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โ€œThe brilliant Greek scientist and inventor. Famed for his mathematical and engineering accomplishments.โ€
—In-game description in the Definitive Edition

Archimedes (Hero Archimedes before Return of Rome) is a unit only available and seen in the Scenario Editor and the campaign mode of Age of Empires. Unlike other units in the game, Hero Archimedes does not attack. Instead, the unit simply just walks whenever an enemy units moves in his Line of Sight.

Overview[]

Hero Archimedes has 25 hit points, no attack, no armor, and little to no Line of Sight. He appears in the The Siege of Syracuse scenario of the The Rise of Rome campaign, and must not be killed, lest the scenario is lost. In The Rise of Rome, this unit can be converted (before Return of Rome), so it can be protected by the player's army.

He appears to be in the form of a Priest but does not have the ability to heal or convert enemy units. In The Rise of Rome, there is a glitch where the unit initiates an "attack" that deals only 1 damage to an enemy unit. The bug is not fixed and apparently the unit is not supposed to attack other units. This special unit is used in quests and scenarios rather than in normal games.

Gallery[]

Heroes in Age of Empires
ReturnRome-AoEIcon Age of Empires
InfantryReturnofrome male villager icon Corlis ยท Returnofrome male villager icon Hersifon ยท HeavyCavalryDE Invisible Demon (removed) ยท Short Swordsman Jason ยท Short Swordsman Xerxes
CavalryReturnofrome heavy cavalry icon Alexander ยท Returnofrome heavy cavalry icon Hector ยท ChariotDE Tiberius
ArchersComposite Bowman Perseus
PriestsAoE2 DE priest icon Amon Ra ยท PriestDE Blind Lame Priest (removed) ยท AoE2 DE priest icon Mor Havoc
RomeIcon The Rise of Rome
InfantryShort Swordsman Mark Antony
CavalryReturnofrome heavy cavalry icon Caesar ยท Returnofrome armored elephant icon Hannibal ยท Returnofrome heavy cavalry icon Scipio ยท Returnofrome heavy cavalry icon Vercingetorix
ShipReturnofrome juggernaut icon Cleopatra's Barge
OtherAoE2 DE priest icon Archimedes
Age of Empires Definitive Edition icon Definitive Edition
InfantryAoE nuRoR Phalangite icon Lord Martek ยท HopliteDE Ajax ยท AoE nuRoR Phalangite icon Pericles ยท AoE nuRoR Phalangite icon Xanthippus  ยท Broad Swordsman Achilles
ArchersHorse Archer Prince Shotoku ยท Composite Bowman Odysseus ยท Chariot Archer111 Ramesses ยท Composite Bowman Xu Fu
CavalryReturnofrome heavy cavalry icon Hero ยท ScytheDE Muwatalli ยท Cavalry111 Paris
AoE2Icon-ReturnRome Return of Rome
InfantryReturnofrome sargon icon Sargon ยท Returnofrome hadrian icon Hadrian ยท Returnofrome decebalus icon Decebalus ยท Returnofrome demetrius icon Demetrius ยท Returnofrome lysimachus icon Lysimachus
CavalryReturnofrome sargon of akkad icon Sargon of Akkad ยท Returnofrome pyrrhus of epirus icon Pyrrhus ยท Returnofrome zenobia icon Queen Zenobia ยท Returnofrome domitian icon Domitian
ArcherReturnofrome osroes icon Osroes I
OtherHunting wolf aoe2DE Hunting Wolf ยท Ornluthewolf aoe2DE Ornlu the Wolf
BuildingPyramid aoe2DE Great Pyramid
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