Armenia
Game Description: Horse archers including armoured cataphract archers but few infantry types.
Comment: The Legionary copies are worse than the Roman originals, but the cavalry is awesome. Nice faction.
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Britannia
Game Description: Fanatical barbarian infantry plus swift charioteers.
Comment: These people will be your nightmare if you battle against them. All their infantry have the morale of an iron bar and their heavy chariots ram into everything like a 12 o'clock express! Checks the Tips page for efficient tips on how to beat them.
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Carthage
Game Description: Flexible selection of all troop types, plus elephants!
Comment: From my experience I can tell you that Carthage isn't bad. There is a flexible selection, yes, but alltogether its quite weak, and you need a real advantage in numbers before attacking a strong army (for example, Romans). Battle elephants are good, yes, and of course Armoured Elephants, too, but the little ones aren't worth spending your money on them. Also you may notice that the carthaginian armies are the most expensive of all armies you can control.
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Dacia
Game Description: Barbarian close-combat infantry including falxmen but very little cavalry.
Comment: The best Barbarian faction for me after Germania. Good Infantry and heavy cavalry.
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Egypt
Game Description: Good spearmen and horse archers with swift cavalry and chariots.
Comment: Good faction, especially on the side of the cavalry and archers. Never underestimate their chariot archers. It takes tough infantry and cavalry with good morale to beat them.
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Gaul
Game Description: Strong close-combat infantry, but very limited cavalry.
Comment: Now this is the faction I love most. No, I haven't ever played as them, I've battled so many times against them and give you this good piece of advice: if you want to have many victories - play against them. It's after all such a joy to beat up an army of 2000 men with your 1200 and leave 0 soldiers of their army!! (Resistance is Futile!) To know how to have fun with a bunch of Gauls read the Tips Page.
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Germania
Game Description: Axemen and specialist infantry with limited selection of cavalry.
Comment: The best barbarian faction. Good infantry, although a grim comes to my face when I am encountered by a horde of women, and historically speaking I am appaled by the barbarian phalanxes(!!!). But they have very good cavalry, plenty of bonuses to all units and good morale in general.
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The Greek Cities
Game Description: Many hoplite phalanxes and missile support but limited cavalry choice.
Comment: I don't like phalanxes. Maybe I don't use them rightly. I just prefer some good horses and veterans with good swords. Macedon is better...
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Macedon
Game Description: Hoplites and pike phalanxes, plus powerful cavalry.
Comment: Well, as I said, this one is better than the Greeks. The cavalry may not be as powerful as the cataphracts, but at least there's some choice. They're very fun to battle with because they're challenging (spears impale your cavalry and your men, and the cavalry strikes...) and because they like to wander around with many big armies, each of them being one good battle.
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Numidia
Game Description: Light desert infantry and good cavalry including camel-mounted specialists.
Comment: Despite what you may think this is a quite good faction and must not be underestimated.
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Parthia
Game Description: Cavalry, including horse archers and powerful armored cataphracts; weak infantry.
Comment: The most cavalry-specific faction after Scythia. Too much cavalry isn't good too, if you ask me.
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Pontus
Game Description: Flexible army of light infantry, phalanxes, heavy cavalry and chariots.
Comment: Nice faction and must also not be underestimated. Well-balanced armies.
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Rome
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Game Description: Legionary infantry and supporting troops, limited cavalry.
Comment: Now I find Rome got in this game a most overwhelming priority and a most unjust description. Just legionary infantry? Limited cavalry?! There's nothing in the world of Rome: Total War which can beat an army made of Urban and First Legionary Cohortes and Praetorian cavalry. This faction has also got the most advanced machinery. And I haven't noticed any real difference between the roman Families except my Julii generals seem to be nearly all Drunkards...
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Scythia
Game Description: Master horsemen and archers but almost no melee infantry.
Comment: These people use hit-and-run tactics and usually don't attack you, but you have to attack them and run around to catch them. They're good for defending cities as they've got awesome archers, but for any attacking action they are definitely not the best choice.
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The Seleucid Empire
Game Description: Powerful selection of phalkanxes, heavy cavalry and elephants.
Comment: This one in the beginning is quite weak and threatened by Egypt and Pontus, but if you get to high level units this faction's armies are bulldozers which leave nothing of their ennemies!
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Spain
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Game Description: good mix of fanatic barbarian and organised infantry with some cavalry support.
Comment: This sucks as greatly as the Gauls do. They don't even have archers! The Bull Warriors are good, but for the rest - not my choice.
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Thrace
Game Description: Good choice of hoplite phalanxes and barbarian close-combat specialists but limited cavalry.
Comment: Weird mix. Really weird. I wouldn't rely on it.
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