Armenia (RTW Faction)
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Armenia is 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.
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Game Play
Starting Position
Armenia begin in modern day Armenia and Georgia, north-east of Pontus, south-west of the Scythians and to the west of Parthia
Win Conditions
Units
Generally speaking, Armenian armies are made up of Parthian-style armies, with both horse archers and cataphracts. They have weak early infantry with the exception of the heavy spearmen unit, who can make a surprisingly effective phalanx for troops that hail from such hilly terrain.They also have imitation Legions for their late armies.
Unique Units
As already mentioned, Heavy Spearmen are an effective, if expensive, phalanx. They should not be relied on as any more than basic Greek Hoplites.
Armenia is the only faction that can recruit cataphract-archers who have a weaker charge than normal cataphracts but can use bows to soften up the enemy formation, but they cannot use regular horse archers tactics as their heavy armour will quickly tire them out. Cataphract Archers are worse in melee than regular Cataphracts.
