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Thracian Bowmen

No Thracian warlord ignores the chance to kill an enemy who is beyond sword-reach.

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 Bowmen

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

Transport
  • Very poor hull strength
  • Very slow speed
  • Weak ramming
Thracian Bowmen
  • Long range
  • Average rate of fire
  • Good damage but low armour penetration
  • Very weak in melee
  • Very poor morale
Requires Buildings
Thracian Bowmen Lv. 0 Woodworker
Woodworker
(barb_craftsmen_wood_2)
Level 1
Carpenter
Carpenter
(barb_craftsmen_wood_3)
Level 2
Builder's Hall
Builder's Hall
(barb_craftsmen_wood_4)
Level 3
Garrison Buildings
Thracian Bowmen x 2 Craftsman's House
Craftsman's House
(barb_craftsmen_1)
Level 0
Clay Pit
Clay Pit
(barb_craftsmen_pot_2)
Level 1
Potter
Potter
(barb_craftsmen_pot_3)
Level 2
Potter's Workshop
Potter's Workshop
(barb_craftsmen_pot_4)
Level 3
Brine Distiller
Brine Distiller
(barb_craftsmen_salt_2)
Level 1
Salt Kiln
Salt Kiln
(barb_craftsmen_salt_3)
Level 2
Salt Workshop
Salt Workshop
(barb_craftsmen_salt_4)
Level 3
Woodworker
Woodworker
(barb_craftsmen_wood_2)
Level 1
Carpenter
Carpenter
(barb_craftsmen_wood_3)
Level 2
Builder's Hall
Builder's Hall
(barb_craftsmen_wood_4)
Level 3