Talk:Italians/@comment-199.173.224.31-20150123131753/@comment-24444169-20150123132605

Not sure about the south of the country, but as for the North ans the Centre of the peninsula, yes, halberdiers and pikes were used extensively as in most european armies. Especially as personal guards of the Pope, I would say.

I would anyway point out the greatest weakness is the lack of top tier cavalry: the paladin. We all know heavy cavalry was made of major and minor nobles in feudal and imperial Europe. the Northern and Central kingdoms used cavalry in any battle and it actually was more important than some genoese mercenaries.

There are many things that this civilisation lacks, mostly because Italy never existed before the late 19th century so the cultures within the country were very, very different. On a whole anyway cavalry and castles should have been major features of this civ but guess what: nope!