Persians (Age of Empires)

This article is about the civilization in Age of Empires. For their appearance in Age of Empires II, see Persians (Age of Empires II).

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“Whether men lie, or say true, it is with one and the same object”
—Darius

Persia refers to an ancient Middle-Eastern kingdom ruled by the inhabitants, known as the Persians which was primarily based on the Achaemenid Empire located roughly in present-day Iran, but also represent the Parthian and Sassanid Empire in the same region. The civilization reached its peak under Persian king Xerxes, but slowly fell apart following the conquest of Alexander the Great which occurred just after the Persian naval defeat at Salamis in an attempt to conquer the Greek city states.

The Persians are a playable civilization in Age of Empires and are strictly an offensive civilization which reflects their rapid expansion of their empire under Cyrus the Great. They can train a variety of elite units and have the best cavalry units in the game. They have the ability to train all archers (except Chariots), though their archers can suffer from poor range and lack of accuracy. Although the Persians have a fast economy from the beginning of the game, their economic power becomes less prominent once the game progresses.

Features Edit

Babylonian style
Triremes attack +25% faster
War Elephants and Elephant Archers move 20% faster
Villagers hunt food 30% faster
Farming production -30% (Before The Rise of Rome)

Changelog Edit

Original Edit

Farming production -30%.
War Elephants and Elephant Archers have +56% speed.
Wheel, Artisanship and Coinage are not available.
Triremes attack 38% faster

Rise of Rome Edit

Farming penalty eliminated.

Definitive Edition Edit

War Elephants and Elephant Archers have +20% speed.
Triremes attack 25% faster
Wheel, Artisanship and Coinage are available.

AI Player Names Edit

Names shown in italics are only used in the original game, names shown in bold are used in both the original game and its expansions.

Cyrus - Cyrus I, king of Anshan c. 600-580 BC
Darius - Darius (I) the Great, king of Persia 522-486 BC
Cyrus II - Cyrus the Great, king of Persia 559-530 BC
Darius II - King of Persia 423-405 BC
Xerxes - King of Persia 486-465 BC
Xerxes II - King of Persia 424 BC
Cyrus III - Did not exist in Persia
Cambyses - King of Anshan 580-559 BC (Cambyses I); King of Persia 530-522 BC (II)
Datis - Median admiral under Darius I, leader of Persian forces during the Persian Wars
Bessus - King of Persia 330-329 BC
Mardonius - Persian military commander during the Persian Wars, lived ?-479 BC, died in *Battle of Plataea
Spitamenes - Sogdian warlord, leader of the Sogdian and Bactrian uprising against *Alexander the Great, lived 370-328 BC
Artaphernes - Brother of Darius I and satrap of Sardis; His son, also Arthaphernes, was military commander under Darius I, leader of Persian forces during the Persian Wars

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