Cavalry

The original horses brought to the Appennine peninsula by the Gauls and Greeks were quite short in stature and suitable only for light infantry in supporting roles. Later inter-breeding with larger Scythian and Persian stocks yielded horses capable of fielding heavy cavalry. A critical part of any army, cavalry are more expensive to maintain but can travel quickly and provide essential support to a slower moving battleline. Heavy cavalry move slower than light cavalry, but are much better armoured and put enough weight in their charges to break even some spearmen.

Resistant to missile fire while moving quickly across the battlefield, cavalry can inflict significant impact damage when charging light infantry. Weak against tight formations of spearmen or when locked into close-quarter combat.Effective at charging and breaking up light ranged troops or for flanking enemy units locked in combat.

This stance class is used by all melee cavalry brigades.