Gaul (RTW Faction)

RTW Factions
Armenia | Britannia | Carthage | Dacia | Egypt | Gaul | Germania | Greek Cities | The House of Brutii | The House of Julii | The House of Scipii | Macedon | Numidia | Parthia | Pontus | Scythia | Seleucid Empire | Senate | Spain | Thrace | Rebels

The Gauls are one of the playable factions in Rome: Total War. They can be played after successfully completing a campaign as a Roman faction or if unlocked by modding / cheats.

Game Play

Gauls are barbarian civilization, it is very hard playng them because they start just above The House of Julii wich seeks expansion.

Starting Position

Gauls start in modern France and upper Italy. they control few cities in France and two of them are bordered by House of Julii in Italy, they are also bordered by Spain to the east and Britons to the north.

Their cities are:

ALESIA- Capital

CONDATE RODONUM- safe inside empire, located deep inside modern France

PATAVIUM- high population growth , bordered by Julii, upper Italy

LEMONUM - safe inside empire, located deep inside modern France

MEDIOLANUM - located in upper Italy , bordered by Julii

NARBO MARITUS - bordered by Spain to east

Win Conditions

LONG CAMPAIGN: Hold 50 regions including Rome SHORT CAMPAIGN: Hold 15 regions and outlast or destroy Julii

Units

Gauls are fierce fighters and have many infantry but few cavalry support. Infantry can use warcry, special ability that takes 10 seonds to preform and gives attack bonus next 30 seconds.

Unique Units

Naked fanatics: Can be recruited by building certain shrines, have high attack damage

Druids: Can be recruited by building certain shrines, Gauls share this units with Britons. They chant to raise morale of nearby troops.

Strategy guides

Possible strategy is to build massive army in begginig of game and attack Julii before Marian reforms occur.

History

More about Gaul history can be seen here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaul

See Also

• Factions in RTW