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Class: heavy · Category: cavalry · Men per unit: 30

With the end of the Asturian Cantabrian Wars there was movement to integrate these peoples into the Roman armies. Early in the Principality, in the Julio-Claudian dynasty, the auxiliaries of the legions were recruited from Asturias, Cantabria, Galician, Bracaraugustanos, Lusitano, Lugo and to a lesser degree, Arevaci, Celtiberia and Basque. All the units in question had their origin and formation in the first century AD. Ala I Hispanorum Astvrum possibly moved to Britain during the reign of Domitian, although the first certain reference is the year 98 during the reign of Trajan. It had its headquarters in the current Bernwell from possibly the year 175 and securely from the year 205 until the end of the Roman occupation of Britain as part of the garrison of Hadrian's Wall, and is mentioned as part of Britain's army in the years 122, 124, 126, 158, 175, 200, 205 and 400.

Its secondary attack is the stronger one: 13 against 10.

	Primary	Secondary
Attack	10	13
Charge bonus	30	23
Type	melee · blade	melee · blade
Damage	piercing	slashing

	Primary	Secondary
Total	37	—
Armour	16	—
Defence skill	16	—
Shield	5	—

Hit points	1
Mount	medium horse
Ground: scrub / sand / forest / snow	-2 / -2 / -7 / -2
Charge distance	40
Formations	Square

Technical stats

Time between blows (primary / secondary)	2.5 s / 2.5 s
Extra fatigue in hot climates	5
Spacing between men: close / loose	2 × 4.8 m / 3 × 7.2 m
Default ranks	5

In battle: Very good stamina

This unit cannot be recruited from any building.