Classical Age (Chronicles)

This article is about the third Age in Chronicles. For the second Age in Age of Mythology, see Classical Age (Age of Mythology).

Classical Age
Age
Availability
Introduced in	Chronicles
Civilization	All civilizations
Age number	3
Preceded by	Civic Age
Followed by	Imperial Age
Required buildings	Two of the following: Archery Range Stable Market Blacksmith Shipyard
Research
Researched at	Town Center
Food	800
Gold	200
Time	160 seconds

The Classical Age is the third Age in Chronicles. It is preceded by the Civic Age and is followed by the Imperial Age. It corresponds to the Castle Age in Age of Empires II.

Available buildings

Civilian buildings

• Academy - building to research and upgrade structures and missiles
• Temple - trains and upgrades Priestesses
• Town Center¹ - trains and upgrades Villagers

1. The Town Center is also a defensive structure.

Military buildings

• Fort¹ - trains and upgrades unique units and siege units
• Siege Workshop - trains and upgrades siege units

1. The Fort is also a defensive structure.

Defensive structures

• Guard Tower¹ - Tower that attacks enemies on sight
• Fortified Wall¹ - protects an area from enemy attacks

1. The Guard Tower and the Fortified Wall have to be researched at the Academy.

Available units

Civilian units

At the Temple:

• Priestess - special unit used for healing, converting enemies, and gathering Relics

Military units

At the Barracks:

• Swordsman (upgrade of Maceman) - anti-infantry unit
• Guardsman (upgrade of Spearman) - anti-cavalry unit
• Hoplite (Athenians and Spartans only) → Elite Hoplite (Spartans only) - heavy infantry unit

At the Archery Range:

• Laminated Bowman (upgrade of Bowman) - basic foot archer unit
• Elite Skirmisher (upgrade of Skirmisher) - anti-archer foot archer unit
• Cavalry Archer - mounted archer unit

At the Stable:

• Light Cavalry (upgrade of Scout Cavalry) - light and quick scouting unit, also good against siege weapons and Priestesses
• Lancer - heavy cavalry unit
• War Chariot (Achaemenids only)

At the Fort:

• Unique unit - a special unit only one civilization can train

At the Siege Workshop:

• Battering Ram - anti-building siege unit that is almost immune to missiles
• Mangonel - ranged siege unit with splash attack
• Scorpion - ranged siege unit with pass-through attack along a line
• Siege Tower - siege unit that can drop off units behind walls

At the Port:

• Heavy Lembos (upgrade of War Lembos) - fast scouting ship with a flamethrower

At the Shipyard:

• War Galley (upgrade of Galley) - basic war ship with a ranged attack
• Incendiary Ship (upgrade of Incendiary Raft) - self-destructive vessel
• Bireme (upgrade of Monoreme) - melee ship with a charged attack
• Catapult Ship - siege ship with a splash attack

Available technologies

Economic technologies

At the Town Center:

• Town Patrol - increases building Line of Sight
• Hand Cart - makes Villagers more effective

At the Mill:

• Heavy Plow - gives Farms extra food and farmers +1 carry capacity

At the Lumber Camp:

• Bow Saw - increases wood-chopping speed

At the Mining Camp:

• Stone Shaft Mining - increases stone-mining speed
• Gold Shaft Mining - increases gold-mining speed

At the Market:

• Coinage - decreases tribute fee
• Caravan - increases the speed of trade units by 50%

At the Port:

• Scoop Nets - increases the working rate of Fishing Ships

At the Academy:

• Masonry - strengthens buildings
• Treadmill Crane - increases construction speed of villagers

Military technologies

At the Barracks:

• Baggage Carriers - increases infantry speed by 10%
• Arson - gives infantry +2 attack against buildings

At the Archery Range:

• Thumb Ring - increases archer accuracy to 100% and rate of fire

At the Stable:

• Husbandry - increases cavalry speed by 10%

At the Port:

• Drums - increases the speed of all ships except Incendiary Rafts by +15%

At the Shipyard:

• Hypozomata - increases ship pierce armor by 1

At the Blacksmith:

• Iron Casting - increases infantry and cavalry attack by +1
• Chain Mail Armor - increases infantry armor by +1/+1
• Bodkin Arrow - projectiles' range and attack increased by +1
• Leather Archer Armor - increases archer armor by +1/+1
• Chain Barding Armor - increases cavalry armor by +1/+1

At the Academy:

• Target Practice - increases accuracy when projectiles are fired at moving targets
• Murder Holes - removes minimum range of Forts and towers
• Lighthouse - increases Fort and tower attack against ships

At the Fort:

• Unique technology¹ - special technology that only one civilization can research (choice of two per civilization)

1. Not all unique technologies are military technologies.

At the Town Center:

• Skeuophoroi (Spartans only)

Religious technologies

At the Temple:

• Evocatio - Priestesses can convert siege units and most buildings
• Fervor - increases Priestess speed
• Apotropaic Magic - increases Priestess hit points
• Syncretism - Priestesses can convert other Priestesses
• Hemlock (die upon getting converted) - converted units die instead of falling under enemy control
• Herbal Medicine - garrisoned units heal faster

Civilization-specific mechanics

Spartans

Polemarchs can be upgraded by either Ephorate or Morai.

Trivia

• The oblong shield in the icon resembles a thyreos.

Gallery

Greek architecture set in the Classical Age

Persian architecture set in the Classical Age