Thrace (RTW Faction)
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.
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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
As you can see Thrace starts in the west part of the Black Sea.It has two cities:
Campus Getae: City who is located north next to Scythia.
Tylis: South city located near Dacia and Macedonia
Win Conditions
Long campaign: Hold 50 provines including Roma
Short campaign: Hold 15 provinces and outlast or destroy Macedon
Units
Mixture of barbarian and hellenistic units, not too expensive.
Unique Units
FALXMEN: Thracian unit that carries dangerous blade used to cut through enemy ranks. Both defence and attack value are high.
Strategy guides
Possible strategy for Thrace is to dirctly and openly attack Macedons at begging of game, while allied with Dacia. Macedon are not so powerfull at beginnig as they are mostl concentrated on Greece.
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 neighboring 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.
