Dacia (Imperator Augustus) Missile Cavalry

Bow Horsemen

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.

Unit Name Bow Horsemen

Main Unit Key Dac_Bow_Horsemen

Land Unit Key Dac_Bow_Horsemen

Naval Unit Key barbarian_transport_small

Soldiers 90

Category Cavalry

Class Missile Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost 430

Recruitment Cost 430

Upkeep Cost 70

Missile Damage 40

├ Missile Weapon rome_composite_bow_horse

├ Projectile arrow_composite_horse

├ Missile Damage 34

├ Missile Ap Damage 6

└ Base Reload Time 12

Accuracy 5

Range 125

Reload 18

Shots Per Minute 6

Ammunition 30

Melee Attack 11

Weapon Damage 23

├ Melee Weapon rome_shortsword

├ Melee Damage Base 20

├ Melee Damage Ap 3

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 0

├ Bonus vs Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 5

Charge Bonus 10

Melee Defence 7

├ Base Defence 7

├ Shield none

└ Shield Defence 0

Armour 27

├ Armour cloth

├ Armour Defence 27

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 95

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_light

├ Man Health 50

├ Bonus Hit Points 10

├ Mount rome_celtic_horse_sword_l

├ Mount Entity rome_horse_light_missile

└ Mount Health 35

Base Morale 35

Abilities

• Wedge
  The unit moves into a wedge-shaped attack formation.
  Charge bonus, melee attack
  Acceleration, melee defence
• Quick Reload
  Improved reloading for an extended time.
  Shots per minute
  Exertion: fatigue

Attributes

• Resistant to Fatigue
  Fatigue has less of an effect on this unit.
• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
• Fire Whilst Moving
  This unit can fire when mounted and moving.
• Parthian Shot
  This unit can fire all around and not just in-front of itself.

Strengths & Weaknesses

• Very poor hull strength
• Very slow speed
• Weak ramming

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

Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Stables (barb_agriculture_horse_3) Level 2
Lv. 1	Horse Ranch (barb_agriculture_horse_4) Level 3

Garrison Buildings
x 2	Stables (barb_agriculture_horse_3) Level 2
x 4	Horse Ranch (barb_agriculture_horse_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Apulii Getae Getae tribal council Dacian Rebels
Imperator Augustus	Bastarnae (Imperator Augustus) Dacia (Imperator Augustus) Dacian Nobles (Imperator Augustus) Dacian Rebels (Imperator Augustus) Thrace (Imperator Augustus)