Rome / missile units

**c.ryo** · September 06, 2010, 10:52 AM

Hello guys

Maybe i missed something of course, but which buildings give you an ability to recruit archers?

**DUFFMAN** · September 06, 2010, 10:58 AM

As Rome? You can recruit Celtic Archers (not sure about the name) in the Italian regions just below the Alps, after you have constructed one of the roman colonization buildings. Talking about regions as Mediolanum, Taurasia etc. You can also make use of the mercenary Slinger units that are often available.

**Bosje** · September 06, 2010, 11:19 AM

cretan archers from Tarentum, awesome

**c.ryo** · September 06, 2010, 12:00 PM

But any kind of legionnaire archers?

**DUFFMAN** · September 06, 2010, 12:25 PM

Roman Legionary soldiers were no archers. They had auxiliary units for that.

**c.ryo** · September 06, 2010, 01:13 PM

Dont get word picky, you perfectly know what i am asking, are there Legionnaire / Auxiliary archers around BESIDES Region based units such as Cretian archers.

**DUFFMAN** · September 06, 2010, 01:25 PM

Originally Posted by c.ryo

Dont get word picky, you perfectly know what i am asking, are there Legionnaire / Auxiliary archers around BESIDES Region based units such as Cretian archers.

I'm not ''word picky'', I was assuming you meant legionary soldiers as archers. I'm not entirely sure if there are ''standard'' auxiliary archers, but I believe there are only the local units. But they are really all that you need, and it's nice to have a variety of different archers in your armies.

**sithlord447** · September 06, 2010, 01:27 PM

there are auxilliary archers just go see the preview for proof.

**DUFFMAN** · September 06, 2010, 01:36 PM

Yea but those are also regional units as far as I know.

**Bosje** · September 06, 2010, 03:32 PM

that's what auxilia is: regional troops. no generic 'roman archers' around, just plenty of barbarians and greeks who'll do the job for you. (and cheap as well, i find

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**rory o'kane** · September 06, 2010, 05:28 PM

After the when you've had the Marian reforms and built the barracks in a region to a high enough level (to simulate Augustus' reforms), Syrian auxiliary archers in the form of Cohors I Damascenorum Sagittariorum become almost universally available.

But pre-marian romans don't get a generic "Roman archer" like the ones in Vanilla RTW - you do get locally available Cretans and Celts, though, as well as Balearic slingers.