: During the Peloponnesian war, cavalry tended to be
: extremely important, since even the mighty Spartans
: could fall if they were attacked in the flanks with
: forces of cavalry, in combination with an opposing
: Phalanx in front of them. As for Legions, at the
: battle of Cynoscephalae, considered to be the classic
: legion versus phalanx battle, the main reason for
: Roman victory was due to the collapse of the light
: troops guarding the Macedonian right flank, allowing
: the Legion to sweep into the side of Philip V's force
: and rout it. Cavalry would have been more effective in
: such an attack, due to their speed, but Roman cavalry
: sucked. Even a Legion would be hard-pressed to take on
: a Phalanx in a frontal assault.
: However, the speed of cavalry alows them to quickly take
: advantage of any unprotected flanks, whereas if you
: attempt an outflanking manoeuvre with infantry, the
: enemy will have ample time to counter your attack with
: his reserves, if he has any. In any case, cavalry are
: excellent at ensuring that your opponent has
: unprotected flanks in the first place, part of their
: role being to kill or drive away the opposing cavalry
: or light infantry which will normally be guarding the
: opposing flanks.
: Since the Dark is mainly led by Necromancers and Shades
: who would have had an essentially Cath
: Bruig/Provincial style of military training, it is
: hardly a surprise that the Dark underuses cavalry to
: the same extent that the Light does. But there would
: be nothing to stop a Necromancer from raising undead
: steeds if he felt the need or desire to do so.
: That's good. :)
: Sounds reasonable.
: Martel.
Alright.
Thanks for arguing a good point.
Now we can move on to other stuff.
Seraph
