Greeks

The Greeks are a civilisation from way back in Age of Empires.

Game info
The Greeks can be a problem race to play, in that they have a lack of any sort of archery unit beyond the basic 40f/20w Archer. Similarly, they also lack a lot of cavalry and chariot support, but more than make up for this in having all siege weapons, ships, and infantry. Early-game weakness is more-than-made-up-for with most technologies and Centurions,Heavy Catapults and Heliopolii available for their armies to slowly wade through the enemy ranks with.

Put simply, the Greeks are built for large-scale war.


 * pros
 * most battle technologies
 * toughest units
 * best ships
 * cons
 * no advanced archery support
 * little cavalry support
 * fairly average priests

Game Representation
The Greeks are represented in the first main campaign, which details their expansion from out of the last ice-age into the city-states and finally under the banner of Alexander the Great.

Age of Real World
The Greeks resided in their homeland, and in the ancient world were a major trade and colonial power, setting up colonies on Italy, Cyprus and Asia Minor (now modern-day, which probably kicked off the Greece-Turkey animosity that lasts up to the current day. The Greeks fought mostly in large  armies that pegged javelins at each other and shuffled around the battlefield hiding behind their neighbour's shields.  They eventually were conquered by the Romans a few centuries bc, and were largely assimilated into Roman culture