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Upgrades | Civic Centre research | Reforms | Policies |
In Kings & Conquerors, the Civic Centre takes the place of the vanilla Library and handles fundamental groundbreaking research, which then feeds into new technologies, buildings and of course new units. Generally, each new game begins with a Civic Centre already set up, so all that is required is to obtain resources required to buy the research it has to offer.
Four research paths are available in the Civic Centre: Science , Commerce , Administration , as well as Military — the latter by far being the most favoured research track in any Rise of Nations game. Each one of them is a prerequisite for further research, which in turn might contribute towards bettering your units.
Scientific research[]
- If you search for the laws of harmony, you will find knowledge. —Egyptian saying
Science research increases line of sight for many of your units (including buildings), makes new Resource technologies available so you can increase gather rate, permits construction of new types of buildings, and decreases the cost of all other technology research incrementally.
RESEARCH LEVEL | NAME | GRANTS ACCESS TO |
Standard
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"What's this, then? 'People called Romanes they go the house’?"
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Mathematics |
"Number is the ruler of forms and ideas, and the cause of gods and daemons." —Pythagoras
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Natural History |
"In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in giving health to men." —Cicero
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Weights
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Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord; and a false balance is not good. —Proverbs 20:23
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Archivists |
"If you understand writings, then it will be better for you than the professions which I have set before you." —Instructions of Dua-Khety
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Astrology
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"There is no star-god without his companion: I am your companion."
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Philosophy |
"I only wish that wisdom were the kind of thing that flowed from the vessel that was full to the one that was empty"
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Commerce research[]
...where the houses overflow with the greatest troves of treasure... —The Iliad
Commerce research will cost you Timber and Knowledge at the Library. When you complete Commerce research, your Commerce Cap goes up for all Resources you gather: Food, Timber, Metal, and Wealth. You can gather more of them only up to the Commerce Cap; surpass the cap and any excess is simply lost to you. Commerce research along with Civics research is also required to gain access to a variety of military units as well.
RESEARCH LEVEL | NAME | GRANTS ACCESS TO |
Coinage |
"Wealth, the most excellent of all gods" —Aristophanes
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Scribes |
"Gain your point by persuasion, not by force." —Bias of Priene | |
Road Networks |
"And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.." —Isaiah (49:11)
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Book-Keeping |
"I applaud myself at home, when I contemplate the money in my chest." —Horace
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Public Depository |
"And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old store." —Leviticus (25:22)
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Commercial Law |
"He who covets what belongs to another deservedly loses his own." —Phaedrus
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Infrastructure |
"...The King of Kings; this mighty City shows / The wonders of my hand..." —Percy Bysshe Shelley, Ozymandias
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Administration research[]
- To bring about the rule of righteousness in the land, so that the strong should not harm the weak.
- —Hammurabi's Code; Prologue
Administration research allows you to build one new city with each completed round, and increases your national borders. If your borders abut other nations' borders, then you'll gain strength in the pushing match. As long as you don't touch other factions' territories yet, the diameter of area covered by your borders centred around your Cities simply expands with each level attained.
RESEARCH LEVEL | NAME | GRANTS ACCESS TO |
Government |
"In a change of government the poor change nothing but the name of their masters." —Phaedrus
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Public Service |
"Mix and knead together all the state business as you do for your sausages." —Aristophanes
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Legislature |
"Instead of looking on discussion as a stumbling block in the way of action, we think it an indispensable preliminary to any wise action at all." —Pericles
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Fiscal Policy |
"The accumulation of booty is not an end in itself." —Cyrus the Great
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Magistracy |
"To impose conditions of peace, to spare the lowly, and to overthrow the proud." —Virgil
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Jurisprudence |
"A man should be upright, not kept upright." —Marcus Aurelius
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Morality |
"Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath." —Solon
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Military research[]
- "Thou leadest as a warrior king thine army's wings what time thou comest in the van of these swift streams."
Completing Military research increases your population cap and also allows you to start upgrading your units at your military structures. Additionally, the cost of units and unit upgrades is lowered with each successive level researched.
Population Limits[]
Players normally start the game with a Population limit of 50, and every successive level of Military research attained will increase that amount by the same, allowing a player a normal maximum pop cap of 400. With the Seleucid population bonus, the Colossus Wonder and an Exotic Fauna resource patch, you can raise your Population Limit to 590.
Trivia[]
- The Roman Civic Centre is based on the Basilica Aemilia in Rome, Italy.