Rome (Empire Divided) Missile Cavalry

Auxiliary Thracian Horse Skirmishers

There were some forty tribes of Thracians, who shared a common language and culture and inhabited a vast area north of the Greek lands. They were seen as war-loving, rebellious, rambunctious, and bad enemies, yet good allies in a fight. Many leaders dreaded a time when the Thracians 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 European world fighting as mercenaries, often specialising as skirmishers and light troops. 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 in its use. 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 between 73 and 71 BC.

Unit Name Auxiliary Thracian Horse Skirmishers

Main Unit Key 3c_Aux_Thracian_Horse_Skirmishers

Land Unit Key 3c_Aux_Thracian_Horse_Skirmishers

Naval Unit Key 3c_pel_transport

Soldiers 80

Category Cavalry

Class Missile Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost 450

Recruitment Cost 450

Upkeep Cost 90

Missile Damage 32

├ Missile Weapon rome_javelin

├ Projectile javelin_normal

├ Missile Damage 20

├ Missile Ap Damage 12

└ Base Reload Time 10

Accuracy 5

Range 80

Reload 18

Shots Per Minute 7

Ammunition 7

Melee Attack 14

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 10

Melee Defence 33

├ Base Defence 13

├ Shield cavalry

└ Shield Defence 20

Armour 40

├ Armour cloth

├ Armour Defence 10

└ Shield Armour 30

Health 75

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_light

├ Man Health 40

├ Bonus Hit Points 10

├ Mount rome_celtic_horse_sword_shield_l

├ Mount Entity rome_horse_light

└ Mount Health 25

Base Morale 35

Abilities

No Ability

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

• Short range
• Fast rate of fire
• Fast moving
• Very good damage and armour penetration
• Large shield
• Very weak in melee
• Poor morale

Recuitment Requirement
Unit Resouces	3c_Thracian_Auxilia
Empire Divided Regions Provinces Regions Thracia Antheia Naissos Odessos Pulpudeva
Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Auxiliary Barracks (3c_rome_military_aux_2) Level 1 Auxiliary Garrison (3c_rome_military_aux_3) Level 2

Faction Availability
Empire Divided	Gallic Rome (Empire Divided) Gallic Roman Pretenders (Empire Divided) Gallic Roman Secessionists (Empire Divided) Britannia (Empire Divided) Hispania Citerior (Empire Divided) Lusitania (Empire Divided) Palmyra (Empire Divided) Palmyrene Pretenders (Empire Divided) Palmyrene Secessionists (Empire Divided) Roman Pretenders (Empire Divided) Roman Secessionists (Empire Divided) Rome (Empire Divided)