Mercenary Thracian Cavalry

Homer, Greece’s greatest poet, praised the Thracians as “a race of horsemen”. The Thracians bred horses for racing and later improved the breed for warfare. Their horses were said to be larger and sturdier than those of the nomadic tribes to the north, and generally considered a match for most large Greek and Persian war horses. As cavalrymen, Thracians favoured speed and mobility above armour, making them well suited for tribal warfare of raids and skirmishing. When fighting as mercenaries and allies they were the perfect swift skirmishers for harassing enemies, often to the point of defeat and death, pelting a foe with javelins as they rode around at high speed.

Unit Name Mercenary Thracian Cavalry

Main Unit Key Mer_Thr_Cav

Land Unit Key Mer_Thr_Cav

Naval Unit Key barbarian_transport_small

Soldiers 90

Category Cavalry

Class Missile Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost 440

Recruitment Cost 330

Upkeep Cost 200

Missile Damage 30

├ Missile Weapon rome_wooden_javelin

├ Projectile javelin_wooden

├ Missile Damage 17

├ Missile Ap Damage 13

└ Base Reload Time 9

Accuracy 5

Range 75

Reload 18

Shots Per Minute 8

Ammunition 18

Melee Attack 12

Weapon Damage 36

├ Melee Weapon rome_celtic_longsword

├ Melee Damage Base 32

├ Melee Damage Ap 4

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 0

├ Bonus vs Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 5

Charge Bonus 16

Melee Defence 43

├ Base Defence 8

├ Shield cavalry

└ Shield Defence 35

Armour 57

├ Armour cloth

├ Armour Defence 27

└ Shield Armour 30

Health 95

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_light

├ Man Health 50

├ Bonus Hit Points 10

├ Mount rome_celtic_horse_sword_shield_l

├ Mount Entity rome_horse_light

└ Mount Health 35

Base Morale 35

Abilities

• Quick Reload
  Improved reloading for an extended time.
  Shots per minute
  Exertion: fatigue

Attributes

• Resistant to Fatigue
  Fatigue has less of an effect on this unit.
• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
• Fire Whilst Moving
  This unit can fire when mounted and moving.
• Parthian Shot
  This unit can fire all around and not just in-front of itself.

Strengths & Weaknesses

• Very poor hull strength
• Very slow speed
• Weak ramming

• Short range
• Fast rate of fire
• Fast moving
• Very good damage and armour penetration
• Large shield
• Very weak in melee
• Poor morale

Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
1	rom_province_pool_thracia	Thracia	Antheia Naissos Odessos Pulpudeva	0	0.15	1	3

Grand Campaign Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
2	rom_province_pool_thracia	Thracia	Antheia Navissos Odessos Pulpudeva	0	0.15	1	3