Dacia (RTW Faction)

Dacia are one of the factions in Rome: Total War designed to be non-playable. However they can be made playable by simple modifications to the game files.

Game Play

Starting Position

They begin in the Balkans region in Eastern Europe in what is nowdays the countries of Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia. They are a landlocked state, which leads to low income until you can build good trade routes and expand to the sea to develop ports.

Units

Average barbarian units for the most part. Heavy-hitting falxmen, Barbarian Noble Cavalry, and chosen swordsmen.

Unique Units

The Dacians share many Barbarian units with other Barbarian Factions, but one of the few that they have shared with Thrace is the Falxman. The Dacians are one of the only two barbarian factions that can obtain siege weapons (the other is the Scythians).

Strategy guides

In the beginning, Dacia is landlockeed and surrounded by Rebel settlements. However, Thrace, to the south, Germania, from the North and West, and Scythia, from the east, will eventually consume all of the territory around the area, eventually plunging you into war with at least one of these three factions. So, it is the best possible strategy for you to expand into much of the rebel territory as possible or eliminate one of these rival factions. If you can hold your core areas long enough, then if the Romans start to move in, you should have been dealing with traitorious enemies for awhile now and can stop them from expanding further.

History

The Dacians (Lat. Daci, Gr. Dákai) were the ancient inhabitants of Dacia (roughly corresponding to modern Romania and Moldova) and parts of Moesia (mostly in northern Bulgaria) in southeastern Europe. They spoke the Dacian language, closely related with Thracian and Albanian. The first mention of them is in Roman sources, but classical authors are unanimous in considering the Dacians a branch of the Getae, a Thracian people known from Greek writings. Strabo specified that the Daci are the Getae who lived in the area towards the Pannonian plain (Transylvania), while the Getae proper gravitated towards the Black Sea coast (Scythia Minor).

The Roman Emperor Trajan invaded Dacia mostly to benefit from its vast gold mines. Trajan's Column was constructed to celebrate the invasion of Dacia.

The Dacian kingdom reached its maximum expansion during King Burebista. The capital of the kingdom was the city Argedava (also called Sargedava in some historical writings) situated close to river Danube.

See Also

• Factions in RTW

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