Thracian Rebels Missile Infantry

Thracian Bowmen

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 Thracian Bowmen

Main Unit Key Thr_Bowmen

Land Unit Key Thr_Bowmen

Naval Unit Key barbarian_transport

Soldiers 120

Category Missile Infantry

Class Missile Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 270

Recruitment Cost 270

Upkeep Cost 70

Missile Damage 35

├ Missile Weapon rome_bow

├ Projectile arrow_normal

├ Missile Damage 31

├ Missile Ap Damage 4

└ Base Reload Time 12

Accuracy 5

Range 125

Reload 13

Shots Per Minute 6

Ammunition 15

Melee Attack 12

Weapon Damage 24

├ Melee Weapon rome_shortsword

├ Melee Damage Base 20

├ Melee Damage Ap 4

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 0

├ Bonus vs Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 3

Melee Defence 12

├ Base Defence 12

├ Shield none

└ Shield Defence 0

Armour 10

├ Armour cloth

├ Armour Defence 10

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 45

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_very_light

├ Man Health 40

└ Bonus Hit Points 5

Base Morale 25

Abilities

No Ability

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

• 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

Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Woodworker (barb_craftsmen_wood_2) Level 1 Carpenter (barb_craftsmen_wood_3) Level 2 Builder's Hall (barb_craftsmen_wood_4) Level 3

Garrison Buildings

x 2

Craftsman's House (barb_craftsmen_1) Level 0 Clay Pit (barb_craftsmen_pot_2) Level 1 Potter (barb_craftsmen_pot_3) Level 2 Potter's Workshop (barb_craftsmen_pot_4) Level 3 Brine Distiller (barb_craftsmen_salt_2) Level 1 Salt Kiln (barb_craftsmen_salt_3) Level 2 Salt Workshop (barb_craftsmen_salt_4) Level 3 Woodworker (barb_craftsmen_wood_2) Level 1 Carpenter (barb_craftsmen_wood_3) Level 2 Builder's Hall (barb_craftsmen_wood_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Odrysian Kingdom Odrysian tribal council Odrysian Secessionists Thracian Rebels
Imperator Augustus	Thracian Rebels (Imperator Augustus)