Dacian Rebels Missile Infantry

Dacian Elite Archers

Dangerous archers from the mountain tribes.

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

Dacian Elite Archers

• Rapid Advance
  Improved unit movement speed over an extended period.
  Speed, acceleration, charge speed
  Exertion: fatigue
• Precision Shot
  Improved missile weapon damage for an extended period.
  Missile damage
  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

Dacian Elite Archers

• Long range
• Fast rate of fire
• Good damage but low armour penetration
• Very weak in melee
• Poor morale

Dacian Rebels Units
General (2)
1.Noble Horsemen
2.Noble Spears
Melee Infantry (10)
3.Falxmen
4.Noble Swords
5.Thracian Chosen Infantry
6.Thracian Infantry
7.Triballoi Swordsmen
8.Costobocii Axemen
9.Dacian Elite Falxmen
10.Daoi Elite Infantry
11.Dii Swordsmen
12.Dacian Axe Nobles
Missile Infantry (7)
13.Dacian Bowmen
14.Dacian Heavy Bowmen
15.Dacian Heavy Skirmishers
16.Dacian Skirmishers
17.Dacian Elite Archers
18.Dacian Elite Skirmishers
19.Dacian Noble Archers
Spear Infantry (9)
20.Armoured Spears
21.Heavy Spears
22.Noble Spears
23.Spear Warriors
24.Spears
25.Dacian Tribesmen
26.Getohellenic Hoplites
27.Bessi Spearmen
28.Kapidaua Spears
Melee Cavalry (2)
29.Spear Horsemen
30.Tarabostes
Missile Cavalry (4)
31.Bow Horsemen
32.Thracian Chosen Cavalry
33.Noble Horse Archers
34.Skirmisher Cavalry
Shock Cavalry (2)
35.Noble Horsemen
36.Dacian Horsemen
Fixed Artillery (3)
37.Dacian Giant Ballista
38.Dacian Bastion Scorpion
39.Dacian Scorpion (Fixed)
Field Artillery (6)
40.Dacian Bastion Ballista
41.Dacian Ballista
42.Dacian Scorpion
43.Dacian Heavy Onager
44.Dacian Bastion Onager
45.Dacian Onager
Admiral (1)
46.Heavy Raider - Falxmen
Melee Ship (4)
47.Heavy Raider - Falxmen
48.Persian Assault Teteres - Heavy Spears
49.Medium Assault Raider - Heavy Spears
50.Assault Raider - Spears
Missile Ship (2)
51.Greek Missile Penteres - Dacian Bowmen
52.Missile Raider - Dacian Skirmishers
Artillery Ship (2)
53.Roman Light Artillery Quinquereme - Dacian Ballista (Ship)
54.Roman Artillery Quinquereme - Dacian Onager (Ship)