On Campaign Packs
Completing Total War: ROME II’s Grand Campaign will make you feel like you possess the greatest military mind the world has ever known. But unlike Alexander, you needn’t weep — the many Campaign Packs on offer ensure there are plenty more worlds to conquer.
Each one transports you to a new flashpoint in ancient history, often refocusing the map to smaller geographical areas, adding more settlements and greater detail to the lands in the spotlight. Many introduce entirely new factions, mechanics and units across all of ROME II’s campaigns.
Caesar in Gaul
A wise man once said: “Gods, I hate Gauls.” We hear his grandfather wasn’t too keen on them either. The Caesar in Gaul Campaign Pack offers a chance to put that sentiment into effect, rewind the clocks to 58 BC and focus on Northern Italy and the lands of the Gauls. Historical characters of the time become playable generals and leaders, with Mark Anthony and others making their presence felt.
Fight the Gallic Wars from the perspective of Gaius Julius Caesar, or from that of his great foes: the Gaulic Averni, Germanian Suebi or the Nervii of Belgae.
Caesar in Gaul also adds new playable factions to the base game’s Grand Campaign, as well as new units to multiple faction rosters.
Hannibal at the Gates
The Second Punic War is the stage for a titanic clash of ancient Superpowers: Rome against Carthage, Scipio against Hannibal, with supremacy over the Mediterranean as the prize.
The Hannibal at the Gates Campaign pack offers a tightly focused map of the Italian peninsula, North Africa and Iberia, with two great powers poised to plunge the region into conflict. This theme is further developed by a new diplomacy-focussed technology tree, allowing each side to undermine the other’s network of allies and client states, using subterfuge to sow discord and suspicion.
In contrast to the Grand Campaign's one turn-per-year approach, each in-game turn represents a month of real-time, with seasons shifting throughout the campaign — complete with bountiful harvests and wintertime attrition effects. While the campaign covers a shorter period of history the playtime remains lengthy and, with time’s march slowed, the drama of individual characters is given sharper focus and greater weight.
And, for those who require further convincing, yes, it’s also totally possible to take war elephants over the Alps!
Wrath of Sparta
Since the collapse of the Hellenic League, Athens has become the jewel of the Aegean, and its arrogance chafes the surrounding powers. Wrath of Sparta transports players to 432 BC, and the events of the Peloponnesian Wars, where the militaristic Spartans struggle to wrest Greek hegemony from the grasp of their powerful neighbours.
Meanwhile, in the east, the Persians are watching. Should any Greek state aspire to challenge them, the sons of Cyrus will bring the might of their gargantuan empire to bear…
Featuring the earliest start date in any of ROME II’s campaigns, and a beautiful map of the Aegean and Ionian coast, Wrath of Sparta introduces yearly Panhellenic Games and Festival event chains, new technology trees and unique units suited to this largely maritime theatre of war.
Empire Divided — New on macOS
Fractured and on the brink of collapse, the greatest empire the world has yet known faces a time of reckoning. With Rome beset by barbarians, civil war, pestilence and economic ruin, the Crisis of the Third Century is aptly named.
Amidst this chaos, a new Emperor ascends, charged with reforging Roman hegemony, reuniting the realm and stabilising it against all threats.
Will you lead the true sons of Rome as Emperor Aurelian? Or will you take the reigns of the Gallic or eastern Palmyrene successionists in a bid to establish a new heart for the Empire in your homelands?
Empire Divided brings the Grand Campaign’s gigantic map into a new age— introducing plagues, banditry and cult mechanics to showcase the instability of the era. Five of the campaign’s ten playable factions bear the ‘Heroic’ mantle, offering campaigns studded with flavourful event chains, led by unique historical leaders, towards the game’s grandest victory conditions yet.
Rise of the Republic — New on macOS
In 399 BC the Italian peninsula is fragmented and heavily contested by warring factions. The Rise of the Republic campaign begins in the aftermath of the Roman defeat at the Battle of Allia and the resulting sack of Rome by the Gallic Senones tribe.
Answering the call of destiny, Marcus Fabius Ambustus returns from exile to rekindle the embers of Roman greatness from the ashes of the fallen city. His struggles play out on a tightly focused map of Italy, populated by the playable Senones, Syracuse and Taras factions.
Whether you choose to foster or frustrate the ambitions of the fledgeling Rome, Rise of the Republic allows you to faithfully recreate or completely rewrite a pivotal chapter in the annals of history.