Description
The Barbarian Invasion Expansion Pack for Rome Total War moves the action 350 years into the future, when the Roman Empire is in trouble and may be dying. The year is 363 AD, and the Roman Empire has split into two parts - the Western Empire, ruled from Rome, and the Eastern Empire, ruled from Constantinople. The Eastern Empire is facing a renewed threat from the Persian Empire, under new vigorous rulers, the Sassanids. This is an exciting and turbulent period of Roman history: the Fall of Rome itself and the collapse of the Western Roman Empire, the slaughter of Emperor Valens and a complete Roman army at Adrianople in 378, the arrival in Europe of the terrifying Huns, the political in-fighting that saw Rome's best generals hounded as traitors, and the final humiliation of the last Emperor of the West being forced to retire in 476 AD as a barbarian took his throne. Romulus Augustulus simply wasn't enough of a threat to be worth killing.
The expansion moves the action on 350 years to a time when the Roman
Empire is in deep trouble, beset by enemies inside and out, and
possibly even dying. The year is 363 AD, and the Roman Empire has split
into two parts ruled from the cities of Rome (for the Western Empire)
and Constantinople (for the Eastern Empire). If this weren't bad
enough, barbarian tribes have been massing on the Imperial frontiers in
Europe for many years. In the East the Empire faces a renewed threat
from the Persian Empire, under new vigorous rulers, the Sassanids. This
is an exciting and turbulent period of Roman history: the Fall of Rome
itself and the collapse of the Western Roman Empire, the slaughter of
Emperor Valens and a complete Roman army at Adrianople in 378, the
arrival in Europe of the terrifying Huns, the political in-fighting
that saw Rome's best generals hounded as traitors, and the final
humiliation of the last Emperor of the West being forced to retire in
476 AD as a barbarian took his throne. Romulus Augustulus simply wasn't
enough of a threat to be worth killing.
It starts just after the last Emperor of a unified Rome has died. His
successors in Rome and Constantinople are now uneasy allies and rivals
for power. The barbarians' are massing along the borders, and in some
cases are living inside what used to be Roman territory. There are
many, many challenges for a Roman to face - and some may be almost
unbeatable!
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