Dacia (Imperator Augustus) Missile Infantry

Dacian Noble Archers

Highly accurate & strong of willed, these Dacian archers are a match for many ranged foes.

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 Noble Archers

• Quick Reload
  Improved reloading for an extended time.
  Shots per minute
  Exertion: fatigue
• Rapid Advance
  Improved unit movement speed over an extended period.
  Speed, acceleration, charge speed
  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 Noble Archers

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

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