base Reload Time 10

Accuracy 5

Range 80

Reload 28

Shots Per Minute 8

Ammunition 7

Melee Attack 18

Weapon Damage 24

├ Melee Weapon rome_shortsword

├ Melee Damage Base 20

├ Melee Damage Ap 4

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 0

├ Bonus vs Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 10

Melee Defence 39

├ Base Defence 14

├ Shield pelta_cavalry

└ Shield Defence 25

Armour 15

├ Armour cloth

├ Armour Defence 10

└ Shield Armour 5

Health 70

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_light

├ Man Health 40

├ Bonus Hit Points 10

├ Mount rome_numidian_horse_sword_shield_l

├ Mount Entity rome_horse_numidian_light

└ Mount Health 20

Base Morale 55

Abilities

• Quick Reload
  Improved reloading for an extended time.
  Shots per minute
  Exertion: fatigue

Attributes

• Resistant to Fatigue
  Fatigue has less of an effect on this unit.
• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
• Fire Whilst Moving
  This unit can fire when mounted and moving.
• Parthian Shot
  This unit can fire all around and not just in-front of itself.
• Resistant to Heat
  This unit tires less quickly in the desert.

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	Light Horse Studs (east_military_stables_light_2) Level 1 Cavalry Stables (east_military_stables_light_3) Level 2 Arabaya Stables (east_military_stables_light_4) Level 3

Garrison Buildings
x 2	Heavy Horse Studs (east_military_stables_heavy_2) Level 1 Royal Stables (east_military_stables_heavy_3) Level 2 Nisean Stables (east_military_stables_heavy_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Masaesyli Massaesyli Tribal Council Massaesyli Secessionists Gaetuli
Hannibal at the Gates	Gaetuli (Hannibal at the Gates) Masaesyli (Hannibal at the Gates) Massyli (Hannibal at the Gates)
Rise of the Republic	Massylii (Rise of the Republic)