AURELIAN RISES! Total War: Rome II - Empire Divided - Aurelian Campaign #1

[@lionheartx10]

*Get Empire Divided 15% OFF HERE:* uk.gamesplanet.com/game/total-war-rome-ii-empire-divided-steam-key--1389-8?ref=lionheartx10 *Can we hit 2,000 likes for an Early Hour Special at part 5? Feel Free To Leave A Like If You're Enjoying The Series! I hope you enjoy part 1 of my Aurelian Let's Play, I'll be uploading part 2 Tomorrow!* *1440p HD Will Be Available Soon! Skip to **4:21** for Gameplay Start*

[@rcarnright87]

lionheartx10 the diplomat you sent to the Gothi hates barbarians. That might be why he betrayed you.

[@andylerner5645]

Like

[@andylerner5645]

I think you should just push and Burn

[@andylerner5645]

Agreed he settles for money he'll start settling for blood

[@claydays4894]

lionheartx10 if u want stability its better to raze instead of occupying

[@explosiongames11]

Aurelian was too good for this world

[@kohank5938]

And this world betrayed him like a bitch.

[@kristiankepley5944]

He was a bit of a bastard to be fair. Hated Christians and bit of a egomaniac. But to be fair. Which Roman wasn’t?

[@Scoffslaphead72]

@@kristiankepley5944 lets be fair, romans weren't nice people.

[@kristiankepley5944]

@Spiratis I do. And several billion Christians around the world

[@kristiankepley5944]

@@Scoffslaphead72 Nope. They were jerks to say it lightly. But they were better than most their neighbors

[@drinks1019]

It’s over Anakin! I have the high ground! You underestimate my horse archers!

[@victuz]

Don't try it...

[@lukelarson4996]

Lol

[@michanycz7166]

Ave, Lionheart! 1) Are you trading with all possible factions? You're not at war with Palmyra, are you? If not - trade with them - even if it is for a turn or two. When war comes - turn their neighbours against them. 2) Isn't Egypt your client state? That should be a wealthy province - trade with them. 3) The war with the Gothi is going to come soon. Buff up Dacia's garrisons. Dacia is the gateway to Thracia and the heartland of your empire. It is higly probable, that it is going to be a defensive war for you - at least for a while. 4) Ravage Sicily! Your forces should conduct a systematic pillage campaign - to draw out your enemies and confuse them. By drawing your enemies South you will make it easier for Aurelian to get to Rome. 5) When Aurelian reaches Rome - send that army from Dyrrachium by sea - to reinforce him and to garrison Rome as he moves south. 6) Once you take back Italy, chase the remnants of the pretenders with a small army and a middle sized fleet. 7) Your first major enemy should be Tetricus. But donot attack him from Cisalpine Gaul. This is where they will be waiting for you. Defend Italy and attack his soft, exposed underbelly instead - Southern Gaul (Massalia for example). 8) Once the war with Tetricus starts, send the army from Carthage to attack Tetricus' client states in Spain. The goal is not to win, but to take the initiative and not to let them help Tetricus by harrassing you. 9) Look at the rosters of your enemies and addjust your armies. You need some anti cavalry tools. 10) Could you please recruit a spy? 11) Please remember what I said on that Seleucid campaign - many many moons ago - it's not about the cities, but about the annihilation of their armies. It's not about Rome. It's about the Roman empire. Ok, that's me done. I hope I still manage to make some sense. Regards M

[@theopinionator7196]

Its so good to see new historical total wars, especially on lionheart's channel

[@karsboucher4047]

The Rome 1 music is so good

[@sjinnie_boy4988]

Kars Boucher It really is

[@andylerner5645]

Like

[@alexandru-ttp]

to bad his talking to much and dont understand much of the song

[@davidquezada50]

Kars Boucher outdated thou :/ needs a remastered

[@mattcollins8478]

I'm pretty sure the words are in Latin. So, unless you are fluent...:P

[@somnius2519]

You know, I first found your channel while you were doing you Rome II Sparta campaign. I got hooked on it pretty quick and have been watching you since. I've absolutely adored the Warhammer games and series' that you've done (the Lizardmen in particular), but this is bringing back some really fond memories. Thanks for this.

