Trapezites is a unique technology in Age of Empires IV: The Sultans Ascend available to the Byzantines that can be researched starting in the Feudal Age. It grants Scouts the Improved Torch enhancement:
Improved Torch: Units within a 4-tile radius gain 25% extra torch (fire) damage
When researched at a Stable within the influence of a Cistern with the Dialecticus ability active, the research speed of this technology is 30% faster per water level at the Cistern.
Trivia[]
- The 10th century military treatise "On Skirmishing" describes Trapezites as a light cavalry soldiers who "should be sent out constantly to charge down on the lands of the enemy, cause harm and ravage them."