Western Roman Rebels (RTW:BI Faction)

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Western Roman Rebels (RTW:BI Faction)
Name:	Western Roman Rebels
From Game:	Barbarian Invasion
Religion:	Christian
Culture:	Roman
Playable:

The Western Roman Rebels are the Western Roman Empire's shadow faction in the Barbarian Invasion expansion for Rome: Total War. They are one of the non-playable factions in the game. It is possible to make them playable but only by substantial alterations to the vanilla game, or by using a script.

Game Play

Overview

The Western Roman Rebels are the Western Roman Empire's shadow faction. They take over rebellious cities and armies of the Western Roman Empire. If a Western Roman settlement's population is very unhappy, it will rebel and join the Western Roman Rebels. The same can happen with armies. That way, a general with a low loyalty rating can become part of the Western Roman Rebels faction along with his whole army.

Starting Position

The Western Roman Rebels do not control any settlements or campaign map characters at the beginning of the game.

Units

The Western Roman Rebels share the Western Roman Empire's unit roster.

Infantry Units

• Peasants
• Limitanei
• Foederati Infantry
• Comitatenses
• Auxilia Palatina
• Plumbatarii
• Praeventores
• Comitatenses First Cohort
• Catholic Priest

Ranged Units

• Archers
• Bucellarii
• Onagers
• Ballistae
• Heavy Onagers
• Repeating Ballistae
• Carriage Ballistae
• Scorpions

Cavalry Units

• Foederati Cavalry
• Sarmatian Auxilia
• Equites Sagitarii
• Scholae Palatinae
• Imperial German Bodyguard

History

Historically, the Western Roman Empire suffered from many rebellions in its later days. Various generals founded their own kingdoms within the Roman Empire and declared themselves independent. Furthermore, as the population became increasingly unhappy, riots and revolts became rather common.

See Also

• Factions in BI

Barbarian Invasion Factions
Eastern Roman Empire | Western Roman Empire | Huns | Goths | Sarmatians | Vandals | Franks | Saxons | Alemanni | Sassanids | Celts | Burgundii | Lombardi | Roxolani | Berbers | Slavs | Romano British | Ostrogoths | Eastern Roman Rebels | Western Roman Rebels | Rebels