

Auxiliary Thracian Cavalry
Those who fling javelins in the service of Rome do so with the blessings of Jupiter!Homer, Greece’s greatest poet, praised the Thracians as “a race of horsemen”. The Thracians bred horses for racing and later improved the breed for warfare. Their horses were said to be larger and sturdier than those of the nomadic tribes to the north, and generally considered a match for most large Greek and Persian war horses. As cavalrymen, Thracians favoured speed and mobility above armour, making them well suited for tribal warfare of raids and skirmishing. When fighting as mercenaries and allies they were the perfect swift skirmishers for harassing enemies, often to the point of defeat and death, pelting a foe with javelins as they rode around at high speed.
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Unit Name Auxiliary Thracian Cavalry |
Main Unit Key Aux_Thr_Cav |
Land Unit Key Aux_Thr_Cav |
Naval Unit Key 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 40 |
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 16 |
Melee Defence 36 |
├ Base Defence 16 |
├ 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
Transport- 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
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Unit Resouces | Auxilia_Thracian | |||||||||||||||
Imperator Augustus Regions
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Auxiliary Camp
(rome_military_aux_2) Level 1 ![]()
Auxiliary Barracks
(rome_military_aux_3) Level 2 ![]()
Auxiliary Garrison
(rome_military_aux_4) Level 3 |
Faction Availability | |
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Grand Campaign | |
Samnite Wars | |
Imperator Augustus |


























































































































































































