Used as both a guard dog and in battle, Virgil remarked “never, with them on guard, need you fear for your stalls a midnight thief, or onslaught of wolves, or Iberian brigands at your back.” These vicious dogs do not tire easily, and never lose the scent of an enemy.Ĭan be recruited by: Athens, Epirus, Macedon, Sparta, and Syracuse And when their will is broken and they flee the field, run them down with two new breeds of ferocious war-dogs.īeasts of War brings introduces the following recruitable units to ROME II:Ī heavily muscled beast from western Greece, the now-extinct Molossian is considered to be the predecessor of many of today’s larger breeds, such as the Rottweiler and Great Dane. Terrorise your enemies and slow their progress with beehive, scorpion and snake-pot ballistas, or crush them under the weight of heavily-armoured Cataphract Camels and Mercenary Syrian Armoured Elephants. Comprising seven new battlefield units, Beasts of War brings further variety to ROME II’s already diverse unit roster. Their potential in warfare against the other successor states is also impressive, and an aggressive Pharaoh could well expand Egypt's boundaries far beyond the Nile valley.Marshall your savagery, and strike primal fear into the hearts of your enemies with the Beasts of War unit pack for ROME II. The Ptolemaic Pharaohs hold together a formidable kingdom and must be seen as a major power in the Eastern Mediterranean. All the succeeding Pharaohs have been called Ptolemy, and their sisters (more often than not) Cleopatra in the Egyptian fashion.Įgypt, therefore, is a rich land under the new Pharaohs and a centre of learning for the Greek world. The Ptolemaic dynasty adjusted rapidly to Egyptian ways and adopted the royal ways of the Pharaohs - including divine status and marriage between the Pharaoh and his sister in each generation. It is now ruled by Greek Pharaohs, the descendants of Ptolemy I, one of Alexander's able generals.

The Diadochi could only hold together to fragments of Alexander's empire.Įgypt was one part of that empire and by anyone's standards it is an ancient land. After his death, the mighty empire crumbled into pieces as his generals struggled against each other for the ultimate prize that none of them was quite strong enough to gain. Egypt is a playable faction in Total War: Rome Remastered.Īlexander the Great created the largest empire the world had ever seen.

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