Tower Shield - decrease damage received from missiles.

Medicine - increase priest healing rate.

Martyrdom - sacrifice priests to instantly convert units.

Logistics - reduces the population count by half for all units created at the barracks.

Romans - bonuses in infantry and construction.

Palmyrans - bonuses in economy and trade.

Macedonia - bonuses in siege units and missile resistance.

Carthaginians - bonuses in nautical and war elephant units.

Gameplay changes include adding larger maps and tweaking the interface. Additional new features include five new units, the ability to double click a single unit and select others of the same unit-type, and unit-build queuing. Four new researchable technologies have been added. The Rise of Rome features a new Roman architectural design, shared by all four new civilizations (the Romans, Palmyrans, Macedonians and Carthaginians).

Some other changes include larger maps and new ways to play such as adding unit queuing, using the period key to cycle through idle villagers, balancing damage done by Catapults, and increasing the population limit.

There are also additional new features and new units for the game. The Rise of Rome includes a few changes, including the new Roman architectural design shared by all four new civilizations.įour new research technologies have been added, most providing very good bonuses and making a large change in the gameplay strategy. Age of Empires The Rise of Rome Official Trailer (1998, Ensemble Microsoft)

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