Saxons (RTW:BI Faction)

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The Saxons are one of the playable factions in the Barbarian Invasion for Rome: Total War.

Game Play

Starting Position

The Saxons start in the Jutland peninsula. They start with a number of rebel provinces nearby and no major power close to them allowing the creation of a strong homeland in Northern Germany.

Win Conditions

The Saxons must have 18 provinces including Tribus Saxones (Vicus Saxones), Britannia Superior (Londinium) and Belgica (Samarobriva)

Units

Infantry:

• Peasants (Light)
• Levy Spearmen (Spearman)
• Saxon Keel (Spearman)
• Chosen Axemen (Heavy)
• Saxon Hearth Troops (Heavy)

Missile:

• Hunters

Cavalry:

• Saxon Sea Raiders (Light)
• Mounted Nobles (Heavy)
• Warlord (Heavy)

Unique Units

Saxon Keel: The main spearmen for your forces. Good against all Cavalry.

Saxon Hearth Troops: These are your Elite infantry. Can form a shield wall. THey will beat most Roman Infantry units.

Saxon Sea Raiders: Average cavalry for the start of the game. To be replaced by the Mounted Nobles.

Strategy guides

The best strategy for a Saxon warlord is to head West to the WRE and Britain. Although many people disagree with this, they forget to take into account the fact that the WRE is very weak and not too difficult to break down. The main problem is in fact, at first, the Barbarians who surround you. They have good armies and will want a scrap. Anyone in their right mind should wipe out all but the Alemanni as they are a very good buffer when the Huns and Vandals come. For some reason they always come from south of the Alps. The Alemanni are also very useful to trade with as everyone else around you will be against you. So now, after you have dealt with these factions you turn to the WRE. Build up a navy and land in the northernmost point of the British Isles. This will be owned by the Celts and will be no match for your infantry - not much is. Conquer Ireland also, it all gets money. Now this is where it can go wrong. Send an army from North England to the south and from your continental aquisitions send an army West. On the continent you must move swiftly, if you don't then you end up in along and pointless war against the WRE with very little land gain for either side (WW1 type of thing). This will tear your economy to shreds and you will find it very difficult to survive. After the conquest of England deal with the Romano-British, otherwise they will attack Londinium and believe me they don't give up. Their army is reasonably strong, eventually I chased them into Wales and slaughtered them on the coast of the Irish Sea. Taking the remainder of France will be reasonably easy. If you can force the Alemanni into war with them then do it. By now the first signs of a Horde will have appeared they will attack the Alemanni first and you must go to their aid otherwise they will slaughter the Alemanni and you will be next. After beating both hordes conquer the rest of France, Spain and Italy. The WRE has fallen and you have completed your objectives and have completed the campaign. Of course you can still continue but it is not necessary. It also feels incredibly pointless anyway.

Damien123

History

The Saxons were a Germanic tribe invited to work as mercenaries by the Romano-British after the Roman withdrawl in 410AD. Led by the brothers Hengst and Horsa the Saxons overthrew the Romano-British taking their lands for themselves. Those lands are now called England after the Angles, another tribe who came with the Saxons. The result is that the English are a Germanic people and speak a German dialect to this day. Many towns and cities in England were founded by the Saxons, the largest of which is Birmingham

See Also

• Factions in BI