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The Greek States Culture Pack adds a new playable Culture including three new
playable Factions to Total War: ROME II; for use in Single or Multiplayer
Campaign modes and Custom and Multiplayer Battles.

The Greek States Culture Pack adds diplomatic Athens, shrewd Epirus and
formidable Sparta as playable factions. Each offers range of special tactics
to achieve cultural and martial victories, and lethal elite units to crush
foes in battle.

The Greek States share a number of common goals, philosophies and general
diplomatic aims. However, they are defined by their fierce independence and
between them demonstrate a huge variety in approach to civil and military
challenges that often brings them into conflict with the wider world, and each
other.

New Features:

New Playable Factions – Athens, Epirus and Sparta each offer a unique new way
to experience the campaign, with their own rosters of powerful military units,
distinct traits and play styles.
The Athenian pursuit of enlightenment grants them technological and cultural
bonuses; Sparta’s dominance over the Helots allows them to maintain a larger
slave population; and Epirus enjoys bonuses to settlement exploitation
stemming from their village-confederation origins.

New Cultural Traits – All Greek States benefit from a bonus in battle when
defending their own or an allied territory, a bonus to wealth generated by
their capitals and an increase to the rate of cultural conversion within their
borders.

New Cultural Objectives – Greek States have their own new set of military,
economic and cultural victory conditions, as well as sharing a unique set of
bonus objectives drawn from Greek history. Additionally, each faction will
have to contend with its unique events and dilemmas.

New Military Traditions – Each of the Greek States has a unique top-tier
military tradition: Athenian fleets may be honoured as Children of the
Aegaean, improving the ramming ability of their ships whilst allowing them to
secure more income when raiding; Spartan armies may be remembered as Peers of
Leonidas, improving their melee defense capabilities and reducing their
upkeep; the armies of Epirus may be feared as Hounds of Molossus, granting
them greater charge bonuses whilst allowing them to keep public order problems
in check.

New Units:

In addition to the intimidating unit rosters of each faction now playable for
the first time, the Greek States Culture Pack introduces a variety of unique
and especially elite and deadly forces.

Mercenary Veteran Hoplites – [available to all playable factions]
From glistening spear points to earth-shaking tread, a phalanx is a sight and
sound to inspire dread. With these veteran hoplites, that dread is sold to the
highest bidder.

Thureos Hoplites – [Available to Athens]
While the linen breastplates worn by these men may look flimsy, they are cool,
practical and surprisingly tough. As with all hoplites, the men inside are
also practical and tough warriors.

Thorax Hoplites – [Unique to Athens]
These heavy hoplites are marked by their bronze breastplate armour, a sign of
wealth and status. They are armed with spears and hoplon shields, and use the
phalanx formation to batter enemies into submission.

Agrianian Axemen – [Unique to Epirus and Macedon]
The Paeonian tribe of Agrianes are fierce fighters. As well as terrible
killing tools, their axes are also climbing hooks for rough terrain. No
sensible general would not use them in an assault.

Aspis Companion Cavalry – [Unique to Epirus and Macedon]
A king’s companions in battle are his nobles and esteemed friends. It is an
honour to be a companion, to ride forth with javelin and kopis to fight for
your lord and master.

Heroes of Sparta – [Unique to Sparta]
Embodying the spirit of Thermopylae, the Heroes Of Sparta bear their spears
and shields with fierce pride and unrivalled mastery.

Polybolos Repeating Scorpion – [Siege Deployable available to all Greek, Roman
and Carthaginian factions]
Able to make short work of even the most heavily-armoured opponents, this
repeating bolt thrower sacrifices the ordinary Scorpion’s range in return for
a rapid rate of fire.

Tortoise Armoured Battering Ram – [Siege Deployable available to all Greek,
Roman and Carthaginian factions]
Combining devastating ramming power while affording protection to its crew,
used well the Tortoise more than makes up for its lack of speed and
manoeuvrability in open ground.

New Buildings:

The Monument of Leonidas – [Unique to Sparta]
A symbol of Sparta’s overridingly martial culture, The Monument of Leonidas
brings cost reductions to military recruitment, significantly increases the
morale of land units in the province and a global morale boost to existing
units.

Oracle of Dodona – [Unique to Epirus]
This sacred grove is the domain of the priests and priestesses of Epirus. The
Oracle of Dodona increases provincial happiness, wealth, and the global
conversion of other factions to Hellenic culture.

Acropolis – [Unique to Athens]
A symbol of Athenian high culture and engineering excellence, The Acropolis
also provides extra garrison forces to Athens, increases tax level, improves
the city’s abilities to withstand sieges, and increases Athenian agents’
Authority actions.

Faction History:

Athens
Athens has long been famed for its cultural achievements, from buildings such
as the Parthenon, to the plays and works of Aristophanes, Plato, Socrates, and
Sophocles. In many ways, Greek culture is defined by Athens. Its military
focus has long been its navy; however, continuing the traditions of the
classical era, its citizens are also expected to contribute both infantry and
cavalry to its armies.

Epirus
Epirus is a Greek kingdom formed of numerous small villages and towns, rather
than the great cities of the south. An agriculture and fishing-based society,
Epirus nevertheless maintains a balanced army on the Alexandrian model,
consisting of cavalry, archers, peltasts, phalangites and war elephants. They
also make extensive use of mercenaries from throughout the Greek-speaking
world.

Sparta
With every aspect of their lives and society geared towards warfare, Sparta
dominated the Greek world and continues to produce arguably the finest
soldiers of the Hellenic period. The slaves and non-citizens of Sparta enable
their citizens to pursue warrior perfection as soldiers and champions. Trained
and hardened in battle, their warriors and leaders are the embodiment of
military discipline and virtue.

Total War: ROME II – Greek States Culture Pack