Total War: ROME II - Empire Divided [Online Game Code]

Total War: ROME II – Empire Divided is a Steam DLC campaign pack for players who own Total War: ROME II – Emperor Edition and want to explore Rome’s third-century crisis through a new grand-scale campaign, 10 playable factions, and five leader-focused Heroic factions.

Recommended For

• Rome II players looking for a separate, full-scale campaign set during the Crisis of the Third Century, rather than another run through the base game’s period.
• Players interested in late Roman history who want to play through the era’s political fragmentation, including campaigns tied to leaders such as Aurelian and Zenobia.
• Campaign-focused strategy players who want to manage added pressures such as banditry and disease alongside provincial expansion and warfare.
• Rome II owners who want to choose among ten factions across Roman, Eastern, and Barbarian cultures, with different campaign situations and faction stories.

Real-World Use Scenarios

• When you want a large campaign about restoring or defending a fractured empire, choose a Roman faction such as Aurelian’s Rome or Gallic Rome; expect to balance rival Roman powers with pressure from neighboring factions.
• When you want a different starting position and strategic challenge in another campaign, pick among Roman, Eastern, or Barbarian factions; their leaders, faction traits, and campaign situations vary, so the opening priorities change with your choice.
• When expanding across provinces, plan for more than armies and buildings: banditry can reduce food exports, while plagues can spread through neighboring settlements, marching armies, and trade routes; managing sanitation and local order becomes part of keeping the campaign economy steady.
• When you want a leader-focused campaign, play one of the Heroic factions and follow its bespoke events and objectives; these provide a faction-specific thread alongside the broader struggle for territory.
• When returning to Rome II for a fresh campaign, expect most of the change to be on the campaign map—new faction starts and management systems—rather than a substantially different real-time battle experience.