The Academy is the foremost school in Alera. Many Citizens come here to study (or "study"), and freemen can pay for semesters—or find a patron to support them.
The Academy was founded in Alera Imperia, though it was destroyed during the Vord War when Gaius Sextus sacrificed himself by calling forth the great fury beneath the city.
After the Vord War, the Academy was rebuilt at Appia, and was opened to anyone who wanted to learn, be they Aleran, Marat, Cane, or Iceman.