Javelin Ammo in the saddle....

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How did the numidian cavalry rout both the Roman cavalry at Cannae and later the Carthiginian Cavalry at Zama? In EB, their cav is obviously superior.

Superior in game but perhaps not in reality.

Numidians have crap equipments, but so did the Alans who nearly killed the Armenian king by dragging him down with a lasso. They're born horsemen, while the Carthaginians and Romans are not. Skills and morale are far more important IMHO, though their value is often ignored or reduced, probably for game balancing...