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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

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Feudal Age

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Castle Age

Imperial Age

University

Castle

Dark Age

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Feudal Age

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Imperial Age

Dock

Shipyard

Mill

Lumber Camp

Dark Age

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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