波斯傳統 是斯基泰草原上奔馳的男人們應當掌握的武藝,以及前阿契美尼德王朝遺留下來的軍事遺產的結合。在草原及其周邊的生活鑄就了人們精湛的騎射技術,使得他們能夠在接敵之前快速穿插並包圍敵軍,而波斯的步兵隊則嚴陣以待,負責啃齧敵軍已經疲憊不堪的軍陣。
Availability
Persian rural traditions.
The Persian military tradition groups, Persian and Persian Rural, are available for 巴克特里亞 and 阿拉科西亞, or for countries with the following culture groups:
- Anatolian
- Aramaic
- Bactrian
- Caucasian
- Iranian
- Scythian
The Persian rural traditions are additionally available for 帕提亞, as well as countries with Bosporan heritage or Heritage of Spartokos.
This tradition group can also be unlocked by embracing the military tradition:
Focus
The traditions focus on strengthening the below unit types and possibly unlock some new abilities:
- Unit focus:
- Strong Horse archers
- Good Heavy infantry
- Good Light cavalry
- Possible ability unlocks:
- Military Colonies
- Cavalry Skirmish
- Possible unit unlocks:
- Octere
Persian traditions
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Statistics =
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Tradition
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On activation effect |
Effect |
Requirements
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Kleruchoi
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- A city fullfiling the below:
- Is not part of the capital state
- Does not have the dominant culture group
- Has a neighboring city without the dominant culture group
- Has the highest room to grow (population cap − total population)
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- Enable "Military Colonies" ability
- −10% Found city cost modifier
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N/A
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Titans of Battle
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N/A
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+10% War elephant defense
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Kleruchoi
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Embrace Perso-Indian Influence
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- Unlock Indian tradition groups if any of the below culture groups has either 500 pops or is equal to 25% of the country's primary culture pops:
- Aryan
- Dravidian
- Pracyan
- Tibetan
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+5% Combat bonus in jungle
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Titans of Battle
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Bactrian Horsemen
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N/A
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+10% Light cavalry offense
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Footsloggers
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Nomadic Lifestyle
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N/A
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- −0.01 Monthly war exhaustion
- +10% Light cavalry defense
- +10% Light infantry defense
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Bactrian Horsemen
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Heartland
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N/A
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- −15% Army attrition
- +5% Combat bonus in hills
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N/A
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Reform of the Navy
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N/A
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- Allows "Octere" units
- −10% Ship damage taken
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Heartland
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Disillusioned Masses
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Gain 2 Freemen in 6 cities with the highest room to grow (population cap − total population)
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−10% Mercenary army maintenance
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Reform of the Navy
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Massed Assault
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N/A
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+10% Siege ability
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Heartland
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Kardakes
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N/A
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−15% Heavy infantry cost
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Massed Assault
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The Immortals
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- A new character is generated with:
- 8 Martial
- Confident trait
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+10% Heavy infantry defense
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Kardakes
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Perfect Storm
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N/A
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+15% Heavy infantry offense
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The Immortals
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Description =
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Tradition
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Description
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Kleruchoi
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The Macedonians created scores of settlements in Bactria during Alexander's conquests, many of which prospered. The Kleruchoi, as they were known, provided a loyal manpower base for generations.
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Titans of Battle
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The proximity to India, led to the adoption of elephants as an entire wing of the army. Riders would sit, mounted on a howdah, giving them a vantage point over the melee below.
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Embrace Perso-Indian Influence
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N/A
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Bactrian Horsemen
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Both the Achaemenids and the Macedonians used Bactrian horsemen in their forces, due to their skill and availability. Like the western Scythians, their culture was heavily influenced by an equine nomadic lifestyle.
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Nomadic Lifestyle
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The people of the steppe are often on the move. Their constant readiness is quite a boon when making war.
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Heartland
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The heartland of Bactria itself was a lush, fertile plain, surrounded by mountains, steppe and desert, in all directions. The adaptability required to survive here, leads to our armies being better prepared than most.
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Reform of the Navy
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The Achaemenid dynasty oversaw the implementation of a navy in Persia, drawing on the nearby Phoenician mariners to crew it. Such a legacy of naval tradition still imbues our people.
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Disillusioned Masses
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The grand campaign of Alexander left behind thousands of mercenaries, willing to serve for their subsistence. Latterly, many of the surrounding tribes began to be assimilated, leading to plentiful and cheap mercenary contracts being available.
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Massed Assault
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The sheer quantity of our troops can overwhelm any pitiful resistance. The cost in lives may be high, but the victory is made all the sweeter for it.
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Kardakes
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Latterly, the Persians relied on heavily armored mercenary infantry known as the Kardakes. Present during Alexander's invasion, they were recruited from Persian lands, but employed as cheap mercenaries.
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The Immortals
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A legendary unit of soldiers known as the Immortals, supposedly named due to the constant size of the unit at 10,000 strong, the Immortals utilized a diverse array of weaponry, and heavy armor, providing a backbone of heavy infantry around which the rest of the army was formed.
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Perfect Storm
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The Greco-Bactrian Kingdom, which developed in the mid-3rd Century BC, was a cultural melting pot of styles, people, and most importantly, tactics. The fusion of these diverse ways of doing battle, made for a formidable fighting force.
