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.
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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.
Win Conditions
Long Campaign: Hold 50 provinces including Rome. Short Campaign: Hold 15 provinces and destroy or outlast the following factions: Macedon, Thrace.
Units
Like most Celtic - European factions, the main units are spear warbands, archers and skirmishers. However Dacia has powerfull and deadly Falxman. Other units include; Barbarian Noble Cavalry, and chosen swordsmen.
Unique Units
Sadly, Dacia doesn't have any unique units, although they are one of the only 2 barbarian factions that can obtain siege weapons (ballistas and onagers).
Strategy guides
In the beginning, Dacia is landlocked 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.
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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 and silver 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.
Later the Romans eventually abadoned the province due to barbarian invasions.
See Also
| RTW Factions |
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| 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 |
