Auxiliary Thracian Peltasts
Light infantrymen, able to move swiftly to counter the enemy, are a useful tool for a Roman general.There were some forty tribes of Thracians who shared a common language and culture, inhabiting a vast area north of the Greek city-states. They were seen as war-loving, rebellious, rambunctious, bad enemies, and good allies in a fight. Many Greeks dreaded a time when they would be united under a single leader and sweep southwards. Such a turn of events never happened, but Thracians could be found across much of the Greek and Persian world fighting as mercenaries; they often specialised as skirmishers and light troops. At the Battle of Raphia in 217BC there were Thracians in both opposing armies, ready to do bloody work. The forward curving rhomphaia with its razor-sharp blade and long handle could lop off limbs in the hands of a skilled user, and Thracians were certainly skilled. The most famous Thracian 'general' of all never actually fought an action in Thrace or in command of a Thracian army; he was Spartacus, the commander of the last great slave rebellion against Rome in 73-71BC.
Unit Name Auxiliary Thracian Peltasts |
Main Unit Key Aux_Thr_Peltasts |
Land Unit Key Aux_Thr_Peltasts |
Naval Unit Key roman_transport |
Soldiers 120 |
Category Missile Infantry |
Class Missile Infantry |
Custom Battle Cost 480 |
Recruitment Cost 480 |
Upkeep Cost 85 |
32 |
├ Missile Weapon rome_javelin_improved |
├ Projectile javelin_improved |
├ Missile Damage 18 |
├ Missile Ap Damage 14 |
└ Base Reload Time 8 |
Accuracy 5 |
Range 70 |
Reload 23 |
Shots Per Minute 10 |
Ammunition 18 |
Melee Attack 9 |
32 |
├ Melee Weapon rome_balkan_sword |
├ Melee Damage Base 24 |
├ Melee Damage Ap 8 |
├ Armour Piercing No |
├ Bonus vs. Large 5 |
├ Bonus vs Elephants 5 |
└ Bonus vs Infantry 5 |
Charge Bonus 4 |
32 |
├ Base Defence 6 |
├ Shield pelta |
└ Shield Defence 26 |
52 |
├ Armour cloth |
├ Armour Defence 27 |
└ Shield Armour 25 |
55 |
├ Man Entity rome_infantry_light |
├ Man Health 50 |
└ Bonus Hit Points 5 |
Base Morale 30 |
Abilities
Auxiliary Thracian Peltasts- 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 (scrub & forest)
This unit can hide in scrub and forest until enemy units get too close.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Transport- Very poor hull strength
- Very slow speed
- Weak ramming
- Short range
- Fast rate of fire
- Very good damage and armour penetration
- Very weak in melee
- Very poor morale
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Unit Resouces | Auxilia_Thracian | |||||||||||||||
Imperator Augustus Regions
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Requires Buildings | ||||||||||||||||
Lv. 0 |
Auxiliary Barracks
(rome_military_aux_3) Level 2 |
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Lv. 1 |
Auxiliary Garrison
(rome_military_aux_4) Level 3 |
Faction Availability | |
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Grand Campaign | |
Samnite Wars | |
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