Talk:Genoese Crossbowman/@comment-65.28.183.104-20190617195241

The bonus damage vs Cavalry is likely due to the fact that at the Battle of Mohi, the Mongols took heavy casualties from Hungarian Crossbowmen, even though they numbered only a couple hundred out of an army of some 25,000. Following that defeat and the subsequent Mongol withdrawal from Hungary, the King of Hungary, Bela IV, hired 1,000 Venetian Crossbowmen mercenaries in preparation for another Mongol invasion. Granted, they are called Genoese Crossbowmen not Venetian Crossbowmen, but both are northern Italian cities which rules northern Italian states (Republic of Genoa and Republic of Venice respectively). This is also most likely why most Foot Archers have a +2 bonus in damage to Cavalry Archers.