[@shadowwarrior1003]

same

[@brooksgrowney9594]

Nightmare of Onyx

[@deanrinnan]

Literally verbatim what I was thinking while viewing this

[@Raylghy]

Me as we'll he exact same way

[@AHumblePear]

The Sun God's Empire: Part 1: Pear 1: Aurelian ran a hand through his hair and resisted the urge to slam his fist on the tabletop. Across the table from him one of his attendants babbled on about the ‘dire situation’ his empire was in, as if he didn’t know. The stone walls of the brightly lit room reverberated with his inane speech, bouncing the pitiful tone back into his ears excruciatingly. “...and if no action is taken, there is nothing to prevent them from sweeping south and west into Iberia once more, and who can say what devastation will result from that! The west will succumb, and if they fall they’ll take with them…” Aurelian’s fingers curled and straightened as he tried to compose himself. Before him, spread out across the table, was a map of the empire. It was a map that he knew well, one whose borders had stood immovable for generations. No longer. Now the east, resurgent under a new dynasty, threatened to take on the expansionist dreams of dozens of Mesopotamian empires before them, and take a lasting hold of Europe. He needed the eastern provinces to be strong, and instead they had broken away and taken half of Rome’s food supply with them. Queen Zenobia of this new Palmyrene Empire was someone Aurelian struggled to get a picture of. She was better than the Sassanids at least, but supporting her in holding the enemy back would only strengthen her bid for independence… it was enough to give a man an aneurysm. As if that wasn’t enough, this ‘Gallic Empire’ was sapping resources away from a Rome that desperately needed them. Rome had kept the Barbarian at the gates for centuries, but now that was becoming impossible. Even now, the savages were in Roman lands, pillaging and looting as was their nature. Aurelian could feel an artery pulsing in his temple. He should have thrown himself off a cliff before he had let himself become emperor of this. _Perhaps Quintillus would have made a better emperor_ , he mused. But no, the legions had refused to recognise his authority for a reason. Tyrannical dynasties had ruined Rome from the core, and bowing to another emperor for no other reason than for being brother of the last one was like throwing Rome into the fire, and once his last remnants of support in Italy were crushed, that at least could be prevented. A strong ruler was what Rome needed now, an emperor of soldiers as the first emperors had been; the only thing that could hold this fractious people together against chaos. No-one else could do what had to be done: his men knew that, and he knew that. If he couldn’t do it, then unimaginable darkness would follow; and for a champion of Sol, such as he was, darkness was a force he could not abide with. Dimly aware that the annoying man was still running his mouth about grave threats and imminent doom, Aurelian snapped and brought his hand down on the table in a sudden motion that made the attendant jump. The table shook as Aurelian rose. The timid man across from him slunk back and was silent. “Is there anything else?” Aurelian offered. “I-I-I’m sorry if I offended you, your majesty.” the attendant whimpered “Only, the senators want to know what you intend to do.” The senate; a laughable institution. Aurelian brushed a hand over the map, covering his empire from the Atlantic to the far reaches of the Black Sea. Fractured, dissonant, crumbling; was this the end of Rome? Would Emperor Aurelian live to see the end of the world? He set his jaw and looked the attendant dead in the eye “Well then, tell them this: I intend to save this broken empire. The sun god has returned to Rome.” Hi guys, I’m A Humble Pear, you might know me from my stories on the Maratha or Prussia series. For Empire Divided I’m teaming up with ImperatorGamer and Centurion Titus to take turns to to write a part each for the duration of the series one after the other, picking up where the last one left off! That’s it from me, next part you can expect Centurion Titus, and ImperatorGamer after that. We hope you enjoy!

[@jimmu8689]

A Humble Pear damn your fucking quick

[@arseniosch6116]

And I was just about to start studying History for school....well it seems I will after this.

[@somnius2519]

You're back……… I'm excited.

[@owlthemolfar4690]

So the legend begin!

