Idle Ages / Ages / Ostrogothic Italy
Ostrogothic Italy is age 40 on the Idle Ages ladder, set in 493 CE. 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 40 of 40 |
|---|---|
| Date | 493 CE |
| Legendary | Theodoric the Great |
| Automation | Needs Cassiodorus at level 5, after which the age produces with the app closed for up to 8 hours |
| Heroes | Theodoric the Great, Amalasuntha, Boethius, Cassiodorus |
Theodoric 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
Theodoric the Great was raised as a hostage in Constantinople, then returned to conquer Italy and rule it for thirty three years from Ravenna. He was a Goth governing Romans, and he kept their law, senate and consuls intact while his own people stayed apart.
Raises output in every age you own, and most of all in their own. Every level doubles what they add.
Epic
Amalasuntha was the daughter of Theodoric, read Greek and Latin, and ruled Italy as regent for her son. Her cousin had her strangled in her bath in 535, and Justinian used the murder as his reason to invade.
Raises the output and production speed of their own age. Every level doubles what they add.
Rare
Boethius ran the civil service for Theodoric until he was accused of treason and imprisoned. Awaiting execution he wrote the Consolation of Philosophy, which stayed one of the most read books in Europe for the next thousand years.
Raises the production speed of their own age. Every level doubles what they add.
Common Manager, level 5
Cassiodorus governed for the Ostrogoths for thirty years and kept copies of the official correspondence, which survive as the Variae. When the kingdom fell he retired to found a monastery whose monks copied classical texts, saving much of what Rome had written.
Raises the output of their own age. Every level multiplies what they add by 1.6. Levelling Cassiodorus to 5 is what automates Ostrogothic Italy.
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