Pax Romana

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Pax Romana is a game that puts you in the shoes of a Roman
senatorial family, from the Early Republic (275 BC) to the end of
the Civil War (44 BC), allowing for warfare as Legion Commander,
Senate politics, Provincial government.

In the game's Strategic version, you take over Rome's destiny and
will strive to achieve her domination over the antic world.

In the Political version, you take the role of the leader of a
political faction in the Roman republic, ca. 275 AD. Use
machiavellian politicking, expert resource management and combat
ability, to guide your fellow Roman citizens through 250 years of
Ancient history, until the advent of the Roman Empire.  To win,
you must become Augustus at the advent of the Roman Empire, and
provided Rome has survived and won.

Pax Romana is a unique concept of all players being on the same
side while at the same time struggling between themselves for
complete political mastery of the Roman world.

It features:

Historical real-time strategy game on the Roman Republic from 275
to 43 BC, with 10 different historical scenarios
Six active Roman political factions, represented by players (up to
6 in multiplayer mode)
Dozens of opponents to select among the 100+ nations
represented in the game
Historically faithful representation of the Roman world politics,
economy, diplomacy and military
Realistic rendering of characters, buildings, resources,
landscapes and military or civilian units
Large map of ancient Europe, from Ireland to Persia, including
multiple zoom levels and 4 different map modes,
Over 150 historical events, dozens of stratagems that can be
used by players, and all famous historical characters of Roman
history,
A strategy game with a strong political content, that will make
the most of the negotiating talent of human players, confronted
to a high-level Artificial Intelligence.

Pax Romana can be played with two different levels of difficulty
or complexity:

A ''Strategic'' version, where the players impersonates Rome, as a
nation, and faces other nations (playable or AI-controlled). It is
a rather traditional real-time strategy game, with all basic
ingredients of management, conquest, domination and power,
offering different scenarios spread over a period of time from 272
BC to 217 AD.

A ''Political'' version, that includes all the elements of the
above, but where players impersonate a famous historical character
of ancient Rome (Caesar, Pompeius, Cicero, Scipio, Cato, etc.),
leading a political faction of noble patricians, with different
scenarios of variable length, spread on a time period from the
Fall of Tarentum (275 BC) to the Roman Civil War (44 BC).

Common Features :

The game is real-time, with up to 5 adjustable speeds, It allows
for multi-player gaming, anywhere between 2 to 6 players,
according to scenario
6 types of different climates and as many terrains
A large map with 500+ regions, from Ireland to Persia, with over
50 different economic resources, dozens of industrial,
agricultural or mining infrastructures, roads to build, wild land
to clear
100+ different types of military units, some specific to nations
(Roman Legions for instance), each with their own levels of
discipline, morale and experience
A Diplomatic tool that offers more than 30 different and varied
options
60 stratagems that will give flavor and spice to game play,
allowing players to throw dirty tricks at their opponents, or
obtaining the "helping hand of god" in more opportunistic cases
150 historical events, to recreate anything from the Punic Wars
to Spartacus.

















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