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The Athenians are an upcoming European civilization in Chronicles: Battle for Greece. They correspond with some of the Greeks from Age of Empires.
Characteristics[]
Civilization bonuses[]
- Policy style can be changed between Economic, Naval, and Military at the Town Center.
- Changing Policy becomes progressively more expensive, up to a maximum of 150 gold.
- Lumberjacks generate 1 food for every 10 wood.
- Hoplites move 15% faster.
Unique unit[]
- Strategos: Infantry unit which grants +1 attack to nearby units (not stacking).
Unique technologies[]
- Taxiarchs: Strategoi give an additional +1 attack to nearby melee units, and their aura is 33% larger.
- Iphicratean Tactics: Skirmishers receive a +4 charge attack on their projectiles.
- Eisphora: 33% of the Hoplite gold cost is replaced with an additional food cost.
- Delian League: Bowmen and Gastraphetoroi move 10% faster.
Policies[]
The Athenians can choose one policy out of three at any Town Center which provides an additional bonus to the player. Players start with the Economic Policy by default, and can switch their policies at a starting cost of 50 gold, with the next change costing 100 gold, and then capping at 150 gold for all further changes.
- Economic Policy: Villagers work faster.
- Military Policy: Melee units train faster and gain 3 gold per kill.
- Naval Policy: Archers and warships train faster and cheaper.
Team bonus[]
- Shipyard technologies research 50% faster.
Campaign appearances[]
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The Athenians are playable in the middle eight (8–15) scenarios of the Battle for Greece grand campaign.
Portrayal[]
“ | By any measure, ancient Athens was a remarkable place. An extraordinary proportion of ancient Greece’s most famous figures dwelt in the city at one point or another: philosophers including Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle; statesmen like Solon, Cleisthenes, and Pericles; the historians Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon; the tragic playwrights Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, and the comic playwrights Aristophanes and Menander. The cultural life of Athens was inseparable from its civic life, with many of its great intellectual figures also serving as generals, politicians, and priests. It should be noted that the democracy which spawned such a vivid cultural scene was also capable of immense idiocy, most notably when the Athenians voted to execute six of their foremost admirals at the height of the Peloponnesian War (a crushing naval defeat followed shortly after). Athenian military power was closely tied to the city’s navy. When a rich vein of silver was struck in 483 BCE, the statesman Themistocles encouraged the Athenians to spend it on a fleet of 200 warships. After using this new armada to help repel a Persian invasion, the Athenians established an empire, in which tribute from their smaller subjects was used to finance the navy that kept them under control. When the Peloponnesian War broke out between Athens and Sparta in 431 BCE, the Athenian strategy was to rely entirely on their navy: they brought their whole population within the city walls, knowing that they could be supplied indefinitely by sea. You can experience many of these events directly in the Battle for Greece campaign! |
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Trivia[]
- The icon and emblem of the Athenians is the Owl of Athena. The name of Athens comes from the goddess Athena and her symbol, the owl, was adopted by them as proof of allegiance.
- The Athenians have access to faster-moving Hoplites, and can also make them cheaper via a unique technology. This combination is also a civilization bonus for the Greeks in Age of Empires.
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ Athenians overview on ageofempires.com
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