Academy

Academy
Building information
Introduced in	Age of Empires
Type	Military
Civilization	All civilizations (with the exception of Persians)
Age	Bronze Age
Use	Trains and upgrades elite infantry
Construction
Requires	Stable
Wood	150 wood
Construction time	60 seconds
Statistics
Size	3×3 tiles
Hit points	350

The Academy is a military building featured in Age of Empires.

Gameplay

The Academy allows the player to train the one elite infantry unit: the Hoplite, which is upgraded to Phalanx, and then Centurion. They are fairly expensive, but worth their cost as they form a solid core with which to assault an enemy settlement.

Researching Architecture in the Government Center increases hit points and decreases construction time. The Academy is available from Bronze Age onwards. Persians are the only civilization that cannot build an Academy and cannot train units from the Academy.

All Academies in the Iron Age

Upgrades

Bronze Age

•  Architecture increases its Hit Points by 70 and reduces build time by 20 seconds.

Civilization bonuses

• Roman Academies cost 10% less.
• Macedonian Academies are 4 times more resistant to conversion.

History

The Academy was the Greek equivalent of a school. Students, usually only free men and favored slaves, received an education at the Academy. Subjects of study included the typical fare of schools, but also politics, athletics, and military training.  The most rigorous of the Greek Academies were those of Sparta where boys were taken from their parents at an early age and educated in a military environment. The Academy prepared the individual for service to the state as a citizen and a soldier in the phalanx. In one of the remarkable encounters of history, the future Alexander the Great was educated at the Academy of Aristotle.

Academy Tree
Bronze Age Academy Hoplite Iron Age Phalanx Centurion

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