Ancient Era (Civ5)

The ancient era in Civilization V is characterized by the following features.

Buildings

• Barracks
• Floating Gardens (Aztec only)
• Ikanda (Zulu only)
• Granary
• Krepost (Russia only)
• Library
• Monument
• Paper Maker (China only)
• Royal Library (Assyria only)
• Stele (Ethiopia only)
• Stone Works
• Walls
• Walls of Babylon (Babylon only)
• Water Mill

Technologies

• Agriculture
• Animal Husbandry
• Archery
• Bronze Working
• Calendar
• Masonry
• Mining
• Pottery
• Sailing
• The Wheel
• Trapping
• Writing

Units

• Atlatlist (Maya only)
• Archer
• Battering Ram (Huns only)
• Bowman (Babylon only)
• Brute (Barbarian only)
• Chariot Archer
• Galley (Barbarian only)
• Hoplite (Greece only)
• Immortal (Persia only)
• Jaguar (Aztec only)
• Maori Warrior (Polynesia only)
• Pathfinder (Shoshone only)
• Scout
• Settler
• Slinger (Inca only)
• Spearman
• Trireme
• War Chariot (Egypt only)
• War Elephant (India only)
• Warrior
• Work Boat
• Worker

Other Properties

The Tradition, Liberty and Honor social policies are unlocked.

When starting a game in the ancient era, players receive one Settler, one Warrior, 0 culture and 0 gold.

Civilization V [edit]
Gods & Kings • Brave New World
Lists Buildings Civilizations Unique abilities Improvements Leaders Promotions Resources Social policies Technologies Terrain Units Unique units Wonders Natural wonders
Eras Ancient Classical Medieval Renaissance Industrial Modern Future† Atomic‡ Information‡
Concepts City-State Culture Espionage‡ Food Gold Great People Happiness Natural wonder Production Religion‡ Science Unique ability Unit Unique unit Tourism‡ Victory Cultural Diplomatic Domination Science
Miscellaneous DLC Mathematics Modding Major Patches Scenarios Soundtrack Steam Achievements
† Only in vanilla Civ5 ‡ Only in Gods & Kings and Brave New World