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Tarabostes

Mounted nobles of the Dacian tribal society.

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.

Tarabostes

Unit Name

Tarabostes

Main Unit Key

Dac_Tarabostes

Land Unit Key

Dac_Tarabostes

Naval Unit Key

barbarian_transport

Soldiers

90

Category

Cavalry

Class

Melee Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost

990

Recruitment Cost

990

Upkeep Cost

100

Melee Attack

39

Weapon Damage

40

├ Melee Weapon

rome_celtic_longsword_elite

├ Melee Damage Base

35

├ Melee Damage Ap

5

├ Armour Piercing

No

├ Bonus vs. Large

0

├ Bonus vs Elephants

0

└ Bonus vs Infantry

7

Charge Bonus

44

Melee Defence

80

├ Base Defence

45

├ Shield

celtic

└ Shield Defence

35

Armour

87

├ Armour

mail

├ Armour Defence

57

└ Shield Armour

30

Health

140

├ Man Entity

rome_infantry_very_heavy

├ Man Health

60

├ Bonus Hit Points

20

├ Mount

rome_celtic_horse_sword_shield_vh

├ Mount Entity

rome_horse_very_heavy

└ Mount Health

60

Base Morale

65

Abilities

Tarabostes
  • Diamond
    The unit moves into a diamond-shaped attack formation.
    Charge bonus, melee attack
    Acceleration, melee defence

Attributes

  • Encourage
    This unit provides a morale bonus to nearby allies.
  • Hide (forest)
    This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.

Strengths & Weaknesses

Transport
  • Very poor hull strength
  • Very slow speed
  • Weak ramming
Tarabostes
  • Very good attack
  • Average defence
  • Low damage but average armour penetration
  • Good morale
Requires Buildings
Tarabostes Lv. 1 Stables
Stables
(barb_agriculture_horse_3)
Level 2
Tarabostes Lv. 2 Horse Ranch
Horse Ranch
(barb_agriculture_horse_4)
Level 3