
City Planning · Mercenaries · Defense
The Byzantines construct sprawling networks of life-giving Aqueducts and Cisterns. Leverage powerful unique abilities and hire Mercenaries with exquisite Olive Oil. Peasants work tirelessly to manufacture Olive Oil for the empire.
Unique units · 5
Unique buildings · 11
Collect a unique resource that is used to hire Mercenary units. gather Olive Oil equal to 50% of Food gathered from Berry Bushes, 15% from , and 10% from Shore Fish.
generate Olive Oil equal to 20% of Food from Fish and provide 20% Olive Oil based on the amount being traded.
Purchase contracts or establish control of Trade Posts to recruit unique units from other civilizations with Olive Oil at the .
provide nearby with boosted gather rates and an influence that enhances nearby buildings, improving unit production speed, research speed, or building defense.
Construct an network and connect them to to increase its bonus output.
Gather Stone from every building constructed. Building size determines the amount of Stone collected.
along with upgraded and Trebuchets fling Greek Fire with their attacks, engulfing the area in flames for damage over time.
and can be upgraded with . come equipped with instead of .
: Spearman replacement. Light melee infantry with the Shield Wall ability to increase ranged armor at the cost of move speed.
: Man-at-Arms replacement. Use the Berserking ability to increase damage at the cost of armor. Can construct and increase armor of transports when garrisoned. Gains increased movement speed when disembarking from .
: Knight replacement. Heavy cavalry with Trample, a powerful targeted ability that runs through and damages enemies in its path.
: A ram equipped with a short ranged Greek Fire attack.
: Ship replacement. Equipped with Greek Fire.