Classical Greek Cavalry

christospap · Post by **christospap** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 7:27 am

Hi all,

I would need a clarification for a Classical Greek army, dating from before 450 (the armoured version):

The main contigent would be Spartan, which, based on the Main List, would have 1 BG of 4 Cavalry.

Can it have an allied contingent of Non-Thessalians with one more Cavalry BG?

According to the Allies List, the allied contingent can have such a BG. However: in the army notes, it is stated that "the troops in the [allied] contingent are deducted from the minima and maxima in the main list". That would mean that there cannot be two Cavalry BGs in the same army, correct?

Christos

deadtorius · Post by **deadtorius** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 1:44 pm

Sounds like you can't get more cavalry. Not too surprising since Greeks don't seem to be well known for their cavalry. I guess the Thessalians don't like taking their horses out of their home turf. I would suppose you could make it a Thessalian army with more cav and bring the Spartans along as allies, but that might not be as much fun.

shadowdragon · Post by **shadowdragon** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 4:32 pm

deadtorius wrote:Sounds like you can't get more cavalry. Not too surprising since Greeks don't seem to be well known for their cavalry. I guess the Thessalians don't like taking their horses out of their home turf. I would suppose you could make it a Thessalian army with more cav and bring the Spartans along as allies, but that might not be as much fun.

I don't have the lists in front of me, but I believe another cavalry BG isn't an option. However, you could have an Thessalian allied LH BG. Not sure if Spartans can be allies.