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Thrace (RTW Faction)

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Thrace 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

Thrace is part of the former Alexander's empire. They are half barbarian, half greek civilization. They are very difficult faction to play because of Macedon threat from the south and Scythians from the north.

Starting Position

Thrace starts in the west part of the Black Sea.It has two cities:

  • Campus Getae: City which is located north next to Scythia.

Win Conditions

Long campaign: Hold 50 provinces including Rome

Short campaign: Hold 15 provinces and outlast or destroy Macedon

Units

Mixture of barbarian and Hellenistic units, not too expensive. Falxmen+Bastarnae+Phalanx Pikemen+Archers=unstoppable.

Unique Units

BASTARNAE:Thracian Unit that carries a deadly Rhomphaia. Attack is high,Defense is low. Falxmen are good "hit and run troops" defence is low. militia hoplites are cheap and weak, but a huge amout of them put together can be deadly. Phalanx pikemen are the second best troops, very reliable.

Strategy guides

Possible strategy for Thrace is to directly and openly attack Macedons at begging of game, while allied with Dacia. Macedon are not so powerful at beginning as they are mostly concentrated on Greece. Beware the Scythians' horse archers at this point however as they demolish most types of infantry with their arrows before retreating and are very hard to catch.

Thracian AAR on TWC

History

The historical boundaries of Thrace have varied. Ancient Thrace (i.e. the territory where ethnic Thracians lived) included present day Bulgaria, European Turkey, north-eastern Greece and parts of eastern Serbia and eastern Republic of Macedonia. Its boundaries were between the Danube River to the north and the Aegean Sea to the south, to the east - the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara and on the west to the Axius. Thracian troops were known to accompany neighbouring ruler Alexander the Great, when he crossed the Hellespont which abuts 'Thracia' and took on the Persian Empire of the day. The Roman province of Thrace was somewhat smaller, having the same eastern maritime limits and being bounded on the north by the Balkan Mountains; the Roman province extended west only to the Mesta River.


See Also

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