Greeks

From Age of Empires

The Greeks are a civilization from way back in Age of Empires.

[edit] Game info

The Greeks can be a problem faction to play, in that they have a lack of any sort of archery unit beyond the basic 40f/20w Archer. Similarly, they also lack a lot of cavalry and chariot support, but more than make up for this in having all siege weapons, ships, and infantry. Early-game weakness is more-than-made-up-for with most technologies and Centurions,Heavy Catapults and Heliopolii available for their armies to slowly wade through the enemy ranks with.

Put simply, the Greeks are built for large-scale war.

pros

• most battle technologies
• toughest units
• best ships

cons

• no advanced archery support
• little cavalry support
• fairly average priests

[edit] Game Representation

The Greeks are represented in the first main campaign, which details their expansion from out of the last ice-age into the city-states and finally under the banner of Alexander the Great.

[edit] Age of Real World

The Greeks resided in their homeland, and in the ancient world were a major trade and colonial power, setting up colonies on Italy, Cyprus and Asia Minor (now modern-day Template:EnWP, which probably kicked off the Greece-Turkey animosity that lasts up to the current day. The Greeks fought mostly in large Template:EnWP armies that pegged javelins at each other and shuffled around the battlefield hiding behind their neighbour's shields. They eventually were conquered by the Romans a few centuries bc, and were largely assimilated into Roman culture