The History Channel: Great Battles of Rome (2007) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

The History Channel: Great Battles of Rome

A real-time strategy game based around historical Roman battles.

59 8 June 2007

What The History Channel: Great Battles of Rome is

The History Channel: Great Battles of Rome is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by Slitherine Software UK Ltd. and released in 2007. It was published by Black Bean Games. It is available on PlayStation 2 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Legion.

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are educational and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the History Channel series

The History Channel: Great Battles of Rome is the third of 8 entries we hold in the History Channel series. It arrived 7 months after The History Channel: Civil War - A Nation Divided. The next entry was The History Channel: Battle for the Pacific in 2007. Its critic score of 59 is 6 points above the series average of 53. The highest-rated entry is Legends of War: Patton at 70.

See all 8 History Channel games in release order →

How it was received

The History Channel: Great Battles of Rome holds a critic score of 59 out of 100. That places it above 12% of the 612 rated real time strategy (rts) games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2007 averaged 64, so it scored 5 points below the year average.

What it launched against

The History Channel: Great Battles of Rome launched on 8 June 2007, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword, Ninja Gaiden Sigma and The Darkness. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword, Ninja Gaiden Sigma, The Darkness.

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