| Alternative title(s) | |
| Antiquity game | EAG |
| Release | Feb 28, 2003 |
| Publisher | Eidos Interactive |
| Developer | Pyro Studios |
| Platform(s) | Windows |
| Mode | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Genre | Strategy game; empire-building |
| Setting | Roman Republic from Caesar’s conquests in Gaul (59 BCE) to the end of the Civil War (45 BCE); players can also play as the Ptolemaic Egyptians and as Barbarian tribes |
| Notable charactersB | Caesar, Crassus, Divitiacus, Labienus, Dumnorix, Commius, Quintus Tullius Cicero, Cassius, Cassivellaunus, Gaius Crastinus, Ambiorix, Vercingetorix, Cleopatra |
| DLC |
On Jan 24, 2020, Praetorians HD Remaster was released for PS4, Windows and Xbox One.
Bibliography
Gardner, A. (2007). ‘The past as playground. The ancient world in video game representation’ in T. Clack & M. Brittain (eds.), Archaeology and the Media. London: UCL Press, 255-72.
Reinhard, A. (2018). Archaeogaming. An Introduction to Archaeology in and of Video Games. New York, Oxford: Berghahn Books. (Ch. 4. ‘Material Culture of the Immaterial’)
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, Parthians
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