
This faction has access to both infantry and cavalry crossbowmen, and like the Persians and Indians, it has a +10% population cap bonus for massive armies. This faction represents the Han dynasty of China (206 BC - AD 220). Their special units include heavy cavalry, heavy infantry and a special rotary mill that can improve farm production. They are similar to the Britons, but have slightly divergent specialty focused more heavy shock tactics. The Gauls represent the Celtic tribes of Continental Western Europe which currently encompasses most of modern day France during the times before the Roman conquest. After gaining independence from Tyre, Carthage soon became a formidable force in the western Mediterranean, eventually taking over much of North Africa and modern-day Spain and becoming an economic powerhouse. The Carthaginians, or Punics, were an ancient civilization centered on the Phoenician city-state of Carthage, located outside what is now Tunis, Tunisia.


Their special units include Chariots, powerful heavy infantry, long swordsmen and war dogs, which can be useful for not only hunting, but also in combat. They are similar to the Gauls, but have slightly divergent specialty. The Britons represent the celtic tribes of the British Isles around or before the times of Roman conquest. As the forebearers of Athenian democracy and philosophy, they are least war driven of all the Hellenistic factions - although the combination of their economic and military potential makes them very formidable with a selection of units. The Athenians represent the City-State of Athens and the allies influenced by them. 3.1 Terra Magna (formerly Rise of the East).
