
Rome has been divided into eastern and western empires, with the east ruled from Constantinople (now Istanbul) and the west still centered in Rome itself. The campaign in Barbarian Invasion starts in AD 363, several centuries after the campaign in Rome: Total War. Of course, you're probably more focused on the strategy than the history of the period, so we got our hands on a late version of the expansion and sacked a few Roman cities ourselves for this report.īarbarian Invasion features changes to the map, to reflect population changes.

Fittingly, Barbarian Invasion is about the fall of said empire, which itself was an epic event in history, as Rome's fall laid the foundations for modern Europe as we know it.


Rome: Total War Barbarian Invasion is the expansion to last year's popular Rome: Total War, a strategy game that let you oversee the rise and dominance of the Roman Empire.
