Build a City...Start with provinces in the early days of the Roman empire and develop your capital city. The architechture of the ancient world comes to life on your screen as you build dozens of structures beautifully rendered in 3-D high resolution graphics. If you choose novice, no combat mode, you can concentrate on the economic development of one city for as long as you like. Your plebes can frolic in the Roman baths while you keep an eye out for fire, plague, crime and the occasional riot. Build an Empire!
Once promoted, you can march into another province and take on its unique economy and local population. As you move up the ranks toward your Imperial goal - subduing provinces and building eternal cities - you'll confront raiding Huns, invading Carthaginians (with elephants!) and upstart Gauls. Keep the barbarians out, your cities thriving, and your hippodromes rocking: For a future Emperor, it's all in a days work!