The Empire relied on booty from conquered territories. The worst of all was that the Romans had no budgetary system. This was accounted for three simultaneous crises of external invasion, internal civil war and economic collapse. The income of the empire came mostly from its conquests. The Empire broke between Honorius and Arcadius in 395, when their father, the last Roman Emperor, Theodosius I, died.
Things got even worse when the Huns came knocking at their doors.Īctually, things were not all like this. Both are suffering from corruption, lack of military force, and civil war. The game starts from the year 363 A.D., with the Roman Empire fractured in two: The Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantium) and The Western Roman Empire. However, Barbarian Invasion barely reflects the historic truth. This expansion/invasion pack is somehow inspired from the first phase of the migration (fourth century A.D.) period.
This time, barbarians are those who will throw overboard all those tactics we have learned throughout the main game. By now, we have been accustomed to expect an invasion with every Total War title.
