| Gallic Horseman | |||||||||
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| Roman Cavalry Unit | |||||||||
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| Age Available |  Golden Age | ||||||||
| Damage | 23 | ||||||||
| Damage Type | Cavalry | ||||||||
| Attack Range | Melee | ||||||||
| Hit Points | 850 (800) | ||||||||
| Speed | 9 (8.5) | ||||||||
| Sight Range | 20 | ||||||||
| Build Rate | 25s | ||||||||
| Trained/Built from | Auxilia Camp | ||||||||
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| Armor vs. cavalry | 0.4 (0.3) | ||||||||
| Armor vs. siege | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Bonus vs. cavalry | 2 | ||||||||
The Gallic Horseman is a Roman Cavalry Unit in Age of Empires Online. It is specifically used to counter other Cavalry units. PvP Values which are different are put in brackets ().
History[]
The Gauls were renowned for their skills as horsemen, and cavalry featured prominently in Roman and Carthaginian armies. Later Roman cavalry regiments were largely composed of Celtic auxiliaries.
Overview[]
- A hearty mounted warrior, the Horseman excels at keeping other Cavalry units at bay.
Equipment Slots[]
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| Heavy Spear | Light Armor | Soldiers' Gear | Warpaint |
Upgrades[]
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| Sacramentum | Temper | Scale | Shield Rim |
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| Patronage | Iron Smelting | Chain | Shield Truss |
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| Citizenship | Damascus Steel | Laminar Armor | Shield Boss | Gallic Horseman Champion |
Development[]
The Gallic Horseman design was first revealed in Weekly Blog #17: Gallic Horseman, Residences forum post on September 28th, 2019.
Gallic Horsemen fresh out of the 
Auxilia Camp
- For centuries, Rome was a land-based city-state that marched its way to victory, mostly around Italy against other, less organized infantry. It was not until they confronted the dominant Carthaginian Empire in the Punic Wars that the Romans faced well trained cavalry (as well as specialized ranged units and world class navies). And they quickly learned how outmatched they were.
- After suffering embarrassing defeats, the Romans kept reassessing and regrouping. They were resilient. And during the Punic Wars, the Romans repeatedly confronted the reality that their inferior cavalry was no match for Carthage's mercenaries. So the Romans matched Carthage’s Gallic and Numidian Horsemen with their own Gallic and Numidian Horsemen. The Romans ultimately wore Carthage down, vanquished them, and assumed control of its entire empire of Northern Africa, Spain, and the Mediterranean. No longer an upstart military city, the Romans came out of the Punic Wars as a global superpower and continued to outsource their cavalry from neighboring provinces for many centuries.
Gallic Horseman Spotlight
- In fact, when Julius Caesar conquered Gaul (from 58 to 50 BCE), he employed a strategy of dividing and conquering the various Gallic people that relied heavily on his own hired Gallic horsemen fighting under the Roman banner. He played the rival Gauls against themselves and soon there were none left. (Indeed, it was during the Gallic Wars that Julius Caesar himself coined the term Divide and Conquer. Latin: Divide et Impera.)
Different set of Gear in the Gallic Horsemen.
The unit model for the Regular, Uncommon, Rare, Epic Legendary fitted Gallic Horseman were first showed in the Weekly Blog #26: Scorpio, Visual Updates on Units forum post on January 11th, 2020.
- As a quick update to Gallic Horsemen, you can see how they now look like with different levels of Gear equipped - though they are not holding any special weapons.