Ancient Paragons (Great People Pack)
This isn’t any dawn of man – it’s the dawn of great men! And women! Now the Ancient era has its own great people. Bring your early-game powerhouses to proper glory with 13 new personalities who were among the very first in their field, pioneering the foundations of arts, philosophy, technology, science, commerce, and warfare that shape our lives up to this day.
Ancient Paragons adds two new Great Generals, Admirals, Engineers, Merchants, Prophets, Scientists, and Writers, each. All are assigned to the Ancient era, except for the Engineers, who are assigned to the Classical era.
Big thanks to the Civ 6 modding Helpline Discord server for inspiration and a lot of good ideas, in particular to Phantagonist, Zolaar, TheColdHands, Traditional Boywife, and all other of the Modder Pass II contributors!
Great Generals
Ancient Great Generals will provide their active bonus to all Ancient and Classical era land units.
- Fu Hao: Creates a heavy cavalry unit that can only be revealed by adjacent enemy units.
- Siyaj K’ak’ (Vanilla): Grants 1 Envoy.
- Siyaj K’ak’ (RF/GS): Grants +2 Loyalty per turn for this city.
Great Admirals
Ancient Great Admirals will provide their active bonus to all Ancient and Classical era naval units.
- Henenu: Grants 60 Gold. Increases Trader range over water by 33% (10 tiles).
- Nei Manganibuka: Creates a naval melee unit that can move over ocean tiles without the normal technology requirement.
Great Engineers
- Imhotep: Grants 2 Charges of 175 Production towards wonder construction. Replaced by Imhotep from the Babylon DLC if available.
- Maria Hebraea: +20% Production towards district projects.
Great Merchants
- Ama-E: Increases Trade Route capacity by 1. Domestic Trade Routes to this city provide +1 Food and +1 Production.
- Hiram: Grants 1 Tyrian Purple, a uniquely manufactured Luxury resource which provides +4 Amenities.
Great Prophets
- Moses: Founds a Religion, and establishes this city as a Holy City.
- Gargi Vachaknavi: Founds a Religion, and establishes this city as a Holy City.
Great Scientists
- Maitreyi (Vanilla): Grants +1 Science, Culture, and Faith to Campus district buildings in this city.
- Maitreyi (RF/GS): Grants +0.2 Science, Culture, and Faith per Citizen in this city.
- Thales of Miletus: Triggers the Eureka moment for 1 random technology from the Ancient era and the Inspiration moment for 2 random civics from the Classical era.
Great Writers
- Enheduanna: Nin me šara (The Exaltation of Inana), Innin ša gura (A Hymn to Inana)
- Ptahhotep: The Maxims of Ptahhotep (Fragment A), The Maxims of Ptahhotep (Fragment B)
Does not require any expansion but some bonuses are only available with either Rise & Fall or Gathering Storm. There are fallback bonuses for vanilla, however.
One of the Classical era Great Engineers is Imhotep, who is added by the Babylon DLC. For those without the DLC, Imhotep is added but with a generic bonus to rush wonders. No replacement is added to the Medieval era because there are still three Great Engineers available for it without him.
Grand Eras (Project 6T) is compatible but not required.
Revisions:
Old revisions of this mod are available below. Click the link to download.