[@Blackcroat]

Nice man, but don't forget that Aurelian was a stoic. You can get his Meditations online in PDF ;)

[@BoomTownJava]

Love the DLC and the time period, however in any Total War game, I dislike starting with a large empire. Too much to manage. I enjoy starting with max 4 regions and building into a large empire over time. I really enjoyed Egypt's campaign in all the various DLC in Rome II. Cheers CA on a job well done.

[@ravinscriptz2513]

Hello from 4 years in the future, I’m not sure if your still active or not but I totally agree with you, always fun starting small without a lot to manage.

[@cringestudios6295]

@@ravinscriptz2513 Hello from 6 months in the future, I´m not sure your still active but I do a agree.

[@williezhang1250]

Lionheart, to stabilize your food, you should focus on upgrading your farm settlements in Dacia, Africa, and Sicily. They provide food per EVERY province so after you upgrade them, you won't need to worry about food for a very long time.

[@Nikola24able]

Willie Zhang I believe that was changed now it only gives food for that particular province and province that borders that one. Could be wrong but I do believe I read it in patch notes

[@victuz]

Nikola24able No, all the provinces share/import the food from each other. You can make a *self sustainable* province system (that is harder and costly in the beginning but in the end it worth every second of it) or a province system that helps itself by *separate sectors* (it's easy to make in the beginning but can cause you many troubles if enemies overrun the province, making you pass through food or money shortages.

[@davidburroughs7068]

Glad to see this. It will be interesting to see if this Apolonia will benefit in protection by our having a navy there cutting off mainlain Italy attacks, as it benefitted in one of your recent earlier DEI Grecian campaigns. Nice start, cool game system.

[@Ratzo123ify]

Man, that research tree looks more like a history lesson than a gameplay mechanic! I love it! Also, when it comes to the pronunciation of ancient latin, there are really only two things to keep in mind. Always pronounce C as K, and the word stress, for which the basic rule is that if a word has more than three syllables, then the stress falls on the second to last one, and if it has less than three syllables, the stress falls on the first syllable. There's a bit more to it than that depending on a number of things, but for the purpose of this campaign I think the basics will suffice ;P

[@ArmidasTV]

Damn that Rome 1 music! The FEEEEELS!

[@mikemac1298]

Everything is so clear with what you have to do now. The way they've organized the building chain and politics were needed so bad. The changes to the encyclopedia also made a world of difference.

[@goodman4966]

love that Rome 1 music and love the soug at 20:53

[@BinkyTheElf1]

The RTW singer is Angela Van Dyck (Dike), wife of the original RTW soundtrack composer. She was not in RTW2, I understood, but I’ve heard her voice in the background of W:TW. Makes a great background for this new game.

[@SgtNeutralGames]

So thrilled to see another series pop up! Thanks so much for doing what you do LionHeart. Keep up the bloody great work.

[@fakjbf3129]

If you take all of a faction's settlements then their army will face massive attrition penalties, but it doesn't go away instantly. That's why you didn't fail your Odryssian Campaign, remember? Athens took your Dacian provinces, but you were able to go north and conquer a barbarian settlement and then expanded from there.

[@sigilork785]

Thanks for playing this - yes, yes

[@berghi805]

Dude i just started watching this series and i actually live in Zarmizegetusa(Sarmizegetusa) :DD

[@MrJakey737]

you became untrustworthy because technically you made peace with them after only being at war for one turn which upsets people

[@thefourth1795]

Whoa the music and graphic designer is good and the troops is changing is good

[@Splodge542]

I like the new fresher look. Like the 3rd century helmets. Don't like going back the red and yellow pyjama brigade. It'll be a lot better when Dresden gets to mod it or we get new shield skins and better skins all over.

[@yishiliu4156]

Playing Aurelian is like a fire fighter simulation where you are too busy putting off fire than keeping all settlement growing healthy. But that's pretty much historic accurate :(

[@kristofferh.nielsen9789]

MMMM Lionheartx10. The channel that just keeps on giving me my stuff :)

[@zarinth]

You are untrustworthy because you ended the war against the Gothi for money and an ally ( Lydia) needed you to be part of that war.

