DBA Armies

IV/32 ROMANIAN FRANK 1204 AD - 1432 AD

This list covers the armies of the Latin empire and Frankish Greece from the capture of Constantinople until their last Peloponnesian territories were absorbed by the Despotate of Morea. The Crusader and Venetian army which captured Constantinople is not included since it fought no field battles. Thessalonika and Anatolia were lost in 1224, leaving only Constantinople and its surroundings until the city fell by surprise in 1261. Southern Greece remained under Frankish control, fought off several Byzantine invasions, but succumbed to its own unpaid mercenaries, the Catalan Company (list IV/60), at Kephissos in 1311. The Catalans took over Athens and Thebes, but much of southern Achaia remained in Latin hands and only fell slowly to the Morean Byzantines in the following century. The feudal knights of Achaia were considered by Frankish contemporaries to be the best anywhere. Archontes were former Byzantine Pronoia holders, regarded by the Franks as feudal gentry. The army also contained Frankish spearmen, crossbowmen and archers. References: Armies and Enemies of the Crusades 1. Heath, Armies of the Middle Ages Vol 2 1. Heath, Lord Geoffrey’s Fancy A. Duggan (novel).

IV/32 — Romanian Frankish Army 1204 AD - 1432 AD

List: 1 x General (3Kn), 4 x knights (3Kn), 1 x archontes (Cv), 1 x Franks (4Cb), 1 x Franks (Sp), 3 x Greek archers (Ps), 1 x Slav javelinmen (3Ax or Ps)
Terrain: Arable
Aggression: 1
Enemies:
Allies: III/74b or III/80 or IV/33 or IV/39c or IV/60 or IV/61 (Venice)