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Overview

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Gauls

Defense

For beginners: Approachable

Strengths

  • The Phalanx offers a practical defensive foundation.
  • Theutates Thunder gives this roster a fast raiding option.
  • Enhanced Cranny protection and the Trapper support a guarded opening.

Weaknesses

  • Starting infantry has low attack power.
  • Fast cavalry still needs research, infrastructure and resources.
  • Traps and protected resources do not replace an army or allies.
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Romans

Balanced

For beginners: Intermediate

Strengths

  • Parallel resource-field and village-building construction helps develop infrastructure.
  • Specialist infantry and several cavalry options allow a varied army.
  • The City Wall and Horse Drinking Trough offer distinct development paths.

Weaknesses

  • Parallel queues require enough resources to keep both productive.
  • Heavy cavalry costs substantial resources and crop.
  • A varied roster can tempt you to fund too many plans at once.
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Spartans

Defense

For beginners: Intermediate

Strengths

  • Homoioi combine substantial infantry attack with useful defensive values.
  • Spartan Riders offer strong defense at a high movement speed.
  • The Big Hospital provides a larger recovery share and storage than the standard Hospital.

Weaknesses

  • Several core units require a significant resource investment.
  • Homoioi move slowly compared with the faster infantry options elsewhere.
  • The Big Hospital requires advanced infrastructure and does not prevent losses.

Military

Highlights show the best of the selected tribes. Lower is better for cost per attack point; higher is better for the other summary rows. Equal values share the highlight.

Bars use the maximum across all seven tribes, even when only two are selected. Cost efficiency uses the inverse ratio (best cost ÷ cost).

MilitaryGaulsRomansSpartans
Highest attack per combat unitHaeduan
140
Equites Caesaris
180
Hippeis
195Best
Highest average defense per combat unitHaeduan
107.5Best
Equites Caesaris
92.5
Spartan Rider
105
Fastest combat unitTheutates Thunder
19Best
Equites Imperatoris
14
Spartan Rider
16
Largest combat-unit carryTheutates Thunder
75
Equites Imperatoris
100
Spartan Rider
110Best
Lowest resource cost per attack pointSwordsman
8.23Best
Imperian
8.57
Homoioi
8.37
How to read the data

Summary records exclude scouts, siege and expansion units. Average defense is (infantry defense + cavalry defense) ÷ 2. Role representatives below are derived from the roster: highest anti-cavalry defense among infantry, highest attack among cavalry, and highest average defense among cavalry. One unit can appear in more than one role; this does not imply a special bonus.

Strengths at a glance

Radar comparing five dimensions, including an editorial beginner ratingAttack = highest combat-unit attack; defense = highest combat-unit average defense; speed = fastest combat unit; logistics = merchant capacity × merchant speed. These four axes are percentages of the seven-tribe maximum. *Beginner friendliness is an editorial 1–5 rating, scaled to 100; it is not an engine stat. The table provides the same values in text.AttackDefenseSpeedLogisticsBeginner friendliness*
GaulsRomansSpartans

Attack = highest combat-unit attack; defense = highest combat-unit average defense; speed = fastest combat unit; logistics = merchant capacity × merchant speed. These four axes are percentages of the seven-tribe maximum. *Beginner friendliness is an editorial 1–5 rating, scaled to 100; it is not an engine stat. The table provides the same values in text.

AxisGaulsRomansSpartans
Attack
60.9
78.3
84.8Best
Defense
79.6Best
68.5
77.8
Speed
100Best
73.7
84.2
Logistics
100Best
44.4
38.9
Beginner friendliness*
100Best
60
60

Role-by-role comparison

Summary records exclude scouts, siege and expansion units. Average defense is (infantry defense + cavalry defense) ÷ 2. Role representatives below are derived from the roster: highest anti-cavalry defense among infantry, highest attack among cavalry, and highest average defense among cavalry. One unit can appear in more than one role; this does not imply a special bonus.

In the role tables, lower resource cost, upkeep and training time are highlighted; higher attack, defenses, speed and carry are highlighted.

