Tribes from the Coasts, Forests and Steppes of Sarmatia

[Morticia Iunia Bruti]

Hello,

this is my newest unitmod.

This time i worked on the tribes of Aestii, Anartes, Catiaroi and finally Budini.

I. The Aestii:

Tacitus desribed the Aestii as following:

Upon the right of the Suebian Sea the Aestian nations reside, who use the same customs and attire with the Suebians; their language more resembles that of Britain. They worship the Mother of the Gods. As the characteristic of their national superstition, they wear the images of wild boars. This alone serves them for arms, this is the safeguard of all, and by this every worshipper of the Goddess is secured even amidst his foes. Rare amongst them is the use of weapons of iron, but frequent that of clubs. In producing of grain and the other fruits of the earth, they labour with more assiduity and patience than is suitable to the usual laziness of Germans.

Because of the fact, that the Aestii lived at the coast of the Baltic Sea and spoke a different language, most historians assume, that they were probable a protobaltic/baltic tribe. They know iron, which they imported, but still use more bronze objects. They were part of the westbaltic culture of cairns, which was influenced by the lusatian culture.

New Units:

Aestian Tribal Warriors (low spear unit)

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Aestian Club Levies (low club unit, recruitable from barb_city_1)

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Aestian Levy Spearwarriors (low spear unit, recruitable from barb_city_1)

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Aestian Chosen of Perkunas (mediumhigh club unit, recruitable from barb_artisan_bronze_3)

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Aestian Medium Swordwarriors (medium sword unit, recruitable from barb_artisan_bronze_2)

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Aestian Medium Spearwarriors (medium spear unit, recruitable from barb_artisan_bronze_2)

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Aestian Noble Swordwarriors (elite sword unit, recruitable from barb_artisan_bronze_4)

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Aestian Noble Spearwarriors (elite spear unit, rectuitable from barb_artisan_bronze_4)

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Aestian Young Men (low javelin unit with clubs, recruitable frombarb_city_1)

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Aestian Slingers (lowmedium slinger unit, recruitable from barb_craftsmen_1)

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Aestian Forest Hunters ( medium bow unit with spears, recruitable from barb_craftsmen_wood_2)

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Aestian Rangers (medium javelin unit with clubs, recruitable from barb_craftsmen_wood_3)

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Aestian Light Cavalry (low javelin cavalry, recruitable from barb_agriculture_horse_2)

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Aestian Noble Cavalry ( elite spear cav, recruitable from barb_agriculture_horse_4)

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Ship Units:

Aestian Tribal Warriors Raider
Aestian Medium Swords Medium Raider
Aestian Noble Swords Heavy Raider
Aestian Medium Spears Four
Aestian Young Men Raider
Aestian Forest Hunters Medium Raider
Aestiian Forest Hunters Five

II. The Anartes:

The Anartes were a celtic tribe, who migrated into the dacian territory and later minor parts of this tribe were heavily influenced by the Dacians.


New Units:

Anartian Falxwarriors (low falxschock unit, recruitable from barb_artisan_bronze_2)

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Anartian Heavy Bowmen (medium bow unit, recruitable from barb_craftsmen_wood_3)

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Anartian Heavy Skirmishers (medium javelin unit, recruitable from barb_craftsmen_wood_3)

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Anartian Heavy Spearwarriors (medium-high spear unit, recruitable from barb_artisan_bronze_3)

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Anartian Noble Spearwarriors (elite spear unit, recruitable from barb_artisan_bronze_4)

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Anartian Horse Bowmen (low bowcav unit, recruitable from barb_agriculture_horse_3)

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Dacoceltic Noble Lancers (high shock cav, recruitable from barb_agriculture_horse_4)

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III. The Catiaroi:

The Catioaroi were one of the three main tribes of the Scythae and had very close trading and cultural relationships to the greek polis at the Black Sea. A golden comb, which was found in a sycthian tomb near of Solokha, show a sycthian noblemen fighting with an armour in greek style.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solokha

So i decided to give them and the Royal Sycthae two hellenizised units.

New Units:

Hellenizised Scythian Spearwarriors (medium spear unit, recruitable from barb_artisan_1)

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Hellenizised Scythian Swordwarriors (medium sword unit, recruitable from barb_artisan_bronze_2)

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IV. The Budini or Budinoi

Herodot described the Budinoi in his "Historiae" as "light-eyed and red-haired" and living by hunting in their thick forests. The Budinoi lived after his description probably at the middle course of the Volga.

Because of this many scholars concluded, that the Budinoi were a finno-ugric tribe, the ancestors of the today Udmurts and Komi. I agree with that theory after looking at many pictures of the today Udmurts and Komi with redhair and bright eyes.

