Field of Glory II

Alternative title(s)
Antiquity gameEAG
ReleaseOct 12, 2017
PublisherSlitherine Ltd.
DeveloperByzantine Games
Platform(s)Windows
ModeSingle-player, multiplayer
GenreStrategy game; empire-building
SettingA vast area stretching from Spain in the West to the Seleucid Empire in the East during the ‘rise of Rome’ from 280 BCE to 25 BCE.
Notable charactersBSpartacus
DLCImmortal Fire (2017), Legions Triumphant (2018), Age of Belisarius (2018), Rise of Persia (2018), Wolves at the Gate (2019)

Bibliography

McCall, J. (2020). ‘Digital Legionaries: Video Game Simulations of the Face of Battle in the Roman Republic’ in C. Rollinger (ed.), Classical Antiquity in Video Games. New York: Bloomsbury, 107-123.

Rollinger, C. (2020). ‘An Archaeology of Ancient Historical Video Games’ in C. Rollinger (ed.), Classical Antiquity in Video Games. New York: Bloomsbury, 19-43.

Serrano Lozano, D. (2020). ‘Ludus (Not) Over. Video Games and the Popular Perception of Ancient Past Reshaping’ in C. Rollinger (ed.), Classical Antiquity in Video Games. New York: Bloomsbury, 48-61.

Additional keywords

history, Hellenism

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