Uploaded December 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Long after Sparta's golden age, King Areus hits upon an idea to restore the brilliance of his people, with a little help from a few polite Roman diplomats.

This story is very vaguely based on the opening of a Rome 2 campaign I started recently, some footage of which appears in the background video. I'll be doing gameplay commentary on that over on the OfficiallyDevin channel in the coming weeks. I guess this is the introduction to that campaign!

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