The finno-ugric tribes of this time were part of the Ananino Culture. They used spears, swords, knives, bow and arrow and were heavily influenced by the sycthians and the eastern steppe cultures of sibiria.

Some pictures of a Finno-Ugric Warrior and two noblemen of the sibirian Sargat Culture:

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...7dded72fdc.jpg

http://history.novosibdom.ru/files/u12/sibir_122.jpg

http://history.novosibdom.ru/files/u16/sibir_178.jpg



New Units:

Budinian Tribesmen (low spear unit)

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Budinian Spearwarriors (low spear unit, recruitable from barb_city_1)

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Budinian Swordwarriors (low sword unit, recruitable from barb_artisan_1)

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Budinian Padded Axewarriors (medium axe unit, recruitable from barb_artisan_bronze_2)

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Budinian Medium Spearwarriors (medium spear unit, recruitable from barb_artisan_bronze_2)

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Budinian Medium Swordwarriors (medium sword unit, recruitable from barb_artisan_bronze_2)

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Budinian Heavy Spearwarriors (high spear unit, recruitable from barb_artisan_bronze_3)

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Budinian Heavy Swordwarriors (high sword unit, recruitable from barb_artisan_bronze_3)

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Budinian Noble Swordwarriors (elite sword unit, recruitable from barb_artisan_bronze_4)

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Budinian Padded Archers (medium bow unit, recruitable from barb_craftsmen_wood_2)

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Budinian Heavy Archers (high bow unit, recruitable from barb_craftsmen_wood_3)

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Budinian Light Swordcavalry (low sword cav, recruitable from barb_agriculture_nomad_herd_2)

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Budinian Heavy Swordcavalry (medium-heavy sword cav, recruitable from barb_agriculture_nomad_herd_3)

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Budinian Noble Swordcavalry (elite sword cav, recruitable from barb_agriculture_nomad_herd_4)

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Budinian Light Skirmishercavalry (low jav cav, recruitable from barb_agriculture_nomad_herd_2)

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Budinian Noble Skirmishercavalry (elite jav cav, recruitable from barb_agriculture_nomad_herd_4)

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Budinian Horsearchers (low bow cav, recruitable from barb_city_1)

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Budinian Noble Horsearchers (elite bow cav, recruitable from barb_agriculture_nomad_herd_4)

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Budinian Medium Lancers (medium shock cav, recruitable from barb_agriculture_nomad_herd_2)

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Budinian Noble Lancers (high shock cav, recruitable from barb_agriculture_nomad_herd_3)

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Ship units:

Budinian Tribesmen Raider
Budinian Swordwarriors Medium Raider
Budinian Spearwarriors Four
Budinian Swordwarriors Heavy Raider
Budinian Archers Raider
Budinian Archers Medium Raider


All screenshots were made, while using Avetis great Armoured Horses Mod and CIU East and CIU West, which include ACR- Alii Colores Romae from Demokritos. I can only recommend you for the best graphical experience to use them too.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=331844326
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=356041923
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile.../?id=356041923
www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?623815-New-ACR-Alii-Colores-Romae-Omnes-Factiones-now-also-adapted-to-Legionaries-Armies-Mod


The Stats are developed on Vanilla stats and should fit perfect to Vanilla.

This is a semihistorical, but historic plausible mod, based on Vanillastyle.

I tried to make it historical to my knowledge as possible.

You will have to use an All factions playable-Mod to use this units by yourself.

I would thank:

-CA for the vanilla game and the assembly kit
-Sebidee for his great modding tutorial
- BoyaWho? for some of his unit icons.

-Ahiga/LoB-Team for padded armour textures

-Avetis/CIU-Team for armour, helmets, shields, tunics (without Avetis Budini-Reskin would not have been possible, thank you!)

-Dontfearme22 for armour, helmets, shields

-The_Germans_are_coming for arm-armour, armour, pelts and helmet textures.

If you like my mod, please rate.

My other mods:

http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/7.../?appid=214950

[Demokritos]

Great job, Marcus_Iunius! Certainly adds interest to these factions. Wish I could do the same with ease. There are some sides, particularly in Africa and Arabia, that I'd like to make similar changes to, but haven't gotten the time to learn the modding technique for yet.

But the uniform colours you are displaying here do not come from your mod or any other mod that you mention, do they?

[Morticia Iunia Bruti]

Shame on me!

I don´t turn CIU East and CIU West off, which include ACR - Alii Colores Romae from you, while making screenshots.

I add it to the mod-description.

[Demokritos]

Like your mod description better now.

Keep the good work up.

[Morticia Iunia Bruti]

Thank you, next stop will be the british islands.

[Morticia Iunia Bruti]

Updated to Desert Kingdoms Patch.