Dacian Bowmen
Any lack of skill is hidden behind a typical Dacian belligerence.The exact origins of the Dacians are something of a mystery. Dacian lands were centred around the Carpathian Mountains but, unlike their Thracian neighbours, they seldom got involved in the conflicts of others. The Dacians fought almost entirely on foot, and usually looked to their Sarmatian allies when serious cavalry were needed. Many Dacian infantry fought as peltasts, equipped with javelins, short swords and oval shields, but they also fielded archers. However, the Dacians were most feared because of a weapon called the 'falx', which they used with deadly, limb-lopping skill. A two-handed sword with a forward-curving blade, a falx could cut a man in two from the top of his head to his breastbone. This weapon was so effective that the Romans improved their legionary armour to cope with it. The brow-ridge on later legionary helmets was there to stop a blow from a falx. Rome’s eventual victory in the Dacian Wars (AD101-106), celebrated by Trajan’s Column, finally dealt with the warlike Dacian tribes once and for all.
Unit Name Dacian Bowmen |
Main Unit Key Dac_Bowmen |
Land Unit Key Dac_Bowmen |
Naval Unit Key barbarian_transport |
Soldiers 120 |
Category Missile Infantry |
Class Missile Infantry |
Custom Battle Cost 400 |
Recruitment Cost 400 |
Upkeep Cost 70 |
33 |
├ Missile Weapon rome_bow |
├ Projectile arrow_normal |
├ Missile Damage 28 |
├ Missile Ap Damage 5 |
└ Base Reload Time 10 |
Accuracy 5 |
Range 140 |
Reload 14 |
Shots Per Minute 7 |
Ammunition 30 |
Melee Attack 7 |
23 |
├ Melee Weapon rome_shortsword |
├ Melee Damage Base 20 |
├ Melee Damage Ap 3 |
├ Armour Piercing No |
├ Bonus vs. Large 0 |
├ Bonus vs Elephants 0 |
└ Bonus vs Infantry 5 |
Charge Bonus 3 |
5 |
├ Base Defence 5 |
├ Shield none |
└ Shield Defence 0 |
27 |
├ Armour cloth |
├ Armour Defence 27 |
└ Shield Armour 0 |
50 |
├ Man Entity rome_infantry_very_light |
├ Man Health 45 |
└ Bonus Hit Points 5 |
Base Morale 20 |
Abilities
Dacian Bowmen- 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
- Long range
- Average rate of fire
- Good damage but low armour penetration
- Very weak in melee
- Very poor morale
Faction Availability | |
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Grand Campaign | |
Imperator Augustus |