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Iberian Noble Cavalry (AOR)

Missile Cavalry(0.6.7)

Faction:

Weapons

AttackLethalityChargeTypeTechMin. DelayMissile TypeMissile RangeAmmo

Weapon AttributesPrimaryNoneSecondaryNoneAttack AttributesFire Delay0Modifiers

Primary11133MissileProjectile25arrow13030

Secondary140.7243MeleeBladed25---

-1 vs. elephants

Defence

TotalArmourDefence SkillShield

Primary227150

Secondary----

Soldier Stats

SoldiersMass

40?

Mental Stats

MoraleDisciplineTraining

18DisciplinedHighly trained

Health

Hit PointsExtra HP

112

Formation

FormationsDepthCharge Dist.

Spacing
Side / Back

CloseLoose

Square440

2 / 4.83.6 / 6.72

Cost

RecruitmentUpkeepWeapon UpgradeArmour UpgradeCustom Battle

289911670431102

Recruitment

Turns TakenAI Priority Offset

215

Terrain Modifiers

Attack ± in ScrubAttack ± in SandAttack ± in ForestAttack ± in SnowHeat Modifier

01-7-10

Unit Data

Unit Type (ID)Dictionary StringUnit ClassUnit Category

aor iberian noble cavalryiberian_noble_cavalryMissileCavalry

Attributes: Can embark, Can hide in forest, Can form Cantabrian circle, Not available in custom battles, Mercenary unit, Very hardy, Powerful charge

Ownership:

AOR Unit

Short description

Iberian Noble Cavalry: heavy cavalrymen from Caucasian Iberia.

Description

The East was renowned for its horse-archers, and these one may have strongly participate in forging the legend. The wealthiest people of their homeland, Caucasian Iberia, their equipment and horses are some of the best. Indeed, they fight mainly as ranged cavalry, so they need light armours, but they won't recoil if they need to fight right in the middle of the melee. This led to a mix of light and heavy cavalry features, like a scale armour over the torso, but with rest of the body bare. They use the composite bow, which is one of the strongest bow that existed, yet a small one; this is the perfect weapon when fighting on a horse back.

The origins of Caucasian Iberians are traced back to 5,000 BC. The Iberian tribes have been an indigenous people of the Caucasus region united by the common language, the Ibero-Caucasian language group. The origins of the name Iberian has many theories of which the most accepted for scholars is the tribe of Tiberani (from the annals of the Assyrian Kings) or Tubal-kain from which name allegedly Iberian has derived. The name itself is used by ancient Greek authors who identify these early Georgian (Kartvelian) tribes as "Iberoi" and also in the Roman annals of Plutarch. The Iberians called their kingdom Kartli and their nation Kartlians. There are theories among the scholars which claim that there are common ethnic and linguistic origins of Caucasian Iberians with the Pre-Indo European ancient Iberians of the Iberian Peninsula or the modern Basques in Spain, but these are mainly from ancient or medieval sources, and are nowadays considered little more than fantasy tales.

The Iberian Kingdom is located mainly in the mountains, and this is reflected by their armies which are comprised of mostly light skirmishers abled to do hit and run tactics. But people in the region also had a tendency to use really heavily armoured troops like the Armenian Nakharars, or the cataphracts.