Tylis Missile Infantry

Tribal Garrison

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 Tribal Garrison

Main Unit Key Thr_Tribal_Garrison

Land Unit Key Thr_Tribal_Garrison

Naval Unit Key barbarian_transport

Soldiers 120

Category Missile Infantry

Class Missile Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 340

Recruitment Cost 340

Upkeep Cost 70

Missile Damage 28

├ Missile Weapon rome_javelin

├ Projectile javelin_normal

├ Missile Damage 15

├ Missile Ap Damage 13

└ Base Reload Time 9

Accuracy 5

Range 70

Reload 8

Shots Per Minute 7

Ammunition 18

Melee Attack 7

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 3

Melee Defence 31

├ Base Defence 5

├ Shield pelta

└ Shield Defence 26

Armour 52

├ Armour cloth

├ Armour Defence 27

└ Shield Armour 25

Health 50

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_light

├ Man Health 50

└ Bonus Hit Points 0

Base Morale 20

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

• Short range
• Fast rate of fire
• Very good damage and armour penetration
• Very weak in melee
• Very poor morale

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