Early Antiquity Age

The **Early Antiquity Age** is the second Age in *Rome at War*. Upon reaching this Age, more buildings become available. The Early Antiquity Age gives access to new unit types, most notably including archers, cavalry, and warships. The Early Antiquity Age is preceded by the Iron Age, and followed by the Middle Antiquity Age.

Note: The list below is not cumulative, and only shows new units, buildings, and technologies that are activated when a player advances to the Early Antiquity Age.

## Available buildings

### Civilian buildings

* Blacksmith - building to research military technologies
* Fish Trap - water food source collected by Fishing Ships
* Market- building for trade and commodity exchange

### Military buildings

* Archery Range - trains and upgrades archers
* Stable - trains and upgrades cavalry
* Shipyard - trains and upgrades warships

### Defensive structures

* Watch Tower - defensive Tower that attacks enemies on sight
* Stone Wall - protects an area from enemy attacks
* Gate - integrated into walls, allows allies to pass
* Sea Tower - naval defensive building built by Construction Ships

## Available units

### Civilian units

At the Port:

* Merchant Ship - naval trade unit
* Construction Ship - naval construction unit

At the Market:

* Trade Cart - land trade unit

### Military units

At the Barracks:

* Short Swordsman (upgrade of Militia) - swordsman unit
* Levy Spearman - anti-cavalry unit
* Horus Scout - scout unit

At the Archery Range:

* Bowman - basic foot archer unit
* Skirmisher - anti-archer foot archer unit
* Mounted Skirmisher - anti-archer mounted archer unit (Numidians only)

At the Stable:

* Scout Cavalry - basic cavalry unit, also a scout unit
* Mounted Skirmisher - anti-archer mounted archer unit (Numidians only)

At the Shipyard:

* Scout Galley - naval scout unit
* Monoreme - basic ranged warship
* Fire Galley - close range warship with high damage output
* Hemiolia - anti-Fire Ship ranged warship
* Demolition Raft - self-destructive warship

## Available technologies

### Economic technologies

At the Town Center:

* Town Watch - increases building line of sight by 4
* Wheelbarrow - makes Villagers more effective at gathering resources

At the Mill:

* Horse Collar - gives farms +75 food
* Heavy Plow - gives farms extra food and farmers +1 carry capacity (Gupta only)

At the Lumber Camp:

* Double-Bit Axe - increases wood-chopping speed by 20%

At the Mining Camp:

* Stone Mining - increases stone-mining speed by 15%
* Gold Mining - increases gold-mining speed by 15%

### Military technologies

At the Barracks:

* Supplies - reduces the food cost of swordsman units by 15

At the Stable:

* Bloodlines - increases hit points of cavalry units and mounted archer units by 20

At the Blacksmith:

* Scale Mail Armor - increases infantry by +1/+1
* Fletching - projectiles' range and attack increased by +1
* Padded Archer Armor - increases archer armor by +1/+1
* Forging - increases infantry and cavalry attack by +1
* Scale Barding Armor - increases cavalry armor by +1/+1

## Free upgrades

* Infantry units gain +2 Line of Sight
* Horus Scouts gain +1 Line of Sight (stacks with infantry bonus)
* Scout Cavalry gain +2 Line of Sight, +2 attack, +29.2% movement speed
* Palisade Walls and Gates gain +66.6% hit points
* Outposts gain +2 Line of Sight
* Buildings (except walls, outposts and farms) gain +1/+1 armor
* Barracks gain +300 hit points
* Mills, Lumber Camps, Mining Camps, Hunting Camps, and Houses gain +200 hit points
* Transport Ships +5 garrison capacity

## Civilization bonuses

* Dacians: Receive 100 food, 100 gold gold upon reaching the Early Antiquity Age.
* Gupta: Heavy Plow is available in the Early Antiquity Age.
* Judeans: Receive 100 wood upon reaching the Early Antiquity Age.
* Roman Empire: Advancing to the Early Antiquity Age is 33% faster, 98 seconds instead of 130.
* Roman Republic: Advancing to the Early Antiquity age is 20% cheaper, 400 food instead of 500.
* Scythians: No buildings are required to advance to the Early Antiquity Age.