It's a rich, exciting world, awaiting a conqueror - you! You must use military genius to build an empire that stretches across Europe and Africa. This is a world of soldiers, gladiators, tyrants, monsters and fools. This the world of Hannibal, Julius Caesar, Cleopatra and a thousand others. Play as one of three great Roman families, whose thirst for power will stop at nothing.
Two world-dominating games in one! Uniting multi-award winning Rome: Total War and its official expansion pack, Barbarian Invasion, you must guide history's greatest armies to victory in a game of epic real-time warfare, empire-building, politics, and treachery. Rome Total War Gold Edition is a real-time warfare and empire-building game.