Idle Ages / Ages / Achaemenid Persia
Achaemenid Persia is age 20 on the Idle Ages ladder, set in 550 BCE. You unlock it with coins the ages below it earned. From there it produces on its own cycle, with its own upgrade costs and its own four heroes.
| Position | Age 20 of 40 |
|---|---|
| Date | 550 BCE |
| Legendary | Cyrus the Great |
| Automation | Needs Cassandane at level 5, after which the age produces with the app closed for up to 8 hours |
| Heroes | Cyrus the Great, Atossa, Xerxes I, Cassandane |
Cyrus the Great raises every age you own at once. The other three raise this one. All four carry a piece of written history that unlocks as you level them.
Legendary
Cyrus the Great built the largest empire the world had seen, then did something stranger: he let conquered peoples keep their gods, laws, and customs. The Cyrus Cylinder recording this policy is sometimes called the first charter of human rights. Even his enemies’ historians wrote about him with admiration.
Raises output in every age you own, and most of all in their own. Every level doubles what they add.
Epic
Atossa was Persian royalty three times over: daughter of Cyrus the Great, wife of Darius I, and mother of Xerxes. Herodotus claimed she held "all the power" at court, and her preference decided which prince inherited the greatest empire on Earth.
Raises the output and production speed of their own age. Every level doubles what they add.
Epic
Xerxes, Great King of Persia, marched the largest army the ancient world had seen against Greece, bridging the sea itself with boats. When a storm destroyed the first bridge, he ordered the water whipped 300 times as punishment. He burned Athens - then watched his fleet shatter at Salamis.
Raises the output and production speed of their own age. Every level doubles what they add.
Common Manager, level 5
Cassandane was the beloved queen of Cyrus the Great and mother of his heirs. When she died, Herodotus records that Cyrus ordered the entire empire into mourning - a rare glimpse of genuine love in the dynastic marriages of the ancient world.
Raises the production speed of their own age. Every level multiplies what they add by 1.6. Levelling Cassandane to 5 is what automates Achaemenid Persia.
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