| Alternative title(s) | |
| Antiquity game | EAG† |
| Release | Oct 27, 2017 |
| Publisher | Ubisoft |
| Developer | Ubisoft Montreal |
| Platform(s) | PS4, Windows, Xbox One |
| Mode | Single-player |
| Genre | Action-adventure; role-playing game; hero-based |
| Setting | Ptolemaic Egypt (49-44 BCE); also Rome |
| Notable charactersB | Cleopatra, Caesar, Ptolemy, Pompey, Septimius, Vitruvius, Brutus |
| DLC | The Hidden Ones (2018), Discovery Tour (2018), Curse of the Pharaoh (2018) |
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Additional keywords
history, myth
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