Legionnaires forth, hastati at front rank and hold. Principes reserve, triarii vanguard of morale.........Roma!

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Microsoft comes back with a sequel to the prestigious Age of Empires, with the hit Rise of Rome. The sequel is everything that Age of Empires was and more. Instead of keeping the hastati or mainfold of its predecessor, the expansion has numerous features not available in the original, that it vanguards its own citadel, rather than restricted to the same foothold.

In the game, you receive four new civilizations- the Romans, the Macedonians, the Carthaginians, and the Palmyrans.
Ave Caesar!
The Romans are available. With their logistics, stratagems and theorems, their discipline and order, their provisions such as the lorica hamata and the lorica segmentata, led them to triumph. Example would be when Gaius Julius Caesar challenged Vercingetorix and won imperium over Gaul. It continues to the formation of the triumvirate and his others roles as strategoi over not only the plebeians and some patricians in figment of mind, but his legions as well.
Hannibal Barca rose to fight Rome. As well, Carthage is available. From his journey across the Alps, the battle of Trebia, and the grueling battle of Cannae led this being's convictions and rightful passions as to having not been of such grotesque and chitinous behomeths.
Macedonia spawned Philip II and his son Alexander, who subjugated most of the known world such as the Egyptians, Parthia, Persia, and the Indus river valley. However, with his death, his empire was divided into three kingdoms, which later was slaughtered by the Romans.
Palmyra was a vassal state of Imperial Rome, and its leader was made Dux Orientus or co-emperor. Upon his death his wife Zenobia took over, and after a loss to be imperator of Rome to Marcus Aurelius, took over the granaries of Egypt and attaked Roman garrisons. Zenobia was led to Rome in chains, and Palmyra subdued.
All this and more are available in Rise of Rome.

An innovation and a boundless realm- indeed!