Quote Originally Posted by athanaric View Post
Actually, Armenian cavalry are quite good regardless of armament, so I'd recommend using all of them plus Scythian Riders and Lonchophoroi Hippeis. The only problem is when you expand east, beyond the recruitment range of those units. The two units you get from most of Iran aren't bad, but they can't stand up to the superior cavalry of Pahlava/Saka/Baktria in a straight fight.
Do they have AP lances? If not, waste of money.