[@zarinth]

20:04 as it happens

[@brotherbuddha89]

This made me laugh the way it played out, watching him make the choice then he instantly receives the negative feedback in the reliability rating yet he doesn't make the connection so he does the same thing again. XD

[@augustus1889]

It's actually because you lose reliability for ending a treaty before 10 turns have passed. War counts as one of those treaties, and since it's at the campaigns start he hasn't been at war for those 10 turns.

[@zarinth]

ah

[@Gunner6000WarZ]

War shouldnt count as a treaty IMO. War is an extreme lack of all treaties and diplomatic options.

[@wtfnuoob]

Somehow I never saw this series had started. So glad to see Lion back in ancient Rome!

[@justinwainwright5069]

Really digging the music mod. I *loved* the music form Rome 1. Spent many an awesome hour growing up with that soundtrack as the background music

[@SonicNitro]

Just incase you didn't notice Lionheart, you got one more settlement called Petrodava in Dacia that isn't under your control. It belongs to the Gothi. You don't have to take this one straight away since both of agreed to a peace treaty. Just send Aurelian west as you plan to, but leave a small army just in case. When the time is right, you can use that army to take the last settlement to complete the province and maybe wipe the Gothi out. Not sure if alternatively you could ask them to surrender it through diplomacy.

[@CrixxionGamingOfficial]

Interesting how the death of Severus left rome.... Severed? heheheheh

[@filippinter9469]

Crixxion Gaming cringe but accurate

[@awesomefinnbro6190]

FINALLY! I HAVE WAITED SO LONG! STEP ASIDE MACEDONIA! THERE'S A NEW KING COME IN AURELIAN!

[@MagicianCamille]

Reliability is a global variable, so it won't change depending on who you're doing diplomacy with. Ending wars within 10 turns of starting them hurts your reliability. The wars you're in at the start of a campaign are counted as having started from turn 1, so you can't end them until turn 11 without taking a reliability hit. This is true for Rome 2, Attila, and both Warhammer games. Not sure about ToB or 3K, but probably.

[@fourlamb1]

Fuck yeah! Lionheart, Lionheart, Lionheart!!! 0:01 into the video, Here take my like!

[@mie_gor96]

Your voice is so calming.. So relaxing watching this video :D

[@thejuayway]

the updated graphics look amazing!

[@sjinnie_boy4988]

Really looking forward to this!

[@ProvidenceNL]

Damn, that rome 1 music is so good, his such a huge nostalgic note for me haha.

[@jonnyboy12334]

So glad your back doing Total War Rome 2

[@darthraven178]

Great content as always, look forward to see how this series plays out.

[@kobakareli]

Man, I missed historical titles

[@jesseleek2968]

Really looking forward to this playtrough

[@samharris008]

ROME 2 thankkkkk godddddd been waiting agessss

[@SkyGuy4991]

Thinking on it now, the Warhammer games were cool, but that's all they were... cool. There's no depth to them like the historical titles like Shogun II, Rome II, and Atillia, like internal factions and politics. I really think that, despite the fewer mechanics, the historical titles are much more superior to the Warhammer titles.

[@sjinnie_boy4988]

1231Skyguy Amen

[@madladjunoir288]

this 100%, although I'm more than happy to let CA work on warhammer titles to allow their historical titles to get more polish, heres hoping the next big historical title will be medieval 3

[@SkyGuy4991]

Personally, I'm more into the idea of a Shogun III or Empire II; I feel like they expand more on those eras now that they have new engines and province/region mechanics to work with. I wouldn't say no to a Total War title set in ancient China either.

[@DustandFlour]

Yes! So much could be done with ancient China! All the different eras with all the different kingdoms.. Just Asia in general could be a very interesting setting for a total war game. My heart dropped when i saw Thrones of Brittania as the next historical release.. To the be lifted again in the knowledge that the saga games are spinoffs and not major titles. I'm really hoping for an Asian setting in the next major historical title!

