Introduction

Air Combat

Civilian

Land Combat

Archer

Artillery

AT Crew

Barbarian Horse Archer

Barbarian Horseman

Berserker

Black Army

Bombard

Carolean

Catapult

Cavalry

Conquistador

Cossack

Courser

Crossbowman

Crouching Tiger

Cuirassier

Digger

Domrey

Eagle Warrior

Field Cannon

Gaesatae

Garde Impériale

Giant Death Robot

Heavy Chariot

Helicopter

Hetairoi

Highlander

Hoplite

Horseman

Hul'che

Huszár

Hwacha

Hypaspist

Immortal

Impi

Infantry

Janissary

Keshig

Khevsur

Knight

Legion

Line Infantry

Llanero

Machine Gun

Malón Raider

Mamluk

Man-At-Arms

Mandekalu Cavalry

Maryannu Chariot Archer

Mechanized Infantry

Modern Armor

Modern AT

Mountie

Musketman

Ngao Mbeba

Nihang

Okihtcitaw

Oromo Cavalry

Pike and Shot

Pikeman

Pítati Archer

Questing Knight

Ranger

Redcoat

Rocket Artillery

Rough Rider

Sabum Kibittum

Saka Horse Archer

Samurai

Scout

Skirmisher

Slinger

Spearman

Spec Ops

Swordsman

Tagma

Tank

Toa

Trebuchet

Vampire

Varu

Voi Chiến

Warak’aq

War-Cart

Warrior

Warrior Monk

Winged Hussar

Zombie

Naval Combat

Support

Heroes

Gaesatae

Description

Gallic unique Ancient era unit that replaces the Warrior. This unit has increased cost and receives +10

Combat Strength when fighting units with a higher base Combat Strength. +5

Combat Strength vs. district defenses.

Historical Context

The Gaesatae were Celtic warriors from the Alps. In the early days of the Roman Republic, Rome was expanding northward, taking formerly Gallic land and giving it to poorer Roman families. Worried about this expansion, a group of tribes from Cisalpine Gaul – the northern part of Italy – banded together and hired the Gaesatae to defend them. Armed with spears and javelins, the Gaesatae (according to Greek historian Polybius) fought naked, with nothing but their weapons. Polybius writes that the Gallic army made a “dreadful din, for there were innumerable horn-blowers and trumpeters, and, as the whole army were shouting their war-cries at the same time, there was such a tumult of sound that it seemed that not only the trumpets and the soldiers but all the country round had got a voice and caught up the cry. Very terrifying too were the appearance and the gestures of the naked warriors in front, all in the prime of life, and finely built men.” The strange Gallic costume (or lack of costume) may have been because of their sheer confidence in battle or may have just been a practical measure to keep from getting caught in the brambles. Regardless of why they fought nude, the Gauls won the first few battles, but a better-prepared Rome won the war. Perhaps armor was a good idea after all.