For a time in England, all sports but archery were banned on Sundays, thus the Britons also have faster Archery Ranges. Known as skilled shepherds and heavily involved in the wool trade, British shepherds work faster. The Britons were known for their small villages scattered across England, as well as their tactics of encroaching on enemies with strongholds, and thus get cheaper Town Centers. Their Castle Age unique technology Yeomen refers to the fact that the Britons heavily relied on archery, thus giving their foot archers even more range, as well as increasing their tower damage. Longbowmen are archers with higher range than every other archer in the game, even outranging Castles and towers in later stages of the game. The Britons' unique unit is the Longbowman, from their historical use of the English Longbow in their campaigns. They represent the English and the Anglo-Normans during the High Middle Ages and Late Middle Ages. The Britons are a Western European civilization in Age of Empires II. Listed below are all civilizations and their specialties in Age of Empires II and its expansions. All civilizations have one or two focused military strengths, meaning buildings and units that fall into those categories are usually given most-to-all of the available upgrades in addition to bonuses. Expanding on Age of Empires, each civilization features one or two unique units and two technologies (as of the Definitive Edition), in addition to a set of special bonuses.