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This article is about the building in Age of Empires. For the similarly named buildings in the other games of the series, see Military Academy.

Used to train elite infantry units that have high attack strength and armor.
—In-game description in the Definitive Edition

The Academy is a military building featured in Age of Empires, available from the Bronze Age onwards. The Persians are the only civilization that cannot build an Academy or train its units.

Trained units can be garrisoned inside by setting the building's rally point to itself. Once a unit is ejected, it cannot be regarrisoned.

Gameplay[]

The Academy allows the player to train the one heavy infantry unit: the Hoplite, which is upgraded to Phalangite, and then Centurion. Academies are unlocked in the Bronze Age after building a Stable, or if starting the game from that age.

Heavy infantry are the most powerful melee fighters, so are effective in countering Stable and Barracks units. They can also be the core troops in a base attack, shredding quickly through enemy defenses.

They are not fast, however, so are weak against Ballistae and Horse Archers, and prime targets for Priest conversion.

This weakness is mitigated by the Macedonians' conversion resistance and extra pierce armor, and the Greeks' movement bonus, so heavy infantry should typically form the backbone of their Bronze and Iron Age armies. Since the Persians lack the building itself, they are the only civilization without even the Hoplite.

Units[]

Stone Age Icon (DE) Tool Age Icon (DE) Bronze Age Icon (DE) Iron Age Icon (DE)
Aoede hoplite available Aoede phalanx available Aoede centurion available

Unit availability[]

Blue: Available
Red: Unavailable
Civilization AoE nuRoR Phalangite icon Centurion All
Assyrian AOE DE ROR icon Assyrians
Babylonian AOE DE ROR icon Babylonians
Carthaginian AOE DE ROR icon Carthaginians X
Choson AOE DE ROR icon Choson
Egyptian AOE DE ROR icon Egyptians
Greek AOE DE ROR icon Greeks X
Hittite AOE DE ROR icon Hittites
Lac Viet AOE DE ROR icon Lac Viet
Macedonian AOE DE ROR icon Macedonians X
Minoan AOE DE ROR icon Minoans X
Palmyran AOE DE ROR icon Palmyrans
Phoenician AOE DE ROR icon Phoenicians X
Roman AOE DE ROR icon Romans X
Shang AOE DE ROR icon Shang
Sumerian AOE DE ROR icon Sumerians X
Yamato AOE DE ROR icon Yamato X
Civilization AoE nuRoR Phalangite icon Centurion All

Upgrades[]

Hit points Architecture aoe Architecture (+20%)
Line of Sight RoR City Watch City Watch (+3)
Construction time Architecture aoe Architecture (-33%)

Civilization bonuses[]

Team bonuses[]

Changelog[]

Return of Rome[]

  • Team bonuses added:

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.

Gallery[]

Buildings in Age of Empires
Civilian buildings
GeneralReturnofrome stone age house icon House · AOEDE Temple icon Temple · AOEDE Government Center icon Government Center · Returnofrome greek wonder icon Wonder
EconomicAOEDE Town Center icon Town Center · AOEDE Dock icon Dock · Storage Pit icon Storage Pit · AOEDE Granary icon Granary · Market AOEDE icon Market · AOEDE Farm icon Farm
UnconstructableAqueduct aoe2DE Aqueduct · Army Tent icon nuRoR Army Tent · Barricade aoe2DE Barricade · Chain aoe2DE Chain · Amphitheatre aoe2DE Colosseum · 2de granary new icon Granary · Pyramid aoe2DE Great Pyramid · Hut small aoe2DE Hut · Returnofrome greek wonder icon Monument · Pyramid aoe2DE Pyramid · Returnofrome ruins icon Ruins · AOEDE Trade Workshop icon Trade Workshop · Yurt thatch small aoe2DE Yurt
Military buildings
ProductionAOEDE Barracks icon Barracks · AOEDE Archery Range icon Archery Range · AOEDE Stable icon Stable · AOEDE Siege Workshop icon Siege Workshop · AOEDE Academy icon Academy
TowerAOEDE Watch Tower icon Watch Tower · AOEDE Sentry Tower icon Sentry Tower · Returnofrome greek guard tower icon Guard Tower · Returnofrome greek guard tower icon Ballista Tower
WallReturnofrome small wall icon Small Wall · Returnofrome greek medium wall icon Medium Wall · Returnofrome greek fortified wall icon Fortified Wall · Small Gate (AOE RoR) icon Small Gate · Medium Gate (AOE RoR) icon Medium Gate · Fortified Gate (AOE RoR) icon Fortified Gate
UnconstructableReturnofrome greek guard tower icon Mirror Tower · Returnofrome roman guard tower icon Zenobia's Tower
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