The Persians are a cavalry civilization with 4 civilization bonuses, led by the War Elephant and Savar. Start with +50 wood and +50 food.
Open the Persians in the Civ Codex →Early economy
Focus
Cavalry
Introduced
The Age of Kings (1999)
Win rate
50.9%
Pick rate
3.9%
Civilization bonuses
- Start with +50 wood and +50 food
- Town Centers and Docks +100% HP and work +5/10/15/20% faster in Dark/Feudal/Castle/Imperial Age
- Parthian Tactics available in Castle Age
- Can build Caravanserai in Imperial Age
Unique technologies
- Kamandaran (Archer-line gold cost replaced by additional wood cost)
- Citadels (Castles +4 attack, +3 vs. Rams, +3 vs. Infantry and receive -25% bonus damage)
Unique units
Team bonus
Knight-line +2 attack vs. Ranged Soldiers
How strong are the Persians on the ranked ladder?
On the current balance patch (162286), the Persians hold a 50.9% win rate in 1v1 Random Map across all ratings, ranking #14 of 50 civilizations. They appear in 3.9% of matches (80,094 games sampled). Ladder statistics via aoestats.io.