The Visigoths are a playable faction in Total War: Attila.
Description[]
The reluctant arbiters of barbarian vengeance, the Visigoths have sworn to repay the Romans in full for decades of abuse at their hands.
Initially seeking nothing but refuge, the ravages of the Huns forced them to petition the Roman Emperor Valens for sanctuary. He accepted, seeing the Visigoths potential as mercenaries and, more importantly, as a buffer against the coming Hunnic storm. However, local generals brutally extorted the refugees, driving them to open rebellion. Whilst attempting to deal with the Visigoths at Adrianople the impetuous Valens was slain on the battlefield. A period of peace followed until the Visigoths, under Alaric, fought against the Franks in support of the Emperor Theodosius I.
Although the Visigoths played a vital part in Rome’s victory, they were denied their reward. Therefore Alaric, now king, has embarked on a punitive expedition throughout Greece, and, flushed with success, has set his sights on the ultimate prize, the city of Rome itself...
Faction Traits[]
Cultural Traits[]
The Great Migration[]
"The wise move. The desperate move often. The mighty survive and prosper."
- +250% conversion cost of the main building chain
- +200% conversion time of the main building chain
- Growth: +250 when initiating a migration or resettling
Faction Traits[]
Blood Money[]
"A tributary penance is only just, if not entirely necessary."
- Food: +10 when migrating through Roman territory
- Income: +500 from the formation of tributary states
Unit Roster[]
| Melee Infantry | Germanic Band • Germanic Nobles • Germanic Warband • Gothic Falxmen • Gothic Palatina Defectors • Gothic Warband • Noble Germanic Swordsmen • Thracian Oathsworns • Thracian Warriors |
|---|---|
| Spear Infantry | Germanic Levy • Germanic Spear Masters • Germanic Spearmen |
| Pike Infantry | Germanic Pikes • Gothic Levy • Gothic Pikemen |
| Missile Infantry | Elite Germanic Archers • Germanic Archers • Germanic Bows • Germanic Brigands • Germanic Crossbowmen • Germanic Hunters • Germanic Hurlers • Gothic Archers • Visigothic Slingers |
| Melee Cavalry | Germanic Horsemen • Germanic Mounted Warband • Gothic General • Noble Germanic Horsemen • Taifali Cavalry |
| Shock Cavalry | Germanic Lancers • Gothic Lancers • Noble Gothic Lancers |
| Missile Cavalry | Gardingi Cavalry • Germanic Mounted Brigands • Germanic Night Raiders • Germanic Raiders |
| Siege Artillery | Onager • Bastion Onager • Large Onager |
Trivia[]
The symbol of the Visigoths is based on a decorative fibula of Visigothic origin, this is anachronistic as the real fibulae are dated to 6th century AD.
| Total War: Attila Factions | |
|---|---|
| Nomadic Factions | Huns • White Huns |
| Roman Factions | Eastern Roman Empire • Western Roman Empire |
| Eastern Factions | Sassanid Empire • Garamantians • Lakhmids • Aksum • Himyar • Tanukhids |
| Barbarian Factions | Visigoths • Vandals • Alans • Saxons • Ostrogoths • Franks • Suebians • Danes • Geats • Jutes • Langobards • Alamans • Burgundians • Ebdanians • Picts • Caledonians • Anteans • Sclavenians • Venedians |
| The Last Roman Factions | Frankish Kingdom • Ostrogothic Kingdom • Roman Expedition • Vandalic Kingdom • Visigothic Kingdom |
| Age Of Charlemagne Factions | Kingdom of Asturias • Kingdom of Charlemagne • Kingdom of the Lombards • Avars • Emirate of Cordoba • Kingdom of Mercia • Kingdom of the Danes • Westphalia |