Compare Rome: Total War for Windows to Rome: Total War - Barbarian Invasion for Windows

Go back to the epic battle between the Roman Empire and the armies of ancient times, including Britannia, Armenia, Macedonia, Germania and more in this new Total War title. War has taken over Europe, Asia and North Africa, and every nation is now locked in battle as their borders have become battlefields. Soldiers of Rome, Germany, Gaul, Egypt and Carthage are clashing to determine who will have total domination. Feel the power of the greatest armies and leaders in ancient history as you take your place on the battlefield. Epic battles come to life as armies use battering rams, Roman war dogs, Hannibal's elephants and chariots to take over other civilizations. Become part of these massive armies being lead by famous ancient military leaders, including Hannibal, leader of the Carthaginians; Vercingtorix, barbarian warlord; Boudicca, the British warrior queen and Julius Caesar, Rome's great leader. Through diplomatic means and army conquests you will build your own empire across the Roman world. Less

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 werent 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 Romes 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 wasnt enough of a threat to be worth killing. Less