Persians (Age of Empires)

"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.

Most of the areas where the Persians located were full of wild animals and hunting became a common practice among them, being reflected in their fast-working hunters. Their rapid expansion allowed them to be feared even in naval battles where they could easily overwhelm their Greek enemies, which is reflected in their fast-firing triremes. Achaemenid, Parthian and Sassanid Persia controled some areas around the Indus river and could recruit some Indian mahouts which brought the use of war elephants on several occasions. To reflect this, their elephant units move faster.

Features Edit

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

Changelog Edit

Age of Empires Edit

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

Rise of Rome Edit

• Farming penalty eliminated.

Definitive Edition Edit

• War Elephants and Elephant Archers have +20% speed. With update 38862, War Elephants and Elephant Archers have +25% speed.
• Triremes attack 25% faster
• Wheel, Artisanship and Coinage are available.
• With update 38862, Plow is 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 (𐏂𐎢𐎽𐎿𐏃; کوروش) - Cyrus I, king of Anshan c. 600-580 BC
• Darius (𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁) - Darius (I) the Great, king of Persia 522-486 BC
• Cyrus II (𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁) - Cyrus the Great, king of Persia 559-530 BC
• Darius II - King of Persia 423-405 BC
• Xerxes (𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠; خشایار شاه) - King of Persia 486-465 BC
• Xerxes II (𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠) - King of Persia 424 BC
• Cyrus III - Did not exist in Persia
• Cambyses (𐎣𐎲𐎢𐎪𐎡𐎹; کامبیز) - 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 (𐎶𐎼𐎯𐎢𐎴𐎡𐎹; مردونیوس) - 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

Civilizations in Age of Empires
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East Asian	Choson · Shang · Yamato
Central Asian	Babylonians · Hittites · Persians
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Mediterranean	Greeks · Minoans · Phoenicians
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