Amphitheater

Amphitheater
Great Work Slots	1 Writing
Production Cost	100
Maintenance	1
Unlocked at	Drama and Poetry

The Amphitheater is a building available in the Classical Era.

Game Info

Building an Amphitheater requires a Monument or any of its replacements.

• +1 Culture
• Has 1 slot for a Great Work of Writing

With Religious Beliefs:

• Liturgical Drama (Follower): +1 Faith if there are 3 followers

Overview

An amphitheater is an outdoor arena designed for open-air theatrical performances, as well as sporting events and concerts. The ancient Romans in particular are known for the hundreds of amphitheaters they constructed, in which gladiatorial combat, exhibitions, and public executions were conducted.

Unique Building Replacements

Icon	Building	Civilization	Yields
	Ball Park	Zapotecs (Zaachila I)	+1 Happiness Each turn, 1/3 chance for +2 Faith 1 Scientist specialist slot
	Bear Dance Corral	The Utes (Ouray)	+1 Culture from Mountains. Trade routes from this city yield Culture for every unit you have in the destination city, doubled if you've recently made peace with the civilization that owns the city.
	Bibliotheca	Rome (Marcus Aurelius)	Does not require a Monument Provides a free Library +2 Happiness while the Great Work slot is filled Additional Great Work slot in conquered cities.
	Ceremonial House	The Amis	Has no Great Work of Writing Slot Has 2 Great Works of Music Slot Has 1 Great Musician Specialist Slot
	Copper House	The Kwakwaka'wakw (Willie Seaweed)	May only be purchased, though may be bought multiple times. Provides a random animal resource when built for the first time, but distributes your gold to all met Civilizations. After this, the cost of future Potlach's increases, while the chance of receiving a resource decreases.
	Council House	The Cherokee (Moytoy)	Enables cities to receive Buildings constructed in the Capital. Bonus Food is granted to the Capital based on this city's Food output when receiving a Building. If built in the Capital, the amount of Food received by the Capital is doubled.
	Dahuitang	China (Mao Zedong)	Yields an additional +2 Culture Has 1 additional slot for a Great Work of Writing When all three slots are filled, +3 additional Culture and +10 Experience for newly trained units
	Hagiyaki Workshop	Mori (Mori Motonari)	+1 Culture per incoming Naval Trade Route +1 Porcelain Resource
	High Cross	Northumbria (Oswiu)	Units trained in this City provide Culture, which also contributes to the Culture cost of acquiring new Tiles.
	Literature Night	Durrani (Ahmad Abdali)	+1 Happiness Increased Great Writer Generation when Great Work Slot is filled.
	Literary School	Bulgaria (Simeon I)	+1 Science on Writers +3 Great Scientist Points
	Literary School	Bulgaria (Simeon I) (DJSHenninger)	+1 additional Writing slot -15% Culture cost for new tiles +1 Culture after Architecture
	Matenadaran	Armenia (Andranik)	Has 1 additional slot for a Great Work of Writing +10% Great Person point generation in this city. When all its Great Work slots are filled, causes Great People to provide a small lump sum of Faith and Culture when expended. Faith and Culture bursts increase for every fully-filled Matenadaran.
	Meadhall	Iceland (Ingólfur Arnarson)	Forms a City Connection with the Capital over water. When Connected, increases the Food stored after growth by 5%, or 15% if it has a Great Work of Writing. Requires a Monument.
	'Odeon	Pergamon (Attalus)	Has a Great Work of Writing slot which, once filled, boosts Production towards wonders by +5%.
	Paya	Burma (Anawrahta)	Stored Great Works yield +2 Gold +1 Great Writer point for the Capital/City with the Writers' Guild Does not require a Monument
	Taisha	Amago (Amago Haruhisa)	+1 Faith Two slots for Great Works of Music Every 10 turns (standard speed), yields 2 Culture multiplied by Great Works in the City Requires Shrine
	Water Puppet Theater	Vietnam (Le Loi)	+1 additional Culture City's attacks generate Great Writer, Artist and Musician Points
	Water Puppet Theater	Vietnam (Trung Sisters)	Stored Great Works yield +5 Defense +1 additional Culture +10% Production Cost