Byzantines/Strategy

The Byzantines are primarily a defensive civilization that excels at turtling though they are very versatile and are perfectly capable of mounting a good offense as well. Their buildings have bonus hitpoints which increase each age. This makes knocking down their walls difficult and their defensive structures benefit as well. They have access to all defensive structures, making attacking them difficult. Technologically they are the one of, if not the, most advanced civilizations in the game. They can research all technologies with the exception of Blast Furnace. A Byzantine military will likely be composed mainly of mounted units as they have full cavalry tech but due to their large amount of technologies can form any kind of army. Their unique unit, the Cataphract, excels at killing infantry but can take on almost any unit due to their large attack and armor. In addition they are virtually immune to bonus damage from Camels and Mamelukes.