Batarnae!!! Gotta love Thrace, both in multi and campaign. Bastarnae are definately one of the coolest units in the game. Campaign is decent with falxmen and phalanx pikes along with some hired cretans are a great combination, who needs cavalry anyway. In low $ multi they are surprisingly solid, Just let the bastarnae with some flaxmen do their thing with the infantry and cover the flanks with the pikes and you are all set.