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Thracian Royal Cavalry

These men may look old-fashioned, but there is nothing old-fashioned about their skill and courage.

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.

Thracian Royal Cavalry

Unit Name

Thracian Royal Cavalry

Main Unit Key

Thr_Royal_Cav

Land Unit Key

Thr_Royal_Cav

Naval Unit Key

barbarian_transport_small

Soldiers

80

Category

Cavalry

Class

Melee Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost

1280

Recruitment Cost

1280

Upkeep Cost

150

Missile Damage

32

├ Missile Weapon

rome_javelin_precursor

├ Projectile

javelin_prec

├ Missile Damage

20

├ Missile Ap Damage

12

└ Base Reload Time

15

Accuracy

5

Range

40

Reload

0

Shots Per Minute

4

Ammunition

2

Melee Attack

49

Weapon Damage

29

├ Melee Weapon

rome_spear_cav_elite

├ Melee Damage Base

24

├ Melee Damage Ap

5

├ Armour Piercing

No

├ Bonus vs. Large

15

├ Bonus vs Elephants

15

└ Bonus vs Infantry

0

Charge Bonus

43

Melee Defence

36

├ Base Defence

16

├ Shield

cavalry

└ Shield Defence

20

Armour

90

├ Armour

bronze

├ Armour Defence

60

└ Shield Armour

30

Health

100

├ Man Entity

rome_infantry_very_heavy

├ Man Health

45

├ Bonus Hit Points

20

├ Mount

rome_celtic_horse_spear_shield_h

├ Mount Entity

rome_horse_heavy

└ Mount Health

35

Base Morale

70

Abilities

Thracian Royal Cavalry
  • Wedge
    The unit moves into a wedge-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

Light Transport
  • Very poor hull strength
  • Very slow speed
  • Weak ramming
Thracian Royal Cavalry
  • Very good attack
  • Average defence
  • Low damage but average armour penetration
  • Good morale
Requires Buildings
Thracian Royal Cavalry Lv. 0 Horse Ranch
Horse Ranch
(barb_agriculture_horse_4)
Level 3