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Athenians

Infantry and Naval civilization
InfantryNaval

Civilization bonuses

  • Policy style can be changed between Economic, Naval, and Military at the Town Center
  • Changing Policy becomes progressively more expensive, up to a maximum of 50 gold
  • Lumberjacks slowly generate food
  • Hoplites move 15% faster
  • Taxiarchs (Strategoi give an additional +1 attack to nearby melee units, and their aura is 33% larger)
  • Trierarchies (Monoreme-line charge attack deals additional area damage and recharges faster)
  • Eisphora (50% of the Hoplite gold cost is replaced with an additional food cost)
  • Delian League (Ports and Shipyards make nearby Warships attack 15% faster)

Team bonus

Shipyard technologies research 50% faster

Unique unit

Unique technologies

Silk Road

250 food, 250 gold · 60s

Research Silk Road (Trade Units cost -50%)

Pavise

200 wood, 150 gold · 40s

Research Pavise (Foot Archers and Condottieri +1 melee/+1 pierce armor)

Tech tree

Athenians can build 128 of 523 tech-tree options

Every unit, building and technology in the game — solid chips are what Athenians can build and research, greyed-out and struck-through entries are what they can't. Hover any item for details.

Town Center

Dark Age

Feudal Age

Imperial Age

Barracks

Archery Range

Stable

Siege Workshop

Blacksmith

Monastery

Dark Age

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Feudal Age

—

Castle Age

Imperial Age

University

Castle

Dark Age

—

Feudal Age

—

Imperial Age

Dock

Shipyard

Mill

Lumber Camp

Dark Age

—

Feudal Age

Castle Age

Imperial Age

Mining Camp

Dark Age

—

Imperial Age

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Market

Dark Age

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Feudal Age

  • Trade Cart

Castle Age

Imperial Age

Port