For the faction in Barbarian Invasion, see Eastern Roman Empire.
The Eastern Roman Empire is a playable faction in Total War: Attila.
Overview[]
“The division of the Roman Empire has unshackled the East, allowing it to take control of the Roman world.”
The new administrative centre at Constantinople has allowed the Eastern Romans to replace the antiquated systems throttling the economy and enfeebling Rome’s Emperors. As a result, new trade networks and fiscal reforms fill its coffers, all run by a centralised bureaucracy and a powerful state church. The East has safely weathered the storm of barbarian migration, often by diverting them into the West. However, the young Emperor Arcadius will have to negotiate barbarian threats, court intrigues, and the ever-present Sassanid menace to ensure that the last light of the Roman Empire continues to burn.
While the Western Roman Empire ails and withers, the Eastern Roman Empire is an economic powerhouse, and reaps the benefits of this through treasury interest and trade tariffs. Militarily, she begins the campaign in a reasonably capable position, but with a clear and immediate threat as Alaric leads his Visigoth armies into Roman-held Thracia and Macedonia… mere regions away from Constantinople itself.
Faction Traits[]
Cultural Traits[]
Imperial Allegiance[]
"The benefits of Empire hold a certain appeal, especially to the outside observer."
- Can levy units from friendly hordes passing through Roman territory
Faction Traits[]
Economic Powerhouse[]
"Straddle the crossroads of the world and take pick of everything that passes by."
- Income: +5% interest on treasury at end of turn
- Trade tariffs: +50%
Unit Roster[]
| Melee Infantry | Cohors • Eastern Armoured Legio • Exploratores • Hetaireia Guards • Legio • Legio Comitatenses • Numeroi • Palatina • Palatina Guards • Praeventores • Protectores Domestici |
|---|---|
| Spear Infantry | Comitatensis Spears • Eastern Auxilia Palatina • Lanciarii Seniores • Limitanei Borderguards |
| Pike Infantry | Menaulatoi |
| Missile Infantry | Armoured Sagittarii • Ballistarii • Elite Ballistarii • Funditores • Levis Armaturae • Sagittarii |
| Melee Cavalry | Comes • Equites Dalmatae • Equites Promoti • Excubitores Cavalry Guard • Magister Militum • Scholae Palatinae • Scout Equites • Tagmata Cavalry |
| Shock Cavalry | Catafractarii • Clibanarii • Contarii |
| Missile Cavalry | Equites Sagittarii • Imperial Dromedarii |
| Siege Artillery | Onager • Bastion Onager • Large Onager |
| Field Artillery | Cheiroballistra |
Starting Conditions[]
Regions[]
Dardania
- Serdica
- Scupi
- Viminacium
Macedonia
- Thessalonica
- Corinthus
- Dyrrhachium
Thracia
- Constantinople
- Trimontium
- Marcianopolis
Asia
- Ephesus
- Cyzicus
- Synnada
Bythinia
- Ancyra
- Nicomedia
- Amasea
Insulae Orientalis
- Gortyna
- Rhodos
- Constantia
Cilicia
- Tarsus
- Iconium
- Myra
Cappadocia
- Caesaria Eusebia
- Trapezus
- Melitene
Osroene
- Edessa
- Amida
Syria
- Antiochia
- Tyrus
- Emesa
Palaestinia
- Nova Trajana Bostra
- Aila
- Aeila Capitolina
Aegyptus
- Alexandria
- Berenice
- Oxyrhynchus
Libya
- Ptolemais
- Paraetonium
- Augila
Units[]
See Roman Units
Trivia[]
The symbol of the Eastern Roman Empire is a double-headed eagle. This iconographic symbol originating from the Bronze Age has been used as a symbol by various houses and states. Its association with the Byzantine Empire is attributed to Michael VIII Palaeologus who restored it in 1261 AD and established the Palaiologos dynasty whose house insignia is a double-headed eagle.
Gallery[]
| Total War: Attila Factions | |
|---|---|
| Nomadic Factions | Huns • White Huns |
| Roman Factions | Eastern Roman Empire • Western Roman Empire |
| Eastern Factions | Sassanid Empire • Garamantians • Lakhmids • Aksum • Himyar • Tanukhids |
| Barbarian Factions | Visigoths • Vandals • Alans • Saxons • Ostrogoths • Franks • Suebians • Danes • Geats • Jutes • Langobards • Alamans • Burgundians • Ebdanians • Picts • Caledonians • Anteans • Sclavenians • Venedians |
| The Last Roman Factions | Frankish Kingdom • Ostrogothic Kingdom • Roman Expedition • Vandalic Kingdom • Visigothic Kingdom |
| Age Of Charlemagne Factions | Kingdom of Asturias • Kingdom of Charlemagne • Kingdom of the Lombards • Avars • Emirate of Cordoba • Kingdom of Mercia • Kingdom of the Danes • Westphalia |