Byzantines (Age of Empires II)/Tree

Civilization	Technology tree	Strategy

The Byzantines have access to the following buildings, units and technologies:

Archery Range

Units

• Archer -> Crossbowman -> Arbalest
• Skirmisher -> Elite Skirmisher
• Hand Cannoneer
• Cavalry Archer -> Heavy Cavalry Archer

Technologies

• Thumb Ring

Barracks

Units

• Militia -> Man-at-Arms -> Long Swordsman -> Two-Handed Swordsman -> Champion
• Spearman -> Pikeman -> Halberdier

Technologies

• Tracking
• Squires

Stable

Units

• Camel -> Heavy Camel
• Knight -> Cavalier -> Paladin
• Scout Cavalry -> Light Cavalry -> Hussar

Technologies

• Husbandry

Dock

Units

• Fishing Ship
• Trade Cog
• Fire Ship -> Fast Fire Ship
• Transport Ship
• Demolition Ship -> Heavy Demolition Ship
• Galley -> War Galley -> Galleon
• Cannon Galleon -> Elite Cannon Galleon

Technologies

• Gillnets
• Careening -> Dry Dock
• Shipwright

Watch Tower

Can be upgraded to:

• Guard Tower -> Keep

Stone Wall

Can be upgraded to:

• Fortified Wall

Monastery

Units

• Monk

Technologies

• Redemption
• Fervor
• Sanctity
• Atonement
• Heresy
• Block Printing
• Illumination
• Faith
• Theocracy

Castle

Units

• Cataphract -> Elite Cataphract
• Petard
• Trebuchet

Technologies

• Greek Fire
• Logistica
• Hoardings
• Conscription
• Spies/Treason

Town Center

Units

• Villager

Technologies

• Town Watch -> Town Patrol
• Feudal Age -> Castle Age -> Imperial Age
• Loom
• Wheelbarrow
• Hand Cart

Siege Workshop

Units

• Mangonel -> Onager
• Battering Ram -> Capped Ram -> Siege Ram
• Scorpion
• Bombard Cannon

Blacksmith

Technologies

• Padded Archer Armor -> Leather Archer Armor -> Ring Archer Armor
• Fletching -> Bodkin Arrow -> Bracer
• Forging -> Iron Casting
• Scale Barding Armor -> Chain Barding Armor -> Plate Barding Armor
• Scale Mail Armor -> Chain Mail Armor -> Plate Mail Armor

University

Technologies

• Fortified Wall
• Chemistry -> Bombard Tower
• Ballistics
• Guard Tower -> Keep
• Murder Holes

The Byzantines do not have Masonry or Architecture, but they get better bonuses for building HP. Masonry gives +10%, and Architecture gives a total of +21%. However in the Castle Age, the Byzantines get +30% HP (more than Architecture), and in the Imperial Age, they get +40% (almost double Architecture). The only loss is that the technologies grant additional building armor, whereas the civilization bonus does not.

Mining Camp

Technologies

• Stone Mining -> Stone Shaft Mining
• Gold Mining -> Gold Shaft Mining

Lumber Camp

Technologies

• Double-Bit Axe -> Bow Saw -> Two-Man Saw

Market

Units

• Trade Cart

Technologies

• Cartography -> Caravan
• Guilds
• Coinage -> Banking

Mill

Technologies

• Horse Collar -> Heavy Plow -> Crop Rotation

Farm

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Technology tree of the Byzantine civilization. Black boxes signify buildings, while gray boxes mean it is unavailable to this civilization. The vertical lines separate age availability, while the horizontal lines signify what is required to get an item.