Unlike most RTS games which are historically based, COT will not advance by "ages" but rather the technoglogical innovations that marked human progress. You research a tech, and gain access to the benefits of that technology. Later technologies require that earlier one be researched first.

Bronze Working: Spearmen, Impi, Hoplite, Numidian Mercenary
Masonry: Walls
Alphabet: none
Pottery: Granary
The Wheel: Chariot
Warrior Code: Archer, Bowman, Javelin Thrower
Ceremonial Burial: Temple
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Iron Working: Requires Bronze Working. Swordsman, Immortal, Legionnaire, Gallic Swordsman
Mathematics: Requires Alphabet and Masonry. Catapult
Writing: Requires Alphabet
Horseback Riding: Requires the Wheel and Warrior Code. Horseman, Mounted Warrior.
Mysticism: Requires Ceremonial Burial.
The rest later
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