Generals can pick up traits that allow them to fight at night, thereby granting allied armies bonus and conferring potential disadvantages on the enemy. Religion will be a major issue, especially with the resurgent Sassanid Empire's worship of Zoroaster and their persecution of Christians, and the different denominations of Christianity amongst the barbarians.
Paganism is still highly prevalent within the Barbarians and much of the Empire, especially in frontier towns and forts. Huge armies of Barbarian Horsemen threaten the once great Empire, as rivalry between the two weakens their borders.Ĭhristianity has become the state religion of the Roman empire.
In Europe, Barbarian tribes are on the move, ready and willing to cross the Rhine and Danube and attack the divided Romans. After decades of internal strife, the Roman Empire has been split in two.