Total War: Rome II

Alternative title(s)
Antiquity game	EAG
Release	Sep 3, 2013
Publisher	Sega
Developer	The Creative Assembly
Platform(s)	Windows; OS X (2014); Linux (TBR)
Mode	Single-player, multiplayer
Genre	Strategy game; empire-building
Setting	A vast area stretching from Spain and Britain in the West to the Seleucid Empire and Bactria in the East (272 BCE for a period of 300 years); playable factions include Rome, Macedon, SpartaDLC, AthensDLC, PergamonDLC, EpirusDLC along Gallic tribes and others
Notable charactersB	Caesar, Marc AntonyDLC, LepidusDLC, AugustusDLC, PompeyDLC, HannibalDLC
DLC	Greek States (2013), Pontus (2013), Seleucid Empire (2013), Nomadic Tribe (2013), Blood & Gore (2013), Baktria (2013), Caesar in Gaul (2013), Beasts of War (2014), Wonders & Seasons (2014), Hannibal at the Gates (2014), Getae (2014), Pirates and Raiders (2014), Daughters of Mars (2014), Armenia (2014), Imperator Augustus (2014), Empire Edition (2014) Black Sea Colonies (2014), Massilia (2014), Wrath of Sparta (2014), Empire Divided (2017), Desert Kingdoms (2018), Rise of the Republic (2018)

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