All the factions to choose are Roman (although if any faction is defeated, it can be chosen at the beginning of a new campaign), families that influenced at some time in the history of Rome: the Brutes ( Brutii ), the Julians ( Julii ) and the Scipio ( Scipii ). , and the player has to direct his faction towards the domination of the empire. The game deals with the principles of the increase of the power of Rome, in 270 a. Rome: Total War is a video game of real-time strategy by the British developer Creative Assembly, belonging to the series of video games Total War, of this same company, published in 2004.