Rome at War:
The Persian Front

Over the course of two thousand years, Rome faced many enemies. Few of them reached the same level of cultural and scientific achievement, and military power, except one. Rome fought Persia for over 550 years, a conflict ending only when the emergence of Islam upended the order of the ancient world.

Rome at War is our series of games based on warfare in the ancient world. It’s deceptively simple to play, taking place on two distinct levels. In the campaign game, players move their armies and either seek to advance or to block their enemy’s moves. When they do meet for a field battle, play moves to the battle maps, where units move and fight. More often, one side will hole up behind fortifications, where a siege can ensue, and the besieger can opt to starve them out or storm the walls. Much like our naval games, you can play out the entire campaign, or just the key battles: the games come with both campaign and battle scenarios.

Rome at War: The Persian Front is based on the wars between Late Imperial Rome and Sassanid Persia that took place between 337 and 384 AD. Constantius II of Rome fought off the Persian invaders led by Shapur II the Great between 337 and 350 and agains between 359 and 361. In 363 the Roaman Emperor Julian the Apostate launched a counter-invasion, resulting in his defeat and death.

Rome at War: The Persian Front is a new stand-alone, complete game in Playbook format. It makes use of the pieces from our old Fading Legions game, plus additional new pieces for the campaign games and siege functions plus some more units and leaders. Rome at War: The Persian Front includes four new maps, one of them a campaign map of Roman Mesopotamia, and new series rules with sieges and campaigns as well as the field battles (the old First Edition only included field battles). Rome at War: The Persian Front includes 36 scenarios - field battles, sieges and campaigns.

Stuff Included:

• 36 scenarios.
• Four rigid cardstock maps.
• 110 hugely oversized, 209 merely large playing pieces.

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Stock Code: APL0115

Price: $84.99

Status: Coming Soon

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