Byzantines

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Contents 1 Quick Info 2 General Info 3 Units 3.1 Economy: 3.2 Military: 3.3 Siege: 3.4 Royals: 3.5 Others: 4 History

Quick Info

- The Byzantines have a good economy. They have poor raiding skills.

- Their army is strong on defense. (Note: the units will be tweaked when more civilizations will be introduced).

- Important military units are: Cataphract and Varangian Guard.

- Byzantines are good traders.

General Info

STARTUP & ECONOMY

   * Start with +2000 food, wood, iron, stone, gold.
   * Better economy: +10% more production on ecofields
   * Colonizing new villages is more expensive (+1000 food, wood, iron, stone and gold).
   * Three merchants per marketplace level. (normally 2).

BUILDINGS:

   * Buildings have +10% more HP
   * Upgrade times of buildings and ecofields are 10% slower
   * The Byzantine keep (strong tower) is stronger and has more garrison capacity
   * The Byzantine cache has more capacity

UNITS:

   * Units cost more gold.
   * Units train slower.
   * Units have more HP.
   * Units are more defensive.
   * Units have less carry capacity.

GODPOWER CHANGES:

   * Manor GP already on UL13 (instead of UL17)
   * Concealment GP 3x more possible
   * Sentinel GP 2x more possible
   * Vision GP 3x more possible
   * Suspension GP 1x more possible
   * Sacritia GP 3x more possible

UNIQUE GPs:

   * Aegis (Defensive bonusses for your miltiary)
   * Kapnikon (Goldusage lower for military troops)
   * Siderocausa (Goldmine level 35)
   * Cathedral (to convert your religion to Christianity)
   * Trojan Walls

TECHNOLOGIES:

   * Barding (cavalry has more HP)
   * Book of the Prefect (lower trading costs)
   * Draft Horse (cavalry has more HP and do more damage)
   * Pointed Arch Bridge (units move faster)
   * Theodosian Walls (walls are stronger)

GODS (Roman Mythology)

   * Jupiter (favor & scouting bonus)
   * Mars (military damage, hitpoints & carry capacity bonus)
   * Diana (hunting & resource protection bonus)
   * Ceres (farming bonus)
   * Vulcan (iron & stone production, secondary economy bonus)

Units

Economy:

• Villager
• Peon
• Priest
• Scholar
• Professor
• Genius

Military:

• Kontaratoi
• Skoutatoi
• Varangian Guard
• Toxotai
• Peltastoi
• Mourtatoi
• Scholae
• Cataphract
• Klibanophoros

Siege:

• Battering Ram
• Onager
• Trebuchet

Royals:

• Leader
• Queen
• King

Others:

• Scout

History

The Byzantine Empire or Eastern Roman Empire, was the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered on the capital of Constantinople, and ruled by Emperors. The Empire remained one of the most powerful economic, cultural, and military forces in Europe, despite setbacks and territorial losses, especially during the Roman–Persian and Byzantine–Arab Wars. The Empire recovered during the Macedonian dynasty, rising again to become the pre-eminent power in the Eastern Mediterranean by the late 10th century. After 1071 however, much of Asia Minor, the Empire's heartland, was lost to the Seljuk Turks.