Mercenary Armenian Horse Archers
Missile Cavalry(0.6.7)Side / Back


Short description
Deadly with a bow and highly mobile, horse archers are thorns in the side of any opponent.
Description
The Horse archer had a very wide and varied reign. Deadly with a bow and highly mobile, horse archers are thorns in the side of any opponent. The first were the Scythians, who, at the invitation of the Assyrians wrought havoc on all they met. This, in turn aided many of the Assyrian neighbours to join forces and destroy them utterly. Then the Neo-Babylonian empire rose along with the Median one to the North. Persians (dwelling in present day S. Iran to N. Iran) took power and they, in turn, under Cyrus annihilated the Neo-Babylonian empire. Horse archer armies have found considerable success throughout the ages. The combination of speed, range and mobility make these troops difficult to deal with, even for the most skilled of generals.
