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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 Science, Commerce Commerce, Administration Civic, as well as Military 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

1
Akademie

Standard 
Language

"What's this, then? 'People called Romanes they go the house’?"

  • Transport of land units by sea
  • Temple.
  • Research cost cheaper and research speed improved by 10%
  • Increased LOS

2
Sci2

Mathematics

"Number is the ruler of forms and ideas, and the cause of gods and daemons." —Pythagoras

  • Low-level knowledge upgrades for University
  • Granary
  • Sawmill.
  • Research cost cheaper and research speed improved by 10%
  • Increased LOS

3
Sci3

Natural History

"In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in giving health to men." —Cicero

  • Foundry
  • Low-level crops and lumber upgrades in Granary and Sawmill.
  • Research cost cheaper and research speed improved by 10%
  • Increased LOS

4
Sci4

Weights 
and 
Measures

Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord; and a false balance is not good. —Proverbs 20:23

  • Medium-level crops and lumber upgrades in Granary and Sawmill
  • Research cost cheaper and research speed improved by 10%
  • Increased LOS

5
Bios

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

  • Medium-level metallurgy research at Foundry
  • Medium-level knowledge upgrades for University.
  • Research cost cheaper and research speed improved by 10%
  • Increased LOS

6
Prism

Astrology 
and 
Horology

"There is no star-god without his companion: I am your companion."

  • High-level upgrades for Granary, Sawmill, and Foundry
  • Map fully explored.
  • Research cost cheaper and research speed improved by 10%
  • Increased LOS

7
Sci7

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"
 —Plato

  • Research cost cheaper and research speed improved by 10%
  • Increased LOS.

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

1
Coinage

Coinage

"Wealth, the most excellent of all gods" —Aristophanes

  • MarketDock
  • Increased Caravan limit
  • Increased commerce cap for all resources.

2
Bookkeeping

Scribes

"Gain your point by persuasion, not by force." —Bias of Priene

  • Trading resources at market
  • Increased Caravan limit
  • Increased commerce cap for all resources.

3
Com3

Road Networks

"And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.." —Isaiah (49:11)

  • Trade with allies and peaceful factions
  • Increased Caravan limit
  • Increased commerce cap for all resources

4
Com1

Book-Keeping

"I applaud myself at home, when I contemplate the money in my chest." —Horace

  • Increased Caravan limit
  • Increased commerce cap for all resources.

5
Com5

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)

  • Increased Caravan limit
  • Increased commerce cap for all resources

6
Com6

Commercial Law

"He who covets what belongs to another deservedly loses his own." —Phaedrus

  • Increased Caravan limit
  • Increased commerce cap for all resources

7
Com7

Infrastructure

"...The King of Kings; this mighty City shows / The wonders of my hand..."

—Percy Bysshe Shelley, Ozymandias

  • Athenspenteres iconSiegeship uicon
  • Increased Caravan limit
  • Increased commerce cap for all resources.

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

1
Gubernatio

Government

"In a change of government the poor change nothing but the name of their masters." —Phaedrus

  • Steph Barbarian 2
  • Low-level religious and taxation research at Temple.
  • Low-level atrition research at Tower
  • Increased City Limit city limit.
  • Increased borders

2
Spookyraven

Public Service

"Mix and knead together all the state business as you do for your sausages." —Aristophanes

  • Low-level taxation research at Temple.
  • Increased City Limit city limit.
  • Increased borders

3
Polit

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

  • Medium-level atrition research at Tower
  • Increased City Limit city limit.
  • Increased borders.

4
Level 4: Fiscal Policy

Fiscal Policy

"The accumulation of booty is not an end in itself." —Cyrus the Great

  • Medium-level taxation research at Temple.
  • Increased City Limit city limit.
  • Increased borders

5
Buro

Magistracy

"To impose conditions of peace, to spare the lowly, and to overthrow the proud." —Virgil

  • High-level attrition research at Tower.
  • Increased City Limit city limit.
  • Increased borders

6
Sovrain

Jurisprudence

"A man should be upright, not kept upright." —Marcus Aurelius

  • High-level taxation research at Temple.
  • Increased City Limit city limit.
  • Increased borders

7
Droitdivin

Morality

"Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath." —Solon

  • High-level religious research at Temple
  • Increased City Limit city limit.
  • Increased borders.

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.

RESEARCH LEVEL NAME GRANTS ACCESS TO
1
Census

Census

Warfare is a numbers game. Getting the numbers right is a factor towards victory.

  • Increased Population Population Limit.

2
mercs

Mercenaries

"What power has law where only money rules?" —Petronius

  • Stable; Assédio
  • Increased Population Population Limit.

3
heraldry

Physical Conditioning

"It would not be far from the truth to call their drills bloodless battles; their battles bloody drills." —Josephus

  • Barracks
  • Increased Population Population Limit.

4
feudals

Recruitment

"[H]appiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous." —Pericles

  • Increased Population Population Limit.
  • Fort rom; Insulae

5
standingarmy

Professional Corps

"An army of sheep led by a lion is better than an army of lions led by a sheep."

  • Stockade
  • Increased Population Population Limit.

6
linears

Strategic Reserves

"You forget one thing Gisgo, among all their numerous forces, there is not one man called Gisgo." —Hannibal

  • Units: Sagittarii syrorum icon
  • Increased Population Population Limit.

7
T3

Total War

"Zeus accepted the offerings — true, but instead doubled the weight of ruthless, thankless war." — The Iliad

  • Increased Population Population Limit.

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.

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