roman cavalry question

[ZinedineZidane]

in the augustan reforms, u cant build any cavalry in italia, u can only recruit those greek hippeis, did the romans not use cavalry at all in italy or something? =(

[Admetos]

Although I'm no historian, I think all thier cavalry in the Imperial era was auxiliary.

Offtopic: Hippeis

[Zaknafien]

Indeed. Romans were never famed for their cavalry in the first place, and by the Marian reforms the citizen cavalry ceased to exist in all but name.

[NightStar]

That's why we need Kataphract merenaries NOW

[iamroot]

The Roman calvary in the Camilian and Polybian eras are highly unimpressive. During the Marian and Imperial eras, you're better off with regionals. I personally like the Gallic calvary.

[cmacq]

Not sure if the game takes this into account, but this largely has to do with the type and breed of horse the Romans had access to.