Catalan Company fielded mainly light cavalry and infantry

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The Catalan Company was a famed mercenary force from the Crown of Aragon known for its highly mobile light cavalry and infantry that fought across the eastern Mediterranean in the early 14th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mercenary company ⓘ
military unit ⓘ
activeInCentury 14th century ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Company of the Catalans ⓘ
Great Catalan Company ⓘ
linked to: Catalan Company
composedOf Almogavars ⓘ
conflict Byzantine civil wars ⓘ
Byzantine–Ottoman conflicts ⓘ
War of the Sicilian Vespers ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Crown of Aragon ⓘ
disestablishedInCentury 14th century ⓘ
employer Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Duchy of Athens ⓘ
Kingdom of Sicily ⓘ
ethnicComposition Aragonese ⓘ
Catalans ⓘ
Occitans ⓘ
linked to: Occitan people
foundedBy Roger de Flor ⓘ
garrisonLocation Gallipoli ⓘ
Thrace ⓘ
languageOfCommand Catalan ⓘ
Occitan ⓘ
leader Berenguer d’Entença ⓘ
Bernat de Rocafort ⓘ
Ferran Ximénez d’Arenós ⓘ
Roger de Flor ⓘ
militaryTactic ambush warfare ⓘ
hit-and-run attacks ⓘ
scorched earth ⓘ
notableEvent assassination of Roger de Flor ⓘ
conquest of the Duchy of Athens ⓘ
massacre of Catalans in Constantinople ⓘ
notableFor high mobility ⓘ
infantry ⓘ
light cavalry ⓘ
operationalTheater Asia Minor ⓘ
Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
partOf history of medieval Greece ⓘ
military history of the Crown of Aragon ⓘ
reputation effectiveness against Turks ⓘ
ruthlessness ⓘ
startDate c. 1302 ⓘ
usedUnitType light cavalry ⓘ
light infantry ⓘ

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Battle of Halmyros → combatantStrength → Catalan Company fielded mainly light cavalry and infantry ⓘ