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Great Library Ptolemaioi (Imperator Augustus)Ptolemaioi (Imperator Augustus) City Centre Level 5

Great Library

As an archive and centre of learning, nothing rivals the Great Library.

The most famous of all ancient libraries was founded in 288BC as part of the Alexandrian Museum by Demetrius of Phaleron. Originally based on the library of Athens, it housed mainly Greek scrolls but was open to poets, scientists, scholars and philosophers from all peoples. It was the vision of Alexander, as Aristotle’s pupil, to bring together all the knowledge in the known world under one roof, and some 70,000 scrolls were held. Much medical, scientific and scholarly work was undertaken, including the first star atlas. Aristarchus, a scholar using the library, worked out that the world revolved around the sun nearly 2,000 years before Copernicus, and it was here that the Old Testament was first translated into Greek. For six centuries the Great Library embodied academic research and study. It declined after the Roman occupation and was destroyed by fire in AD272.

City Centre

Agora
Agora
(rom_HELLENIC_agora_1)
City Centre Level 0
Supply Pit
Supply Pit
(rom_HELLENIC_agora_storage_2)
City Centre Level 1
Supply Warehouse
Supply Warehouse
(rom_HELLENIC_agora_storage_3)
City Centre Level 2
Supply Complex
Supply Complex
(rom_HELLENIC_agora_storage_4)
City Centre Level 3
Warhorse Pens
Warhorse Pens
(rom_HELLENIC_agora_horse_2)
City Centre Level 1
Warhorse Breeder
Warhorse Breeder
(rom_HELLENIC_agora_horse_3)
City Centre Level 2
Warhorse Ranch
Warhorse Ranch
(rom_HELLENIC_agora_horse_4)
City Centre Level 3
Amphitheatron
Amphitheatron
(rom_HELLENIC_agora_entertainment_2)
City Centre Level 1
Odeon
Odeon
(rom_HELLENIC_agora_entertainment_3)
City Centre Level 2
Hippodrome
Hippodrome
(rom_HELLENIC_agora_entertainment_4)
City Centre Level 3
Grain Market
Grain Market
(rom_HELLENIC_agora_food_2)
City Centre Level 1
Makra Stoa
Makra Stoa
(rom_HELLENIC_agora_food_3)
City Centre Level 2
Deigma
Deigma
(rom_HELLENIC_agora_food_4)
City Centre Level 3
Travellers' Lodge
Travellers' Lodge
(rom_HELLENIC_agora_public_2)
City Centre Level 1
Inn
Inn
(rom_HELLENIC_agora_public_3)
City Centre Level 2
Pandocheion
Pandocheion
(rom_HELLENIC_agora_public_4)
City Centre Level 3
Library
Library
(rom_HELLENIC_agora_research_2)
City Centre Level 1
Lykeion
Lykeion
(rom_HELLENIC_agora_research_3)
City Centre Level 2
Akademia
Akademia
(rom_HELLENIC_agora_research_4)
City Centre Level 3
Great Library
Great Library
(rom_HELLENIC_agora_research_5)
City Centre Level 4
Slave Trader
Slave Trader
(rom_HELLENIC_agora_slave_2)
City Centre Level 1
Slave Market
Slave Market
(rom_HELLENIC_agora_slave_3)
City Centre Level 2
Central Slave Quarters
Central Slave Quarters
(rom_HELLENIC_agora_slave_4)
City Centre Level 3
Wine Trader
Wine Trader
(rom_HELLENIC_agora_trade_2)
City Centre Level 1
Wine Shop
Wine Shop
(rom_HELLENIC_agora_trade_3)
City Centre Level 2
Wine Market
Wine Market
(rom_HELLENIC_agora_trade_4)
City Centre Level 3
Great Library

Building Name

Great Library

Level Name

rom_HELLENIC_agora_research_5

Building Chain

City Centre

Building Level

5

Create Time

24

Create Cost

22950

Require Resource

Trained Slaves

Effects

500 wealth from entertainment (culture) (this_building)
+60% research rate (this_faction)
[NOT DISPLAYED] Drives the road levels between settlements (this_region)
Noble Philanthropy Edict:
-17% building construction costs (this_province)
+1% 1st Class Citizen (this_building)
+0.5% 2nd Class Citizen (this_building)
-30% provincial income (building upkeep) (regions_in_this_province)
Requires the Trained Slaves resource (this_building)
[NOT DISPLAYED] Drives the road levels between settlements (this_region)

Provides Garrison Army

200 Native Militia
Native Militia
(GAR_Egy_Citizen_Militia)
Hoplite/Pike Infantry
200 Greek Spearmen
200 Greek Spearmen
Greek Spearmen
(GAR_Egy_Garrisoned_Spearmen)
Hoplite/Pike Infantry
175 Native Archers
175 Native Archers
Native Archers
(GAR_Egy_Local_Archers)
Missile Infantry

Recruitable Units

No Recruitable Units
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