Turath

The Consul was the foremost man
To take in hand an axe; ... -Lord Macaulay, Horatius

In game

Turath — Vital statistics
Turath	Powerful heavy axeman, trainable as a unique unit by Rasenna and Etruscans. Distinguished by its immensely powerful attack versus other infantry, especially infantry with more armour. Strong versus unarmed units, siege weapons and missile units with low accuracy or rate of fire Weak versus military units, especially heavy cavalry.
Prereq:	Build time	HP	LOS	Attack	Attack speed	Movement speed	Upgrade of
31px Military	10s (150t)	199	9	32	2.33s (44t)	26
Cost			Created from	Armour	Weapon range	Specialty
Base	Ramp	Pop
: 50; : 20	: 4; : 4	1		5	Melee	+1 splash damage Deals more damage to siege weapons compared to regular Axemen.

Overall strategy

The Turath (Etruscan, "strong one") is an Axial Age / Iron Age upgrade for the Rasenna / Etruscan Greataxe Infantry AND Light Axemen. It has marginally better stats than the Greataxe Infantryman (+2 DAM, +3 LOS, +5 MOVE) but in addition to its abilities, also replaces the Axeman and can be trained from a Barracks.

As a result, while expensive, this unit can be trained at more areas than just big cities (because you can forward build Barracks anywhere but not Warrior Halls). This means that in the late game, attacking the Rasenna or Etruscans with melee infantry is a bad idea, since they will have Macstrna on hand to give you a warm welcome, and their access to Hoplites also prevents the use of melee cavalry, so it is best to go after them, using archers or missile units, especially since the Macstrna’s armour is only slightly higher than that which the Greataxe Infantry which it replaces enjoys.