i'm going to go off the deep end and say it's a roman cavalry unit, thracian auxilia. on the faction list for rome, recruitable in thrace if the romans conquer it. i should read a book or something.. :freak:
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i'm going to go off the deep end and say it's a roman cavalry unit, thracian auxilia. on the faction list for rome, recruitable in thrace if the romans conquer it. i should read a book or something.. :freak:
I'm with Mouzaphaerre on this one.
EDIT: And what a stupid way to make your 800th post.
Like everybody I would say that it is a thracian cavalry but it could be an italian cavalry like campanian or lucanian
macedonian heavy cavalry?
i think that macedaon would be too obvius, what about one of the less known greek regions, Syricuse or south italy.
Yes, these were Indian longbowmen, defending our easternmost provinces and available to at least Baktria in the Indian provinces should they take them.
Uhm, ¿will be an indian faction? ~:cool:
:grin:
He's just playing with your mind :smile:
:tiny:
By the way, has no one noticed the saddle for this latest unit?
hmm, i noticed the saddle, but i'm not knowledgable enough to understand the significance of it. :undecided:
i googled for winged helmets and found these:
http://www.legionsix.org/wingedffront.jpg
http://www.legionsix.org/wingedleft.jpg
http://www.legionsix.org/wingedright.jpg
http://www.legionsix.org/wingedback.jpg
they are phrygian helmets. phrygia was in the western part of modern-day turkey, right? so maybe they are a seleucid unit or something? i'm sure other people had winged helmets though...
:help:
edit: someone at twc beat me to the phrygian idea. by like a day. :cry:
Hmm now that Khelvan mentioned the saddle, I re-checked the picture and noticed that the saddle has those "horns" protruding from the sides. There's an Osprey plate showing a Roman Equites riding on a similar looking saddle. So this would be a Roman cavalry unit? Or did other Italian people use this kind of saddles?
eastern men often rode saddles
i'm going for pontic-medium cav...
Lol... Saw that to..so i must agree..It could be some Roman unit~:cheers: ~:cheers: ~:cheers:
Celts and Iranians used the four pronged saddles first, I believe. Other nations copied them later.
Hrrrmn, Bactrian companions maybe?
Could it be some sort of Italian cavalry that the Romans hired as mercs or allies. I think the term would be Eqvites Extraordinarii? This is a total guess...
I am going to guess Pontus. Compare the helmet to that of this unit in the Pontus preview.
https://img197.imageshack.us/my.php?...aspidai9dt.jpg
Except it's also the same helmet as in the Thessalian cavalry and I believe some Ptolemaic cav also.Quote:
Originally Posted by tk-421
Yeah, your right, it is the same helmet. The Thessalian cavaly was in the Makedonia preview, though. Perhaps it is som sort of Thessalian mercenary cavalry, or Thessalians available to Koinon Hellonon or another Hellenic faction.
Phyrgian caps were a common helm type. It is based off the cap that the Scythians wore, I believe. Then other people added first scale to it, then made it into a solid helm.
Ok, so those were the Equites Extraordinarii. They are a Roman unit, representing the best of the pre-Marian allied cavalry. They are recruitable by no one else, though the model is shared so some elements will be familiar to you.
This one should give you less trouble in general, though picking the ethnicity may give you fits:
https://img289.imageshack.us/img289/3030/19lt.jpg
Kurdish horsemen perhaps? They defiantely look Armenian, or Near Eastern-ish.
Hah, this should be good! ~D
Jews?
Hmm...Pahlavian horse archers???~:cheers: ~:cheers: ~:cheers:
Near-estern horse archers for sure but what nationality ? To be original I will say Arachosian cavalry available for Bactria...
Sarmatian cavalry?~:confused:
Based on my knowledge, now I'm sure this is DEFINITIVELY NOT American native unit. :wacko:
The guy with the twisted stick looks like Saladdin, but has not a sword like his in "Kingdom of Heaven" :uneasy:
Besides, I must say, they're rather big-sized guys, not so small as gnomes, which is great, because it shows there were human beings outside Europe. Unless the horses are also small, or are foxes instead of horses, but no, the tails are not fox tails. But they may be gnome-size after all, because they wear bullets as helmets. But no, because gnomes were extinct yet in that frame time, at least in Europe. But outside Europe? :inquisitive:
Well, at least it is clear that they are not American native gnomes. I'm going to see in Google when the gnomes got extinct. You know, after the meteorite that destroyed Babylon. Ah no, it was a comet, sorry. :inquisitive:
Ok, let me guess...
Sioux? :idea2:
Eastern horse archers, but no clue other than that.
Horse Archers!
Pathians I would guess
I'm going to guess and say some sort of horse archer (obviously) from a Sarmatian subgroup.