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Persian rural traditions
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Statistics =
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Tradition
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On activation effect |
Effect |
Requirements
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Greco-Bactria
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Gain 4 Province investments
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- +15% Fort defense
- +1 National fort infrastructure capacity
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N/A
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Reactive Recruitment
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- A new character is generated with:
- 8 Martial
- Conqueror trait
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+2.5% Levy size multiplier
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Greco-Bactria
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Steppe Mastery
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N/A
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- −20% Army weight modifier
- +10% Combat bonus in plains
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Reactive Recruitment
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Royal Line
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- Current ruler gains:
- +2 Charisma
- +25 Popularity
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- +5% Morale of armies
- +0.05 Monthly ruler popularity gain
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Steppe Mastery
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Embrace Perso-Levantine Influence
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- Unlock Levantine tradition groups if any of the below culture groups has either 500 pops or is equal to 25% of the country's primary culture pops:
- Aksumite
- Arabian
- Egyptian
- Levantine
- Nubian
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+5% Combat bonus in open sea
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Reactive Recruitment
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Legacy of Cyrus
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- Gain +25 Legitimacy
- Current ruler gains:
- +2 Charisma
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- +0.01 Monthly legitimacy
- +10% National manpower
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Embrace Perso-Levantine Influence
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Born to Ride
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Gain 2 Freemen in 3 cities with the highest room to grow (population cap − total population)
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- +10% Combat bonus in plains
- +10% Heavy cavalry discipline
- +10% Horse archers discipline
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N/A
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Cataphracts
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- Gain 2 Nobles in 3 cities with:
- Dominant culture is the primary culture
- The highest room to grow (population cap − total population)
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- +25% Heavy cavalry defense
- +25% Heavy cavalry offense
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Born to Ride
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Cavalry Skirmish
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Gain 4 Innovations
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- Enable "Cavalry Skirmish" tactic
- +5% Heavy cavalry discipline
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Cataphracts
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Hit and Run
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N/A
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+10% Horse archers morale
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Born to Ride
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Hippotoxotai
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N/A
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+10% Horse archers defense
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Hit and Run
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The Parthian Shot
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N/A
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+10% Horse archers offense
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Hippotoxotai
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To Blot Out the Sun
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N/A
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- +10% Archers offense
- +10% Horse archers defense
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Hippotoxotai
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Description =
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Tradition
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Description
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Greco-Bactria
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The Greek influences on Bactria took hold unusually swiftly. Architecture and fortifications sprang up in these styles, often regarded as superior to their less hellenized neighbors.
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Reactive Recruitment
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The vast hosts of ancient Persian kings are mentioned in numerous sources. The act of levying local men of fighting age must have contributed significantly to the dazzling size of the warhosts raised.
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Steppe Mastery
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The nomadic lifestyle instills our people with an excellent knowledge of how to act and survive in this harsh terrain.
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Royal Line
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The Achaemenid line ran, unbroken from Cyrus to the fall of the Empire at the hands of Alexander the Great. Despite the recent subjujation, the glory days of the Persian empire remains strong and within living memory.
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Embrace Perso-Levantine Influence
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N/A
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Legacy of Cyrus
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The huge hosts of the Achaemenid empire instilled the Hellenic civilizations to the west with the utmost fear. The vast territory controlled by his empire, and the willingness of his people to serve, guaranteed a high throughput of soldiers.
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Born to Ride
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The Sarmatian and Scythian tribes learn their horsemanship from a young age, developing an affinity for the saddle unlike any western culture. This knowledge can be put to good practical use when organizing our armies.
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Cataphracts
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Many cultures with a history of equine mastery developed usage of heavy cavalry, or cataphracts, as a means of countering small arms. With both horse and rider clad in heavy scale or mail, nothing short of total rout would break the charge of a unit of cataphracts.
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Cavalry Skirmish
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Cavalry make for excellent interceptors, cutting off routes of retreat, and interfering with supply lines. By ordering our riders to harass but never definitively engage, we deny our foes the convenience of a numerical advantage.
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Hit and Run
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Contrary to the formative tactics associated with infantry, cavalry tactics tended to involve much more individual autonomy. None more so than horse archers, who would create a swirling cloud of arrows and horses, demoralizing enemy formations, and giving an advantage to the subsequent pitched engagement.
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Hippotoxotai
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The nomadic tribes surrounding Bactria were often employed in the regional armies, excelling in mounted archery and horsemanship.
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The Parthian Shot
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The signature tactic of horse archers was the Parthian Shot. Requiring utter mastery over their steeds, the riders would retreat from their foe, and by twisting their bodies in the saddle, would fire back at their target.
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To Blot Out the Sun
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Praised for their prowess in archery by Herodotus, Achaemenid soldiers made use of the ubiquitous composite bow. In the famous Battle of Thermopylae, the sheer quantity of archers used by the native Persian troops were said to be able to blot out the very sun itself.
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參考資料
- To update page content see reference files in folder /ImperatorRome/base:
- For military tradition see reference file common/military_traditions/00_persian.txt.
- For military tradition see reference file common/military_traditions/00_persian_2.txt.
- For localization text see reference file localization/english/military_traditions_l_english.yml.