Why is Rome so popular?

[Lord Lakely]

Rome is such a Civ Staple though. Anyone who played the game before expects they're in the game, thus, we CivFanatics expect them to be revealed soon.

 

[WorldWarIV]

Rome is such a Civ Staple though. Anyone who played the game before expects they're in the game, thus, we CivFanatics expect them to be revealed soon.

Sorry, can't resist: Ce serait sympa si un jour il y avait la Belgique dans le jeu avec une habileté liée à la bande-dessinée

Translation : It would be nice if one day there would be a Belgium civ with a UA related to comic books.

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[VicRatlhead5199]

Because we already saw Trajan model

What she said. I figured the leaked image meant it'd be next but that was a while ago. Now I don't know. Honestly now that the whole list was leaked I just vote whoever I want to see next.

 

[Zaarin]

I think Rome is just iconic with the Western idea of civilization. I've personally never found Greco-Roman history interesting, but it sort of dominates the field even so.

Budicca is iconic? How come?

For showcasing the absolute worst design in Civ5? First century Britonic queen sporting dreads, speaking Modern Welsh (in a very annoying voice, I might add), wearing a great kilt (and little else), swinging a gladius, ruling from Edinburgh, building ceilidhs, and sending out Pictish swordsmen (when the Picts may or may not even be Celtic).

 

[shyPiano]

Because they're the Romans!
The guys that conquered basically the entirely of southern Europe, north Africa and more!
They're the guys with the aqueducts, the baths, the forums, the temples, the arenas.
They're the guys that everyone else was trying to imitate, claiming to be the true successors of.
They're the guys whose names and words stereotypically end in "-ius", the guys who carried these long shields and made cool formations using them, the guys who had golden helmets and laurel wreaths.
They're the guys in Spartacus, the guys in Ben Hur, the guys in nearly every single biblical film (except if the film is about the story of Moses, in which case it's the Egyptians). They're the guys who Asterix and Obelix always sent flying through the air.

For the vast majority of the people posting here, the Romans heavily influenced they way they and their society live, and have done so for millennia. They have a huuuge influence in our way of life, our pop culture, even our own idea of what a Civilization is.
This is regardless of how Rome was depicted in Civilization V. Rome, all in all, it's just... cool. And maybe those who are more into history see Rome with less of a spark. Maybe hardcore CivFanatics see Rome with less of a spark. But for the casual enthusiast, Rome is really really awesome.
And maybe it's just me, but I like to see really really awesome civs in Civilization games.

 

[Alphons Rodulfo]

Rome was a favourite of mine in Civ 4 (or was it 3?) because of the legions. You could have lots of them and they could build roads and they could conquer the known world just as Roman legions are supposed to do. Perhaps the roman legions will be restored to their former glory in civ VI.

 

[Mount Suribachi]

Rome is such a Civ Staple though. Anyone who played the game before expects they're in the game, thus, we CivFanatics expect them to be revealed soon.

I love Rome and Roman history. Hadrians Wall is my favourite part of Britain. I played hundreds of hours of Rome:Total War, and the XP Barbarian Invasion.

But I've never played Rome in Civ 5, and I only played them once in Civ4, and I never had any iron on my island so I couldn't build their all powerful UU Civ 2 was nearly 20 years ago so I don't remember if I played them

Oh, and 2 pages and no-one has complained about the "eurocentrism" of including Rome?

 

[Josephias]

Yep, Rome is the Euro-Centrism itself. All other European civs (except the celts and norse and the greeks) could be summed up in Rome: Spain wanted to be the new Rome, France wanted to be the new Rome, Germany (the HRE), claimed it was the new Rome, Both Germany and Russia have Caesars (Kaisers, Tzars) as leaders still.

Nevertheless, they have developed with different mixed heritages Rome + ..., that make them different enough to be separate civs. But Rome is at their core.

And of course, Roman citizenship ("civitas"), is the model of civilization.

