Where is the roman cavalry ??

[Torres84]

Hi mates.

The year is 172BC, playing EB 1.2 and keeping the script running and applied all of the temporary fixes, I had already received the marian reforms but I had to destroy all of the "old" training buildings because they suddenly ran 100% damaged and I was forced every turn to repair them without any success. (they kept being damaged every turn for no reason and a new type of troop training building came).

So I kept building all the new training areas to a decent level to get my new legionaries and equites but I see no cavalry available to recruit, even if the building says something like "foot trops training and horse stables"

What happened?? I know roman empire was not famous for his cavalry but I think my game is bugged because I was expecting at least some light and non-specialized cavalry like the polybian equites so I dont have to rely on mercenary cavalry.

thanks in advance ;)

[vartan]

Which reform are you at now? If you have damaged barracks that are 100 percent damaged I'd recommend you destroy and rebuild your factional (assuming we're talking in Italy). Rome always has some factional cav at all stages or reforms.

[XSamatan]

If you are at the Marian stage the Romans will have only access to cavalry outside Italy, you should check the Recruitment Viewer for details. You will have to build the third level of your barracks to get the troops.

XSamatan

[Torres84]

I am at the Marian stage and I have no factional cavalry in the whole italian peninsula, I have noticed that I can recruit some mercerany cavalry via "local" recruitment (greek hippeis, tessalian cavalry etc).

I have also destroyed old recruit centers and built new ones, I can even train the "cohors evocata" in Italy... but none of the cavalry, quite weird :-/

[Rahl]

You should be able to recruit auxiliary cavalry outside of Italy in your factional MICs. You should really check the recruitment viewer.

[Torres84]

Done, you were right. I can train some auxiliar cavalry but OUTSIDE Italy and they are trained as germanic, thracian etc.

What about archers?? do I have to rely on the low cost gree toxotai?

thx

[Mulceber]

I have also destroyed old recruit centers and built new ones, I can even train the "cohors evocata" in Italy... but none of the cavalry, quite weird :-/

Not weird at all actually - you're right, the Romans continued to have cavalry right through to the end of the Empire, but by the time of the reforms of Marius, they had basically stopped training their own cavalry and had instead started using auxiliary cavalry from nations that had more talent for producing cavalry. Since none of those nations occupied Italy, cavalry can no longer be recruited in Italy. The exception that proves the rule is Praetorian Cavalry, which will become available when you reach the Augustan era, but even then can only be recruited in Latium. -M