Macedonians (Chronicles)

This article is about the civilization in Chronicles: Alexander the Great. For the civilization in Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome, see Macedonians (Age of Empires). For the civilization in Age of Empires IV: Dynasties of the East, see Macedonian Dynasty.

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“	Conquer the world with the highly-drilled Macedonian army. Use the long pikes of their Phalangite infantry to pin the enemy in place, then crush them with the mighty Companion cavalry! Build Fortified Outposts to stage lightning assaults and move your units to the frontlines faster.	”
—^[1]

The Macedonians are a European civilization in Chronicles: Alexander the Great. They are based on the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon. They focus on infantry and cavalry.

They correspond to the civilization of the same name in Age of Empires.

Characteristics[]

Civilization bonuses[]

Take 10% less damage from enemies on higher elevation.
Recruitment Doctrines are available at the Barracks, Archery Range, and Stable.
Infantry armor upgrades also benefit cavalry.
Siege weapons have +1 pierce armor and +30% anti-building damage.

Unique units[]

Phalangite: Infantry with additional range but also a minimum range
Companion Cavalry: Cavalry unit that deals bonus damage to unique units

Unique buildings[]

Fortified Outpost: Upgraded Outpost which speeds up units around it and gains a small short-ranged attack

Unique technologies[]

Veteran Chiliarchs: Recruitment Doctrines become 33% more effective.
Ends of the World: Fortified Outposts heal nearby allied units at 30 HP/s.
Pezhetairoi: Phalangite minimum range halved.
Sarissophoroi: Companion Cavalry gain a speed charge attack.

Team bonus[]

Outposts can be individually upgraded into Fortified Outposts.

Recruitment Doctrines[]

The Macedonians can choose and switch between specific Recruitment Doctrines. The doctrines are:

Balanced Recruitment: Normal production rate and normal cost of units.
Conscript Recruitment: Units cost -15% food and wood (gold cost unchanged), but have +50% training time (-33.33% training speed).
Mercenary Recruitment: Units have -50% training time (+100% training speed), but cost 10% more food and wood.

Doctrine choice is free, instant, and can be made at any Barracks, Archery Range, or Stable, and applies globally to all units trained at the same type of those buildings of the player, i.e., Recruitment Doctrine of all Barracks is separate from Recruitment Doctrine of all Archery Ranges, so they are to be set per building type.

The cost and training time of units is remembered when queued; changing doctrines in between does not change time or cost of previously queued units.

Campaign appearances[]

The Macedonians are playable in 16 out of the 18 scenarios of the Alexander the Great grand campaign. The following list shows every campaign appearance of the Macedonians as the AI:

Alexander the Great[]

A Lesson in Warfare
- Philip - Ally
- Cleitus - Ally
- Parmenion - Ally
Let the Prince Decide
- Philip - Ally
- Cleitus - Ally
- Parmenion - Ally
The Battle of Chaeronea
- Philip - Ally
- Parmenion - Ally
Right to Rule
- Border Towns - Ally
- Macedonian People - Ally
- Rebels - Enemy
Get Rich Quick
- Cleitus - Ally
Woe unto Thebes
- Cadmeia Garrison → Alexander → Cadmeia Garrison - Ally
- Perdiccas - Ally
The Battle of the Granicus
- Parmenion - Ally
- Macedonian Captains - Ally
Unto the Breach
- Perdiccas - Ally
The Cilician Gates
- Parmenion - Ally
Tyre Must Fall
- Parmenion - Ally
- Bridge Engineers - Ally
The Battle of Gaugamela
- Parmenion - Ally
- Perdiccas - Ally
The City at the End of the World
- Perdiccas - Ally
- Alexandria Eschate - Ally
The Battle of the Hydaspes
- Perdiccas - Ally
No Escape
- Perdiccas - Ally
Katabasis
- Perdiccas - Ally
- Nearchos - Ally
A Voyage of Discovery
- Alexander - Ally
- Aeropos - Ally
Wrath
- Perdiccas - Ally

In-game dialogue language[]

The Macedonians speak Greek, like the Athenians and the Spartans, and, like them, they have distinct voice lines rather than reusing the same files. The Macedonian Priestess and King never speak.

Villager

Military

AI player names[]

When playing a random map game against the computer, the player may encounter any of the following Macedonian AI characters.

Alexander
Philip
Parmenion
Argaeus
Amyntas
Perdiccas
Cassander
Antipater
Archelaus
Antigonos

Trivia[]

The civilization's icon portrays the Star of Vergina, which was possibly the symbol of the Argead dynasty that Alexander the Great belonged to, and one was found on his father Philip II's tomb.
- The same symbol is used for the icon of the equivalent civilization in Return of Rome.
The Macedonian Wonder resembles certain reconstructions of the Palace of Aigai.
The Macedonians, alongside the Thracians, are one the first two civilizations in Age of Empires II that have access to Parthian Tactics and Cavalry Archers, but are unable to upgrade their Cavalry Archers to Heavy Cavalry Archers.