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Class: heavy · Category: cavalry · Men per unit: 32

Cataphracts are extremely heavily-armoured cavalry who can turn a battle with one thunderous charge. They are the ultimate in shock cavalry, an armoured battering ram to crash into an enemy position and sweep aside all who stand against them. They are armed with heavy lances for the initial charge and maces for use in close combat. They wear armour that is almost unmatched for weight and protection, and their horses are similarly armoured. On the move they are a wall of metal bearing down on enemies, tipped with razor-sharp spear points.

Its secondary attack is the stronger one: 16 against 15.

	Primary	Secondary
Attack	15	16
Charge bonus	41	32
Type	melee · blade	melee · blade
Damage	piercing	slashing

	Primary	Secondary
Total	37	—
Armour	19	—
Defence skill	18	—
Shield	0	—

Hit points	1
Mount	horse cataphract
Ground: scrub / sand / forest / snow	-8 / -2 / -8 / -2
Charge distance	40
Formations	Square · Wedge

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: Good stamina · Powerful charge

A core roster unit for 9 factions, each able to raise it anywhere they hold the right building:

Albanians · Armenia · Armenia Minor · Colchians · Commagene · Heniochi · Iberians · Mossynoeci · Sophene

Exactly what a settlement must have, route by route (2)

Building	Also requires
Direct Rule	Tier 3 Military Industrial Complex · Tier 2 Colony · Requires resource horses or horses supplied factionwide
Homeland	Tier 2 Military Industrial Complex