Rome: Total War

Alternative title(s)
Antiquity game	CAG
Release	Sep 22, 2004
Publisher	Activision, Sega, Feral Interactive
Developer	The Creative Assembly
Platform(s)	Windows; Mac OS X (2010); iPad (2016); iPhone (2018); Android (2018)
Mode	Single-player, multiplayer
Genre	Strategy game; empire-building
Setting	Roman Empire (270 BCE-14 CE)
Notable charactersB
DLC	Barbarian Invasion (2005; 2006 [JP]; 2017 [iPad]; 2019 [iPhone]), Alexander (2006; 2014 [macOS]; 2017 [iPad]); 2019 [iPhone, Android])

On Apr 29, 2021, Total War: ROME REMASTERED was released, which includes the base game and both its DLCs.

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