![]() This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close. It can also rally after routing more often. This unit does not suffer a morale penalty when the general dies. ├ Mount Entityrome_horse_very_heavy_shock Description The equites extraordinarii were drawn from amongst the Socii, allied non-citizens who provided most of the early Republics cavalry. Land Unit KeyAux_Ita_Socii_Equites_Extraordinarii Main Unit KeyAux_Ita_Socii_Equites_Extraordinarii Following the Marian Reforms, and the Allied Wars of 90-88BC, the Socii were reduced to nothing as full citizens they were absorbed by the regular Roman Legions. This imbalance was famously exploited by Hannibal at the Battle of Cannae in 216BC, when the Carthaginian cavalry under Hasdrubal routed the weaker Roman cavalry while the crack Numidian light cavalry waylaid their Socii allies, such was the difference in troop quality. By tradition, Roman cavalry was habitually deployed on the right flank, while the equites extraordinarii were sent to the left. As there were typically two or three times the number of Socii than Roman cavalry, a consular army of two Legions could have some 1,800 Socii cavalry, of which at least 600 would be considered part of the elite equites extraordinarii. Up to a third of allied cavalry could be selected to join the equites extraordinarii. ![]() ![]() The equites extraordinarii were drawn from amongst the Socii, allied non-citizens who provided most of the early Republic's cavalry. These equites were drawn from amongst the Socii, allied non-citizens who provided most of the early Republic's cavalry. ![]()
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