Best cavalry?

**Garvanko** · 04-28-2006, 17:24

Praetorians are the best Cav.

**Avicenna** · 04-28-2006, 18:47

Praetorians are too unrealistic for my taste (what? strong Roman cavalry?) so I prefer the Parthian cataphracts or Sassanid clibs.

**Glaucus** · 04-28-2006, 23:09

Whats the fastest cavalry that still can hit hard? That eliminates katafracts, so I think Sacred Band or Praetorian.

**Goalie** · 04-28-2006, 23:26

scythian noble archers are good, they are good archers and good cavalry.

**kburkert** · 04-29-2006, 07:48

Originally Posted by Tiberius

Praetorians are too unrealistic for my taste (what? strong Roman cavalry?) so I prefer the Parthian cataphracts or Sassanid clibs.

They are realistic. The Romans used them to guard Rome and the Emperor (julii, brutii and scipii did not use them).

**The Spartan (Returns)** · 04-28-2006, 23:35

Originally Posted by Garvanko

Praetorians are the best Cav.

Don't cataphracts beat praetorian cavalry?
Parthia has the best cavalry witout a doubt. why it even has elephants!

**Garvanko** · 04-28-2006, 23:43

Speed combined with power makes Praetorians the best, imo. Cataphracts can get bogged down too easily.

**Avicenna** · 04-29-2006, 07:24

If you start off close enough to Italia, you can make sure that the Romans never get a chance to hit the reforms. This leaves the cataphracts and whatever the Scythians can offer to challenge them. Perhaps even Macedonian cavalry? Light Lancers have a very powerful charge as well.