Tylis Melee Infantry

Thracian Chosen Infantry

The best of the Thracian infantry, armed with a falx.

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.

Abilities

Thracian Chosen Infantry

• Shieldwall
  The unit moves into a close formation and raises shields.
  Armour strength, bracing, melee defence, shield strength
  Limited speed
• Frenzy
  Improves a unit's charge and weapon damage for an extended period.
  Charge damage, Weapon damage
  Exertion: fatigue

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

Thracian Chosen Infantry

• Very good attack
• Average defence
• Average damage but low armour penetration
• Good morale

Tylis Units
General (4)
1.Noble Horse
2.Oathsworn
3.Tarabostes
4.Thracian Chosen Infantry
Melee Infantry (11)
5.Gallo-Thracian Infantry
6.Oathsworn
7.Tribal Warriors
8.Celtic Warriors
9.Thracian Warriors
10.Thracian Chosen Infantry
11.Thracian Infantry
12.Costobocii Axemen
13.Dii Swordsmen
14.Triballoi Swordsmen
15.Thracian Trained Swords
Missile Infantry (5)
16.Celtic Skirmishers
17.Celtic Slingers
18.Tribal Garrison
19.Thracian Noble Peltasts
20.Dacian Elite Archers
Spear Infantry (7)
21.Levy Freemen
22.Spear Warriors
23.Celtic Tribesmen
24.Bessi Spearmen
25.Getohellenic Hoplites
26.Thracian Levy Spears
27.Geto-Hellenic Veteran Hoplites
Melee Cavalry (3)
28.Light Horse
29.Noble Horse
30.Tarabostes
Missile Cavalry (2)
31.Raiding Horsemen
32.Thracian Chosen Cavalry
Fixed Artillery (3)
33.Dacian Giant Ballista
34.Dacian Bastion Scorpion
35.Dacian Scorpion (Fixed)
Field Artillery (5)
36.Dacian Bastion Ballista
37.Dacian Ballista
38.Dacian Heavy Onager
39.Dacian Bastion Onager
40.Dacian Onager
Admiral (2)
41.Heavy Raider - Oathsworn
42.Medium Missile Raider - Celtic Slingers
Melee Ship (4)
43.Heavy Raider - Oathsworn
44.Persian Assault Teteres - Spear Warriors
45.Assault Raider - Celtic Tribesmen
46.Medium Assault Raider - Celtic Warriors
Missile Ship (3)
47.Missile Raider - Celtic Skirmishers
48.Greek Missile Penteres - Celtic Slingers
49.Medium Missile Raider - Celtic Slingers