Pericles

Pericles
Hero information
Introduced in	Age of Empires: Definitive Edition
Hero type	Infantry
Statistics
Hit points	180
Regeneration	30 hit points per minute
Melee attack	24
Reload time	1.5
Melee armor	8
Pierce armor	0
Speed	0.9
Line of Sight	4
Ability	Cannot be converted

“	The first citizen of Athens. He has turned the small city state into an Athenian empire.	”
—In-game description in the Definitive Edition

Pericles (Hero Pericles before Return of Rome) is an infantry unit in Age of Empires: Definitive Edition. He is available only in the Scenario Editor and the campaign mode of the game.

Pericles has the appearance of a Phalangite, but is stronger, has 60 more hit points, 4 more attack, and 1 more melee armor.

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Cavalry, infantry, buildings
Weak vs.	Archers, Priests, siege weapons
Upgrades
Attack	Toolworking (+2) Metalworking (+2) Metallurgy (+3)
Armor	Leather Armor Infantry (+2/+0) Scale Armor Infantry (+2/+0) Chain Mail Infantry (+2/+0) Bronze Shield (+0/+1) Iron Shield (+0/+1) Tower Shield (+0/+1)
Speed	Aristocracy (+25%)

Civilization bonuses

• Carthaginians: Pericles has +25% hit points.
• Greeks: Pericles has +30% speed.
• Macedonians: Pericles has +1 pierce armor in the Bronze Age and +2 pierce armor in the Iron Age and +2 Line of Sight.

History

Pericles (c. 495 – 429 BC) was a Greek politician and general during the Golden Age of Athens. He was the son of Xanthippus, and was prominent and influential in Athenian politics, particularly between the Greco-Persian Wars and the Peloponnesian War, and was acclaimed by Thucydides, a contemporary historian, as "the first citizen of Athens".

Trivia

• Pericles is featured as a character (but not a unit) in the Battle for Greece campaign in Chronicles: Battle for Greece.

Gallery

Pericles's bust in the Museo Pio-Clementino. The inscription says "Pericles, son of Xanthippus, Athenian".

Pericles' Funeral Oration by Philipp Foltz

Portrait icon of Pericles in Chronicles: Battle for Greece