Academy
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Age of Empires I
- Age: Bronze Age
- Pre-requisites: Town Center, Barracks, Stable
- Cost: 200 Wood
- Hit Points: 350
Upgrades
- Researching Architecture increases the hit points and decreases the construction time of this building.
Summary
- Available Units
The Academy in the Age of Empires series is the building at which any heavy infantry unit is created.
The Academy allows you to build the following:
- Historical Context
"The academy was the Greek equivalent of a school. Students, usually only free men and favored slaves, received an education at the academy. Subjects of study included the typical fare of schools but also politics, athletics, and military training. The most rigorous of the Greek academies were those of Sparta, where boys were taken from their parents at an early age and educated in a military environment. The academy prepared the individual for service to the state as a citizen and as a soldier in the phalanx. In one of the remarkable encounters of history, the future Alexander the Great was educated at the Academy of Aristotle."
[Quoted from Age of Empires Help File]