Starting infantry
GaulsPhalanx
RomansLegionnaire
SpartansSpartan Hoplite
Starting infantryGaulsRomansSpartans
Attack
15
40
50Best
Defense vs infantry
40Best
35
35
Defense vs cavalry
50Best
50Best
30
Speed (tiles/h)
7Best
6
6
Carry
35
50
60Best
Total resource cost
315Best
400
440
Upkeep (crop/h)
1Best
1Best
1Best
Base training (seconds)
1,040Best
1,600
1,700
Best anti-cavalry infantry available
GaulsPhalanx
RomansLegionnaire
SpartansHomoioi
Best anti-cavalry infantry availableGaulsRomansSpartans
Attack
15
40
95Best
Defense vs infantry
40
35
80Best
Defense vs cavalry
50
50
75Best
Speed (tiles/h)
7Best
6
5
Carry
35
50Best
50Best
Total resource cost
315Best
400
795
Upkeep (crop/h)
1Best
1Best
1Best
Base training (seconds)
1,040Best
1,600
2,200
Espionage
GaulsPathfinder
RomansEquites Legati
SpartansPerioikoi Scout
EspionageGaulsRomansSpartans
Attack
0Best
0Best
0Best
Defense vs infantry
20
20
25Best
Defense vs cavalry
10
10
12Best
Speed (tiles/h)
17Best
16
16
Carry
0Best
0Best
0Best
Total resource cost
380
360Best
445
Upkeep (crop/h)
2Best
2Best
2Best
Base training (seconds)
1,360Best
1,360Best
1,360Best
Offensive cavalry
GaulsHaeduan
RomansEquites Caesaris
SpartansHippeis
Offensive cavalryGaulsRomansSpartans
Attack
140
180
195Best
Defense vs infantry
50
80Best
55
Defense vs cavalry
165Best
105
80
Speed (tiles/h)
13Best
10
9
Carry
65
70
80Best
Total resource cost
1,965Best
2,170
2,315
Upkeep (crop/h)
3Best
4
3Best
Base training (seconds)
3,120Best
3,520
3,450
Defensive cavalry
GaulsHaeduan
RomansEquites Caesaris
SpartansSpartan Rider
Defensive cavalryGaulsRomansSpartans
Attack
140
180Best
55
Defense vs infantry
50
80
120Best
Defense vs cavalry
165Best
105
90
Speed (tiles/h)
13
10
16Best
Carry
65
70
110Best
Total resource cost
1,965
2,170
1,440Best
Upkeep (crop/h)
3
4
2Best
Base training (seconds)
3,120
3,520
2,600Best
Ram
GaulsRam
RomansBattering Ram
SpartansRam
RamGaulsRomansSpartans
Attack
50
60
65Best
Defense vs infantry
30Best
30Best
30Best
Defense vs cavalry
105Best
75
85
Speed (tiles/h)
4Best
4Best
4Best
Carry
0Best
0Best
0Best
Total resource cost
1,910
1,830Best
1,995
Upkeep (crop/h)
3Best
3Best
3Best
Base training (seconds)
5,000
4,600Best
4,600Best
Catapult
GaulsTrebuchet
RomansFire Catapult
SpartansCatapult
CatapultGaulsRomansSpartans
Attack
70
75Best
60
Defense vs infantry
45
60Best
55
Defense vs cavalry
10Best
10Best
10Best
Speed (tiles/h)
3Best
3Best
3Best
Carry
0Best
0Best
0Best
Total resource cost
3,130
2,990Best
3,130
Upkeep (crop/h)
6Best
6Best
6Best
Base training (seconds)
9,000Best
9,000Best
9,000Best
Chief
GaulsChieftain
RomansSenator
SpartansEphor
ChiefGaulsRomansSpartans
Attack
40
50Best
45
Defense vs infantry
50Best
40
50Best
Defense vs cavalry
50Best
30
45
Speed (tiles/h)
4
5Best
4
Carry
0Best
0Best
0Best
Total resource cost
144,650
140,450
127,730Best
Upkeep (crop/h)
4Best
5
4Best
Base training (seconds)
90,700Best
90,700Best
90,700Best
Settler
GaulsSettler
RomansSettler
SpartansSpartan Settler
SettlerGaulsRomansSpartans
Attack
0
0
10Best
Defense vs infantry
80Best
80Best
80Best
Defense vs cavalry
80Best
80Best
80Best
Speed (tiles/h)
5Best
5Best
5Best
Carry
3,000Best
3,000Best
3,000Best
Total resource cost
22,700
23,800
21,540Best
Upkeep (crop/h)
1Best
1Best
1Best
Base training (seconds)
22,700Best
26,900
26,900

Economy & special mechanics

Economy & special mechanicsGaulsRomansSpartans
Merchant capacity (resources)
750Best
500
500
Merchant speed (tiles/h)
24Best
16
14
Merchant throughput (capacity × speed)
18,000Best
8,000
7,000
Base simultaneous construction jobs
1
2Best
1
Cranny protection, level 10 (each resource)
2,000Best
1,000
1,000
Wall troop bonus, level 20 (%)
63.9
80.6Best
73.7
Hospital recovery share (%)
40
40
50Best
Wounded storage per hospital level
30
30
60Best
Base chief loyalty reduction
20–25
20–30Best
20–25
Tribe-specific buildings
  • Palisade
  • Trapper
  • City Wall
  • Horse Drinking Trough
  • Defensive Wall
  • Big Hospital

Merchant values exclude the Trade Office and other bonuses. Cranny values are per resource, before the Teuton attack modifier. Wall values use the rounded troop multiplier in battle resolution. Construction counts exclude Plus and master queues. See each tribe guide for special-building effects. Chief ranges are highlighted by their maximum base reduction.

Gauls

Trapper

The Trapper captures attacking troops in available traps. It is a defensive tool to support your army and diplomacy.

Romans

Horse Drinking Trough

The Horse Drinking Trough improves cavalry training. It reduces upkeep by one for Equites Legati at level 10, Equites Imperatoris at level 15, and Equites Caesaris at level 20. The table above shows upkeep before these reductions.

Spartans

Big Hospital

Spartans and Vikings use the Big Hospital instead of the standard Hospital. Its recovery share and storage are larger; it still needs surviving infrastructure and resources to heal troops.

Source files and calculation notes

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