AGE OF ANTHEMIUS – BETA

The year is 471 AD.
The Roman world stands on the edge of total destruction.

The barbarian puppet master, Ricimer, seeks to overthrow the Emperor Anthemius after a failed campaign to restore the empire, and install his own instrument in his stead. The foederati march on Rome, and aim to take all of Italia…

In Gaul, the Magister Militum Syagrius desperately fends off the machinations of a fledgling Visigothic empire, ravenous Burgundians, and the Frankish king Childeric, seeking a new homeland for his peoples…

The British tyrant Ambrosius Aurelianus leads one last attempt to reinforce the empire, yet his army has been intercepted in Gaul, and Britannia is woefully undefended…

In the East, the Emperor Leo faces rebellious foederati of his own as well as a recently belligerent Vandalic kingdom, while the Sassanids march against the last vestiges of the Hunnic Empire once and for all.

If Anthemius can turn the tide, he may yet be able to reinforce the last desperate enclaves of the true Romans, restore the light of Rome to the world, and be crowned Restitutor Orbis. It will truly be the…

1. A brand new historical campaign spanning the last days of the Roman emperors, and the rise of the barbarian and foederati kingdoms.
2. A more authentic portrayal of the foederati kingdoms that sought to retain the institutions of Rome, and the barbarian kingdoms that sought to destroy it.
3. Entirely custom family trees with unique characters, family members, and generals.

• A full Roman unit overhaul for both the West and East, featuring a new recruitment system, AoR troops via the garrison chain in certain provinces, and a fresh roster! We will let you, the players, discover it for yourselves!
• A tech overhaul for Western Rome, featuring a brand new mechanic not seen in any other mod: Pillars of Destruction! These ‘pillars’ in reality replace the disliked legacy techs. How will you solve institutional corruption, depopulation, and the many, many other issues plaguing the Empire? Research the required techs to remove the pillar from generating its negative effects! Though be prepared for unforeseen consequences…
• Newly implemented changeable faction names for almost all playable factions, for tribes to become nations and claimants to become empires…
• Prepare to defend both halves of the Empire with the implementation of region trading! Now you don’t have to steal land from your fellow Romans (or Goths) in order to restore the world! After (re)conquering a region, simply hand it back to its rightful owners!
• Though don’t strain your armies too much, or you might end up losing a major battle, and with that something even more major: the very will of your people! War weariness is now here and ready to plunge your endeavors into chaos if you’re not a careful warmonger…
• Many bugfixes, script cleanups and various quality of life improvements, multiple of which suggested by you, the players!
• …And much more!

IMPERIUM ROMANUM

• Imperium Romanum Pars Occidentalis (Anthemius)
• Imperium Romanum Pars Orientalis (Leo)
• Dioceses Galliorum (Syragius)
• Dioceses Dalmatiae (Julius Nepos)
• Dioceses Britannorum (Ambrosius Aurelianus)

FOEDERATUS ROMANUM

• Austragutþiuda (Theodimir)
• Weisagutþiuda (Euric)
• Salli (Childeric)

REGNA BARBARORUM

• Vandali (Gainas)
• Sweboz (Hermeneric)

REGNA ORIENTALIA

• Eranshahr (Peroz)
• Kartli (Vakhtang) STILL IN DEVELOPMENT 🙂
• Parskahayasdan (Arderveshnasp) STILL IN DEVELOPMENT 🙂

AND MORE…

(Remember to react to the rules!)

• Cicer Vopiscus – Implementation, db, startpos, campaign design, character/unit design, historical research, testing.
• Korean3451 – Art, writing, campaign design, historical research, testing.
• Vlka Fenryka – Implementation, db, character/unit design, historical research, testing.

The models and textures in this mod are part of the Age of Justinian model packs used by the team, which contain the excellent work of:

• The Anno Domini team
• The Beginning of an End team
• Fall of the Eagles: Part 2
• Kagarino Kirie
• Davicolt[sketchfab.com]
• Avetis
• Celticus

Be sure to check out their original work!