Pyrtaneion

The Pyrtaneion or Civic Centre is the nerve centre of your empire. It is at this very place that councils are deliberated, and new civics for the conduct of your state are adopted.
==Trunk research==
Only one technology, Classical Age, is available and it is free and instantaneous. You will need to research at least 14 technologies from the Civic Centre before it can be accessed.
RESEARCH LEVEL	NAME 	GRANTS ACCESS TO 	PREREQTECHS 	
1 	Archaic Age 	Basic units and technologies	None; basic 	
2 	Classical Age	
*Advanced units and technologies
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*Required by Greek factions in order to build Wonders beyond Souinion Temple.	Must research at least 14 non-Trunk techs from Civic Centre	
==Military research ==
The most important branch of Alexander, Military research raises your Population Limit and the number of new units you can access. A successful game will require you to raise your population cap as far as possible, and to upgrade and access new units whereso possible.
RESEARCH LEVEL	NAME 	GRANTS ACCESS TO	COST	UNLOCKS	
1 	The Art of War 	
[War] is a subject of inquiry which on no account can be neglected.
:—Sun Zi, Chinese military strategist
*Access to 
*Increased Population Cap
*Units are cheaper to build and upgrade.	
*1,500
*1,500	
*Hovels	
2 	Mercenaries 	
"What power has law where only money rules?" — Petronius
*Increased Population Cap
*Units are cheaper to build and upgrade.	
Resource cost:
*120
*50	
*Outpost	
3 	Rapid Dominance Doctrine	
"The god of war hates those who hesitate." —Euripides, Athenian playwright, Heracleidæ
*Increased Population Cap
*Units are cheaper to build and upgrade.	 	
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*  	
4 	Recruitment 	
"[H]appiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous." —Pericles
*Increased Population Cap
*Units are cheaper to build and upgrade.	 	
* 
*Warrior Hall (?)
*Magistracy (?)	
5 	Professional Corps 	
"An army of sheep led by a lion is better than an army of lions led by a sheep."
*Increased Population Cap
*Units are cheaper to build and upgrade.	 	
*Shock Cavalry	
6 	Strategic Reserves 	
"You forget one thing Gisgo, among all their numerous forces, there is not one man called Gisgo." —Hannibal 
*Increased Population Cap
*Units are cheaper to build and upgrade.	 	
*Elite Infantry	
7 	Total War 	
"Zeus accepted the offerings — true, but instead doubled the weight of ruthless, thankless war." — The Iliad 
*Increased Population Cap
*Units are cheaper to build and upgrade.	 	
*Elite Cavalry	
==Administration research ==
The role of Administration cannot be underestimated. Aside from unlocking more cities and upgrades, it also increases the geopolitical borders of your faction, pushing its reach across the game world. The amount of tax your nation can collect is very much dependent on how vast its size is, so it is never a bad ideas to raise the level of your Administration research.
RESEARCH LEVEL	NAME 	GRANTS ACCESS TO	COST	UNLOCKS	
1 	City  State 	
"The very first birthright of a people is national dignity."
: —Camilio Benso di Cavour, 19th century Italian statesman
*Increased City Limit city limit.
*Increased borders	
Resource cost:
*120
*50	
*Boulë
* 
* 	
2 	Public Service 	
"Mix and knead together all the state business as you do for your sausages." 
:—Aristophanes
*Increased City Limit city limit.
*Increased borders	 	
* 
*
* 
*Noble Residence (with Ciassical Age)	
3 	Legislature 	
"Instead of looking on discussion as a stumbling block in the way of action, we think it an indispensable preliminary to any wise action at all."
:—Pericles
*Increased City Limit city limit.
*Increased borders	 	
* 	
4 	Statecraft 	
During peacetime, prepare for war; during wartime, prepare for peace." 
*Increased City Limit city limit.
*Increased borders	 	 	
5 	Fiscal Policy 	
"The accumulation of booty is not an end in itself." —Cyrus the Great
*Increased City Limit city limit.
*Increased borders	 	
*  	
6 	Nationhood 	
"United we stand; divided we fall." —Aesop
* Increased City Limit city limit.
*Increased borders	 	
*  	
7 	Colonial System	
"The sun shall shine on no land that is not our own."
— Herodotus, classical Greek author, The Persian Wars
* Increased City Limit city limit.
*Increased borders	
*1,500
*1,500	 	
==Commerce research ==
RESEARCH LEVEL	NAME 	GRANTS ACCESS TO	COST	UNLOCKS	
1 	Entrepot Trade	
"He shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Sidon." —Genesis (49:13)
*Allows for resource trading at Market.
*Increased Caravan limit
*Increased commerce cap for all resources.	 	
* 
*
*Granary
*Sawmill
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*Literacy	
2 	Coinage 	
“A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not harm the oil and the wine.”
:— Revelations (6:6)
*Research cost cheaper and research speed improved by 10%	 	
*Smelter	
3 	Book-Keeping 	
"I applaud myself at home, when I contemplate the money in my chest." —Horace 
*Research cost cheaper and research speed improved by 10%
*Increased LOS.	 	
* 	
4 	Autarcheia 	
"No price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." —Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, 19th century German philosopher
*Increased Caravan limit
*Increased commerce cap for all resources.	 	 	
5 	Road Networks 	
"And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.." —Isaiah (49:11) 
*Increased Caravan limit
*Increased commerce cap for all resources.	 	
Pedagogics with Heroic Age	
6 	Infrastructure	
"...The King of Kings; this mighty City shows / The wonders of my hand..." —Percy Bysshe Shelley, Ozymandias
*Low-level knowledge upgrades for University
*Increased Caravan limit
*Increased commerce cap for all resources.	 	
* 	
7 	The Silk Road 	
Silk was a coveted resource which the Chinese traded for goods they did not have, most notably horses.
*Increased Caravan limit
*Increased commerce cap for all resources.	
*1,500
*1,500	 	
==Cultural research ==
RESEARCH LEVEL	NAME 	GRANTS ACCESS TO	COST	UNLOCKS
1 	Logic 	
Reason has an innate beauty of its own. 
*Research cost cheaper and research speed improved by 10%
*Increased LOS
*Transport of units by sea.	 	
*
2 	Astrology  and  Horology	
"There is no star-god without his companion: I am your companion." 
*Research cost cheaper and research speed improved by 10%
*Increased LOS.	 	
*Sawmill
* 
3 	Mathematics 	
"Number is the ruler of forms and ideas, and the cause of gods and daemons." —Pythagoras
*Research cost cheaper and research speed improved by 10%
*Increased LOS.
*Research cost cheaper and research speed improved by 10%
*Increased LOS.	 	Sawmill
4 	Weights and Measures 	
Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord; and a false balance is not good. —Proverbs 20:23	 	
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5 	Archivists 	
"If you understand writings, then it will be better for you than the professions which I have set before you." —Instructions of Dua-Khety
*Research cost cheaper and research speed improved by 10%
*Increased LOS.	 	Sawmill
6 	  Mechanical Energy 	
"[N]ature is a principle of motion and mutation." —Aristotle, Physics
*Research cost cheaper and research speed improved by 10%
*Required to access all siege weapons beyond the Battering Ram and the Siege Tower.	 	
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7 	Philosophy 	
"I only wish that wisdom were the kind of thing that flowed from the vessel that was full to the one that was empty."
:— Plato 
*Research cost cheaper and research speed improved by 10%
*Increased LOS	
Resource cost:
* 120
*50	
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