 

[Martinus]

I think Rome is a "Civilization's civilization". Its history, in a sense, is an archetype of what a civilization game should be like.

Unlike many great civilizations, such as China or Egypt, it actually conquered a massive empire well exceeding its "ethnic footprint".

Unlikely some great empires, such as Alexander's, it actually outlived its creator, and was based on sound institutions, rather than a personality of a charismatic leader.

Unlike many great conquerors, such as Attila the Hun and Genghis Khan, it actually spread culture, law, religion and art, rather than just being a horde.

And it's influence can be felt to this day, from Latin alphabet, to Roman law, to Christianity.

 

[Big J Money]

Movies and TV put it in peoples' consciousness.

 

[MaximusPlatypus]

It's kind of funny, in all the Rome scenarios, I always played as the other factions given the option. Something gratifying about sacking the empire. I think it was III? where you could combine the Great General into a super unit? yea, just send him up down the Italian peninsula ransacking everything in sight.

 

[ImperialChaos]

It was one of the most important civilizations in human history. All games had Rome. People want to see what Rome will be like in this game, esp with the district system. In my opinion, for Civilization games, Rome is the staple civ and Gandhi is the staple leader. I doubt there will ever be a game without them.

 

[DJ_Tanner]

Lately, when it's time to predict which civilization will be revealed next, Rome is always in the lead, so I guess it's a pretty popular civ. I was wondering why is that, since I felt Rome was pretty bland in CiV. Is there anyone who played regularly as Rome in CiV? Is it because of what a Rome civilization could be with the new mechanics? Or is it because the Roman empire was awesome?

It has a LOT to do with the fact that Rome is a "guaranteed" civ, and those tend to get released early. And the fact that the Trajan avatar was shown in an early video so it is kinda expected that they were 'done' and woulda been in the earlier builds.

 

[MaximusPlatypus]

I'm actually curious if there is a generic Greco-Roman architecture set or is it going to be unique to each civilization. In the unstacked Roman cities, I want to see columns, columns everywhere. Now I do have something to look forward to in the Roman announcement.

 

[nunor]

Sorry, can't resist: Ce serait sympa si un jour il y avait la Belgique dans le jeu avec une habileté liée à la bande-dessinée

Translation : It would be nice if one day there would be a Belgium civ with a UA related to comic books.

And chocolate and piss warm beer?

 

[WorldWarIV]

And chocolate and piss warm beer?

I'm sorry but they have great beers

 

[Scaramanga]

All roads lead to Rome, and so do Civ games. And Civ games were not built in a day either .

 

[Brutus2]

Rome is one of my favorites in Civ5 and I found them to be very versatile. Obviously you can go wide but 4 city tradition works great too. The discount on all buildings already built in Rome means you want to boost Rome and build lots of buildings there and since the bonus works with any building it helps with whatever victory you want to pursue throughout the entire game.

The two UU come at a perfect time. Personally I never really liked very early war, I prefer to get 3-4 cities and NC up and running and then if I have neighbors I want to conquer the UU arrive just in time. On the other hand, if I don't need to go to war those Legions are not useless like other UU because they can still build all my roads, leaving workers free to continue with improvements.

I'm super excited to find out what they will do with Rome this time around. It sounds like Legion will be back although I hope they have a new mechanic, I don't think the ability to build roads will be as useful this time since we can already do that with traders plus districts get free roads.

The bath district was not something I was expecting but without any info on what it does, its impossible to judge.

I just hope they retain the versatile empire building type abilities instead of being specifically military focused.

 

[apocalypse105]

Do you know nothing about europe history? Rome founded the fundation of modern europe today in laws religion and so on.

 

[Zaarin]

Both Germany and Russia have Caesars (Kaisers, Tzars) as leaders still.

Actually, the last kaiser was dethroned ninety-eight years ago, and the last tzar was murdered along with his family the same year.