Akation

==In game==
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Late-game Greek light warship. Ideal for escort duty and/or raiding. 
*Strong versus light units, fireships.
*Weak versus siege weapons, heavy ships, massed archers, buildings.	
Late-game Greek light warship. Ideal for escort duty and/or raiding. 
*Strong versus light units, fireships.
*Weak versus siege weapons, heavy ships, massed archers, buildings.	
Late-game Greek light warship. Ideal for escort duty and/or raiding. 
*Strong versus light units, fireships.
*Weak versus siege weapons, heavy ships, massed archers, buildings.	
Late-game Greek light warship. Ideal for escort duty and/or raiding. 
*Strong versus light units, fireships.
*Weak versus siege weapons, heavy ships, massed archers, buildings.	
Late-game Greek light warship. Ideal for escort duty and/or raiding. 
*Strong versus light units, fireships.
*Weak versus siege weapons, heavy ships, massed archers, buildings.	
Late-game Greek light warship. Ideal for escort duty and/or raiding. 
*Strong versus light units, fireships.
*Weak versus siege weapons, heavy ships, massed archers, buildings.	
Late-game Greek light warship. Ideal for escort duty and/or raiding. 
*Strong versus light units, fireships.
*Weak versus siege weapons, heavy ships, massed archers, buildings.	
Late-game Greek light warship. Ideal for escort duty and/or raiding. 
*Strong versus light units, fireships.
*Weak versus siege weapons, heavy ships, massed archers, buildings.
Prereq: 	Build time 	HP 	LOS 	Attack 	Attack speed 	Movementspeed 	 	
* [2]
* 	13.7s(206t) 	200 	12 	21 x 3 	1.6s(25t) 	49 	 	
Cost 	Cost 	Cost 	Created from 	Armour 	Weapon range 	Specialty 	Specialty 	Specialty
Base 	Ramp 	Pop 	Created from 	Armour 	Weapon range 	Specialty 	Specialty 	Specialty
:: 130;
:: 30;
:: 60 	
: 6;
: 1 	1 	 	4 	0-12 	
*Small defensive penalty versus missile infantry.	
*Small defensive penalty versus missile infantry.	
*Small defensive penalty versus missile infantry.
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
=== Overall strategy===
====Notes====
Screenshot_2023-01-29_10.00.jpg|Two akatio.
==Background==
Mention "classical age navy" to a layman, and the next word that pops up to mind usually is either "trireme" or "trieres". But in spite of the power such warships possessed in their heyday (not to mention prestige), for most Greek polities too poor to raise a trireme fleet, there were smaller and lighter ships, such as the akation and the mydion. These were usually relatively small ships with good cargo capacity, but were still fast enough to fulfill the need for fast oarwork where Triremes were too costly or too slow for use on the high seas, the greater number of oars notwithstanding. Over the centuries, they evolved into several newer variants, most notably the lembos or the liburna in Italy and the Balkans, as well as the haemiolia class.
===References===
*Lewis D; Piracy and Slave Trading in Action in Classical and Hellenistic Greece; (2019) Mare Nostrum; v 10 #2
Category:Light ships
Category:Alexander units