For Total War: Rome 2, Creative Assembly is promising over 117 factions, with 500 unit types spread across the game’s 183 map regions. It’s an impressive number and represents the largest Total War title to date.
To that end, a redditor (romanius24) has compiled a list of units for the game that have been revealed thus far through screenshots, videos, and interviews with the game developers. It’s only a very small fraction of what the full game will have to offer.
The Roman legion is, for example, packed with legionnaires and javelin throwers, who make up a large portion of their armed forces. In contrast, the Ptolemaic Egyptian military prefers the use of cavalry, with heavy chariots, war elephants, and camels. By contrast, the Spartans are made up largely of spear infantry and have little in the way of cavalry.
Read on to find out what units you’ll have at your disposal in your armies when you wage war across the ancient world.
Rome
Equites – Cavalry(Light?)
Hastati – Light Infantry
Principe – Heavy Infantry
Triarii – Heavy infantry(Spear?)
Legatus – Cavalry(Heavy?) aka General
Legionary Cohort – Heavy Infantry
Eagle Cohort – Heavy Infantry
Auxiliary Infantry – Spear Infantry
Auxiliary Cavalry – Light Cavalry
Leves – Missile infantry(Javelin)
Velites – Missile Infantry(Javelin)
Polybolos Repeating Scorpion – Siege Deployable
Tortoise Armoured Battering Ram – Siege Deployable
Suebi
??? – Light Infantry(Spear)
??? – Missile infantry(Bow)
Warhounds – War Dogs
??? – Cavalry
Berserkers – Heavy Infantry
Night Hunters – Infantry(?)
Egypt
??? – Infantry(Spear)
Pikemen – Phalanx Infantry
Egyptian Archers – Missile Infantry(Bow)
Egyptian Infantry – Heavy(?) Infantry
War Elephant – Elephants
Scythed Chariots – Chariots
Giant Ballista – Artillery
Ptolemaic Cavalry – Heavy(?) Cavalry
Camel Spearmen – Camel Cavalry
Polybolos Repeating Scorpion – Siege Deployable
Tortoise Armoured Battering Ram – Siege Deployable
Carthage
Sacred Band – Phalanx(?) Infantry
Polybolos Repeating Scorpion – Siege Deployable
Tortoise Armoured Battering Ram – Siege Deployable
Macedon
Shield Bearers – Phalanx(?) Infantry
Aspis Companion Cavalry – Heavy Cavalry
Agrianian Axemen – Infantry
Polybolos Repeating Scorpion – Siege Deployable
Tortoise Armoured Battering Ram – Siege Deployable
Iceni
??? – Infantry(Spear)
??? – Infantry(Sword)
??? – Missile Infantry(Sling)
??? – Light Cavalry
??? – Chariots
Painted Ones – Light(?) Infantry
Arverni
??? – Missile Infantry(Javelin)
Oathsworn – Heavy Infantry
Spear Nobles – Cavalry(?)
Parthia
??? – Cavalry(Bow)
Royal Cataphracts – Heavy Cavalry
??? – Infantry(Spear)
??? – Missile Infantry(Javelin)
Pontus
??? – Phalanx Infantry
Royal Cavalry – Heavy Cavalry
Athens
??? – Cavalry
Thureos Hoplites – Spear Infantry
Thorax Hoplites – Spear Infantry ??? – Missile Infantry(Bow)
Polybolos Repeating Scorpion – Siege Deployable
Tortoise Armoured Battering Ram – Siege Deployable
Epirus
Aspis Companion Cavalry – Heavy Cavalry
Peltasts – Missile Infantry(Javelin)
??? – Phalanx Infantry
??? – Elephants
??? – Missile Infantry(Bow)
Agrianian Axemen – Infantry
Polybolos Repeating Scorpion – Siege Deployable
Tortoise Armoured Battering Ram – Siege Deployable
Sparta
Heroes of Sparta – Spear Infantry
Polybolos Repeating Scorpion – Siege Deployable
Tortoise Armoured Battering Ram – Siege Deployable
Sources are Faction pages and videos of Rome 2.
As you can see list isnt full.
?=Not sure
???=Unit name unknown
