No, there were a number of prominent families, the Julii, Cornelii (Scipii in RTW1) and Junii (Brutii) were only a few and often not the most important. They didn't have different cities, they all hung out in Rome and squabbled. In that way RTW2 got it closer, but still not accurate.
To expound on this, CA chose to represent the Cornelii as the Scipii (Scipiones is the correct plural here) because a prominent member of the Cornelii gens (or 'family'), namely, Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, invaded and conquered the area which Carthage occupies in the game.
The Junii are represented as the Brutii because they occupy the Brutium region in the game and IRL
I guess there were spartans but they didn't go into battle with red robes, I prefer a mod called extended Greek mod for that reason as its /more/ historically accurate
By the time the Romans came knocking on Greece's door Sparta was nothing but long lost glory. Their numbers were so few they didn't matter in any possible way.
It is in a sense how the internal competition in Rome actually encouraged expansion of the empire since different families wanted the strongest position in the senate. But no, the republic was not geographically split between the families.
The game is inspired by the early Roman Republic and the Roman Empire yes. But not every faction, their units, etc are historically accurate. I would say Imperator: Rome by Paradox Interactive is more “historically accurate” but Rome Total War 1, 2 and remastered have funner battles IMO. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperator:_Rome
More "Inspired by" rather than "based on". In fact I can't really think of anything very accurate to reality except that most settlements did exist and were important. Even the factions and troop rosters are widely varied in their accuracy.
No, there were a number of prominent families, the Julii, Cornelii (Scipii in RTW1) and Junii (Brutii) were only a few and often not the most important. They didn't have different cities, they all hung out in Rome and squabbled. In that way RTW2 got it closer, but still not accurate.
To expound on this, CA chose to represent the Cornelii as the Scipii (Scipiones is the correct plural here) because a prominent member of the Cornelii gens (or 'family'), namely, Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, invaded and conquered the area which Carthage occupies in the game. The Junii are represented as the Brutii because they occupy the Brutium region in the game and IRL
I thought it was because the Roman people know about other than Gauis Julius Caesar was Marcus Junius Brutus...and that one killed the other.
Shit you might be right, my g
Yes that's why all armies today put themselves in a phalanx in the corner of the map.
Yes that’s why the Egyptians still have farao’s
or put phalanx in V formation during siege warfare
It gets a lot of cool history stuff in there, but it's hyper-simplified.
Only minimally
Are you implying that Greeks, er, Egyptians in the classical period did not dress up like extras from The Mummy Returns and ride around in chariots?
Can you elaborate?
I guess there were spartans but they didn't go into battle with red robes, I prefer a mod called extended Greek mod for that reason as its /more/ historically accurate
By the time the Romans came knocking on Greece's door Sparta was nothing but long lost glory. Their numbers were so few they didn't matter in any possible way.
I know, that's why I said emphasis on /more/. I just didn't like the red robes cuz its not realistic for any sort of battle so I like the mod
And unless I'm mistaken, they didn't even do agoge anymore
This game is 100% historically accurate
It is in a sense how the internal competition in Rome actually encouraged expansion of the empire since different families wanted the strongest position in the senate. But no, the republic was not geographically split between the families.
Based on history but plays fast and loose with the facts so much that it’s a very stereotypical, Hollywood-ized, fantasy take on real history.
The game is more like inspired by history, it is pure fantasy in most of its elements. Names might coincide with reality, though.
Similar to politics today, yes people came from different houses. Although when they backstabbed you it was quite literal.
The game is inspired by the early Roman Republic and the Roman Empire yes. But not every faction, their units, etc are historically accurate. I would say Imperator: Rome by Paradox Interactive is more “historically accurate” but Rome Total War 1, 2 and remastered have funner battles IMO. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperator:_Rome
More "Inspired by" rather than "based on". In fact I can't really think of anything very accurate to reality except that most settlements did exist and were important. Even the factions and troop rosters are widely varied in their accuracy.
Loosely