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Spartans

Infantry civilization
Infantry

Civilization bonuses

  • A Polemarch is created for free in both the Civic Age and Classical Age
  • Villagers and Fishing Ships drop off 10% more food
  • Elite Hoplite available in the Classical Age
  • Helot Levies (Spearmen, Skirmishers, and Villagers train 50% faster)
  • Xyphos (Hoplites and Monoremes +1 attack for every 5 nearby enemy military units [max +3])
  • Agoge (Hoplites can receive an additional +1/+1 armor near other Hoplites)
  • Peloponnesian League (Monoreme-line +5 attack vs Galleys and Forts slowly generate gold)

Team bonus

Barracks 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

Spartans can build 117 of 523 tech-tree options

Every unit, building and technology in the game — solid chips are what Spartans 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