| “ | Athenians, hear me. Themistocles is a paranoid fantasist, who would squander your money on ships to fight the Persians – whom we have already beaten! He spits on your great victory, in his vain desire to be an admiral! | ” |
| —Commenting publicly against Themistocles in Raise the Sails | ||
Aristides is an infantry hero in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - Chronicles: Battle for Greece. He has a unique model. As a hero, he cannot be converted and can regenerate health.
Campaign appearances[]
Battle for Greece[]
- Raise the Sails: He is a political rival of Themistocles who is ostracized in the first part of the scenario.
- Divine Salamis: He commands the allied Greek troops in the battle against the Persian blockades, alongside Themistocles and Polycritus. Unlike the latter two, he is on foot.
- Across the Wine-Dark Sea: He leads the Athenian forces in Cyprus, alongside Themistocles.
- Wrath of the Regent: He leads the Athenian forces assaulting Byzantium, alongside Themistocles.
In the The Hot Gates scenario, Aristides is allowed to return by Athens to help fight the Persians and commands his troops from a ship which is actually a renamed Dionysius.
In The Fruits of Empire, he appears in cutscenes and dialogues, lamenting the transformation of the Delian League alliance into the Athenian Empire.
Trivia[]
- The character was voiced by Enzo Cilenti.
Gallery[]
Many views of Aristides
His introduction
Aristides and Themistocles preparing for the public ostracism
Statue of Aristides in Beacon Hill, Boston
Aristide by Charles Brocas (1806), at Musée des Augustins, Toulouse, France
