III/4a Early Byzantine 493 - 549AD

DBA 2.2

15mm Essex Miniatures

Army Composition: 1 x 3Cv(General) 1 x 3Cv, 5 x 2Lh or 5 x 3Cv, 1 x 3Kn or 2Lh or 3Ax, 2 x 4Bd, 2 x 2Ps

• General (Cv): The army's leader, a cavalry unit.
• Heavy Cavalry (Cv): The main striking force, typically 5 elements.
• Light Horse (LH): Can be used as a  independent "task force" to quickly maneuver on your opponants flanks
• Knights (Kn) or Light Horse (LH): An optional element, offering flexibility.
• Spearmen (Bd): Heavy infantry, providing a solid defensive line.
• Skirmishers (Ps): Archers and other light troops for harassing the enemy if possible!
• Auxilia (Ax): Light medium Infantry good to hold/control bad going terrain/BUA

2Lh Horse Archers

2Lh with Javelins

2Ps (Skirmishers with Slings)

3Ax (Auxilia with Javelins)

4Bd (Blades - Heavy Infantry)

III/65 Fatimid Egyptian 969AD - 1171AD

 

15mm Essex Miniatures

DBA 2.2

Army Compostion: 1 x 3Cv(General) 3 x 3Cv, 1 x 2LH, 3 x 8Bw, 1 x 2Ps, 2 x 3Bw or 2 x 3Cv, 1 x 4Ax or 4Bd or 5Wb

Under the Fatimids, Egypt became the center of an empire that included at its peak North Africa, Sicily, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, the Red Sea coast of Africa, Yemen and the Hejaz