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Revision as of 13:53, 6 January 2021

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The Phoenicians are a playable civilization in Age of Empires. They are primarily an offensive civilization.

The Phoenicians are excellent in all areas of combat, especially at sea, but lack elite siege units, making them ineffective when combating heavily fortified areas on land, but their cheap Elephant Units can make up for it if used properly.

They are best used on water maps due to their many naval bonuses, such as fast firing Catapult Triremes, and increased woodcutting speed.

Historically, the Phoenician culture put high emphasis on naval exploration, expansion, and trading among the Mediterranean sea, as well at warfare during the Carthaginian era. To reflect this, their woodcutters work faster and their Catapult Triremes fire faster. When they reached North Africa, they tamed some African Elephants which were highly used during the Punic wars at a later time, which is represented in their cheaper Elephant units.

Features

Changelog

Age of Empires

  • Catapult Triremes and Juggernaughts fire 58% faster.
  • Villagers +30% woodcutting

The Rise of Rome

  • Villagers +15% woodcutting

Definitive Edition

  • Catapult Trireme and Juggernaught fire 30% faster.

AI player names

Names shown in italics are only used in the original game.

  • Hannibal (𐤇𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋) - See Carthaginians
  • Hanno (𐤇‬𐤍‬𐤀) - See Carthaginians
  • Hannibal II - See Carthaginians
  • Hanno II - See Carthaginians
  • Hannibal III - See Carthaginians
  • Hanno III - See Carthaginians
  • Hannibal IV - See Carthaginians
  • Sanchuniathon - Phoenician author
  • Zimrida - Zimredda. Mayor of Siduna (Sidon) c. 1350-1335 BC
  • Plotinus - (Roman) Philosopher AD 204/5-270, teacher of Porphyry
  • Porphyry - (Roman) Philosopher from Tyre, AD c. 234-305
  • Philo - Philo of Byblos, AD 61-141, writer of Phoenician history
  • Ethbaal - King of Tyre 878-847 BC
  • Jezebel - Daughter of Ethbaal
  • Rid-Addi - King of Byblos, mid 14th century BC
  • Ahiram - King of Byblos around 1000 BC

History

Historically, they had impressive cultural advance, being known for their excellent shipworking skills, and they are credited along with the ancient Syrian city state of Ugarit, to be the first creators of human alphabet. They also had many relations with the Greek, as evidence of trade between the Canaanites (early Phoenicians), Egypt, Cyprus, and Greece has been discovered, as well as the fact that the Phoenician phonetic alphabet was adopted and modified by the Greeks probably at the 8th century BC.[1] Their art was largely inspired by the Greeks, however historically their architecture, and culture (to an extent) was inspired by the Egyptians due to their relationship, and trade networks with the Egyptians.

Trivia

  • The Carthaginian civilization introduced in The Rise of Rome originated as a Phoenician colony (hence the word "Punic", the name Romans gave to the Carthaginians). It is evident from the original game's AI player names and the Phoenicians' Elephant units bonus that the Phoenicians were originally intended to include the Carthaginians, because war elephants were used extensively by Carthage but not in ancient Phoenicia.
  • The Phoenicians are the only Mediterrranean civilization that have access to Elephant units and Legion, but the only one that lack access to elite siege weapons.

References

Civilizations in Age of Empires categorised by architecture set
East Asian architectureChoson AOE DE ROR icon Choson · Lac Viet AOE DE ROR icon Lac Viet · Shang AOE DE ROR icon Shang · Yamato AOE DE ROR icon Yamato
Egyptian architectureAssyrian AOE DE ROR icon Assyrians · Egyptian AOE DE ROR icon Egyptians · Hittite AOE DE ROR icon Hittites
Greek architectureGreek AOE DE ROR icon Greeks · Minoan AOE DE ROR icon Minoans · Phoenician AOE DE ROR icon Phoenicians
Mesopotamian architectureBabylonian AOE DE ROR icon Babylonians · Persian AOE DE ROR icon Persians · Sumerian AOE DE ROR icon Sumerians
Roman architectureCarthaginian AOE DE ROR icon Carthaginians · Macedonian AOE DE ROR icon Macedonians · Palmyran AOE DE ROR icon Palmyrans · Roman AOE DE ROR icon Romans