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A city builder of the Persian empire, 530 to 479 BCE
Build the cities of the Persian empire, march the King's armies to the great battles of 530 to 479 BCE, and learn the history as you play. A painted city builder from Cyrus's Pasargadae to the field of Plataea.
Lay out streets and houses, feed and water your people, and raise the great works part by part: the Tomb of Cyrus, the terrace at Persepolis, the palace at Susa. Every level builds with its own materials and dresses its own townsfolk.
Trade with real neighbours: Babylon and Media send tribute, Phoenicia and Naucratis send ships, and some cities have to be asked for earth and water first. Set the King's dues and keep the court's favour.
March the nations' contingents to each battle's own ground, with up to 20,000 men: Thermopylae with Artemisium, Plataea with Mycale, the sack of Athens. Command triremes at Lade, Artemisium and Salamis.
An illustrated Encyclopedia of 528 articles and 2,694 painted sections marks how we know each part: the record, an ancient account, disputed, or later legend.
Each level's history page tells what happened there and how we know it. The free demo is Level 1, Pasargadae; Early Access has every level built so far.
Level 1: The Founder's TombPasargadae, 530 BCE · free demo
Level 2: The Spear-bearerMemphis, 525–524 BCE
Level 3: The LieBagastana, 521 BCE
Level 4: The TerraceParsa, 521–509 BCE
Level 5: The CharterSusa, 519–515 BCE
Level 6: The Bridge of BoatsThe Ister, 513 BCE
Level 7: Sardis BurnsSardis, 499–494 BCE
Level 8: The Bay of MarathonMarathon, 490 BCE
Level 9: The CanalAthos, 483–480 BCE
Level 10: The Hot GatesThermopylae, 480 BCE
Level 11: The FinalePlataea, 480–479 BCE
Epilogue: MycaleMycale and the Hellespont, 479 BCEEvery battle, building, soldier, ship, ruler, people, place and royal order the game names, each with its paintings and sources.
Scenes with the King, his court and his enemies are dramatizations based on Herodotus, the Behistun inscription and the other sources named in the game. Windows and Linux.