Description

Rome Expanded features civil wars, loyalty system, 8 cultures, 17 religions, 200 regions, 106 factions, 309 units, an expanded senate, improved campaign AI, improved battle AI, more historically accurate map, characters, faction relationships (such as Athens and Sparta's rivalry), and much more.

• AI does a better job of building up armies and attacking strategically (via 46 campaign AI personalities and detailed faction relationships)
• Five Battle AIs (Default, Roman, Greek, Barbarian, Scythian) and 121 Battle AI Formations to add more dynamism when fighting different factions/cultures
• All primary factions have been unlocked, some are still emergent factions as originally designed (such as Parthia)
• The SPQR and 3 Roman factions have been added into the game as: SPQR (led by the Cornelii family), Fabian Rome (replacing Julii), Valerian Rome (replacing Brutii), and Claudian Rome (replacing Scipii) - added improved banners and logos to reflect the new Roman factions
• Carthage and 3 Carthaginian factions have been added into the game as: Carthage (led by the Adirim), Barcid Carthage, Hannonid Carthage, and Magonid Carthage
• New historical events representing the Chremonidean War, Punic Wars, Social Wars, etc.
• Additional regions, units, buildings, and characters with a primary focus on historical accuracy, and then game balance
  

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Changelog


Instructions
This mod is for Total War Rome Remastered, and can be installed and played on its own. To install, extract the mod folder to this location:

C:\Users\<Your Username>\AppData\Local\Feral Interactive\Total War ROME REMASTERED\Mods\Local Mods\

Be sure to delete any previous mod versions!

Credits
-Boicote for Rome Retrofit

-Milkerman for helping debug bugs and working on adding maps on the faction preview screen and moderating the Discord!

-Beat for region/settlement research

-Sabura for the German localisation

-ViolentAtmospheres for the environmental effects

-Feral for releasing the remaster in the first place


JaceX's Top Factions
- Mamertines - If you want a REAL challenge, play as the Mamertines, a group of Italic mercenaries who left Italia to fight in the Sicilian wars on behalf of Syracuse against Carthage. Upon the death of their former employer, King Agathocles, the mercenaries began their long trek home... Most made it. But some, still raw over their defeat by Carthage, and owed backpay from Syracuse, seized the Greek town of Messana, killing many men, and taking their women. These mercenaries turned Messana from a town of farmers and traders into a raiding base for marauders and pirates. In honor of their Oscan war god Mamers, they called themselves the Mamertines. Their tenuous position between Rome, Carthage, and the Greeks, would set the stage for the first Punic wars. After decades of independent rule, the Mamentines were lost to history, remembered only because their story (and their wine) became a favorite of Gaius Julius Caesar's.

- Liguria - The Ligurians did not play a major part in shaping local geopolitics. Instead, Liguria became a pathway by which Romans, Carthaginians, and other peoples moved to invade one another. Liguria was made up of a series of confederacies who sometimes unified and often times acted in their own interests. Ligurian soldiers and mercenaries fought on both sides of the Punic Wars. And eventually, Rome would settle and claim the entire region as part of the province of Cisalpine Gaul. Will you be able to change the course of history and build up Liguria into an independent state? Or will you collapse under the weight of greater powers such as Rome and Carthage?

- Rhodes - Famous for their construction of one of the world's ancient wonders - the Colossus - Rhodes' convenient island location in the Mediterranean allowed these people to benefit greatly from mercantile trade and sea navigation. Their minted coins were found in the coffers of nearly every kingdom and state along the Mediterranean Sea. Rhodians were also held in high esteem in the world of arts and culture. Masters from the likes of Athens and Alexandria would study here, form schools here, and create brilliant works of art and knowledge. With all this commercial and cultural success, Rhodes would seem poised to take on the world. However, Rhodes convenient location for trade, also makes it vulnerable to attack from all directions. You must carefully navigate the politics of the Mediterranean. Will you survive the ambitions of the Seleucids, Egyptians, Macedonians, and Romans?

- Fabian Rome - Descended from Remus, the Fabii are part of the gentes maiores, the most prominent of the patrician houses. In 479 BC, the Fabii volunteered to counter the Estruscan forces from the city of Veii. The Romans built a camp along the Cremera where the Fabians monitored and blocked every Etruscan attempt to cross over and invade Rome. Eventually, the Etruscans lured the Fabian warriors off their hill by driving herds of cattle within sight of the Fabii. As the Fabian men scrambled to claim the herd, the Etruscans ambushed them and slew every last man. Rome would afterward suffer several defeats before finally beating the Etruscans back the following year. The Fabii were held in high esteem thereafter by Rome and its people for their patriotic courage and tragic sacrifice. Though not as powerful or wealthy as the other great houses, the Fabii have an opportunity to shape their legacy as champions of the plebeians, and leaders of Rome. Be wary though, as other Patricians, especially the Cornelii and Claudii, actively seek to undermine the Fabii.
Fixed Battle AI handling of Phalanx units in formations