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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

Feudal Age

Castle Age

Imperial Age

University

Castle

Dark Age

Feudal Age

Castle Age

Imperial Age

Dock

Shipyard

Mill

Lumber Camp

Dark Age

Feudal Age

Castle Age

Imperial Age

Mining Camp

Dark Age

Imperial Age

Market

Dark Age

Feudal Age

  • Trade Cart

Castle Age

Imperial Age

Port

Fortified Church

Dark Age

Feudal Age

Castle Age

Imperial Age