[@robbedoes77]

I like both. Sometimes I like to imagine the past, and participate in it. Other times I like to enter a fantasy world and broaden my imagination by leading a faction in an imaginary universe.

[@parkmeng7614]

Hell yeah, another ROME II series!!!

[@crusader7659]

Honestly, I was hoping that this dlc would happen, but I thought it would be done in Attila.

[@davidquezada50]

Crusader kinda wish it was attilla engine instead Plus having segmenttat in-game for modding be cool as well. But I guess attilla armour in Rome ii is cool as well I used a lot in my mods xD

[@crusader7659]

Agreed. Attila was just a better game as a whole. Half of the fun of Rome 2 was modding it beyond recognition. It still looks like they fixed the bugs from the launch 3 years ago. Also, glad to see people talking about Tetricus, you never hear about him (for the obvious reasons that most people have lives and I don't so I just know way too much about history).

[@davidquezada50]

Crusader OMG someone who has the same thought about attilla Agree ! But I do love modding Rome 2 so many mods to customize Rome 2 to your own game xD

[@lnonno9321]

Crusader The merits this dlc has on Rome 2 is really only the modding community being active enough to improve the DLC

[@thegamingteacher5533]

Looking forward to this campaign play through lionheart. Keep it up.

[@jokerpersona01]

Finally Rome is back

[@jl9211]

29:14 SUPREME KANG ALBERTO BARBAROSSA

[@ManCheat2]

HE WUZ KANG

[@gamelot12093]

For Sol Invictus

[@lawrence142002]

Nice one. Can't wait for part 2.

[@VelveteenVermilion]

Anyone know what ost that played at 52:30.

[@ollielaming6513]

Marcus Tacitus; your diplomat ( not related to the historian) becomes Emperor briefly in the years after Aurelian's death. I hope it's not a coincidence.

[@madx10thtimberhusky10]

WHAT!!! Lion you picked the faction I wanted to see you play as and here once again in Rome 2 where I first saw your video's and subbed to you and watched all your video's and yes I was with you when you hit 200,000 subs as well. I hope to see you do well with this lets play and not to much Wall-E Derp Heart-XD this time I hope.

[@Fred3n87]

18:45 You have to deal with Zenobia first before going to Gaul, if you want to be somewhat historical.

[@MilanPavlovic540]

Geopolitical Simulation 4 + Total War Series = Exelent game.

[@CelticWarband]

This worked out perfect because I just finished your Rome, Iceni, and Sparta let's plays. More Rome II! Can't wait to start my own let's play November 30th!

[@prestonh5185]

Name for Navy "qui creavit eam" which is Latin for Possessor of the ark since it is rumored that Rome at one time had the Ark of the covenant.

[@dave1994jones]

Instantly recongised mark strong's voice acting

[@williamyuen3431]

I think the diplomatic mission failed because the diplomat has a trait that hates barbarians.

[@primachpepe8597]

Its over Anakin!! i have the high ground!!

[@louisstabile1182]

Another historical campaign woooo! :D

[@rabidXmexijewX]

Take Sicily you can use it as a close recruitment site and a raiding province until you take Rome keep it as a recruitment province to take Africa and once you push in on Rome you can pincer them between 2 or more army's sweeping in from North and South taking Rome faster increasing the the time for profit

[@TheBavarianGamer]

I thought this is a user campaign mod when I saw it on your channel. But its a new DLC campaign from Creative Assembly that I haven´t heard a single word of by now? How is this possible :O Also suprising to see them still making content for Rome 2

[@JakobDrawitsch]

runningA they've hinted a lot on something for a long time. The announcement was 2 weeks or so ago

[@TheSpicyLeg]

I can't be the only one who during Rome campaigns goes to Iberia to recruit slinger auxiliaries armies just for the AI's horse archer spam.

[@arnodesmet2986]

The levi spam is real

[@CommissarMitch]

Lionheart. In Rome 2 and onwards you need to kill all the armies for a faction to die out.

[@ajmizenko983]

Seeing you destroy those Christian gatherings made my Catholic Heart hurt

[@sjinnie_boy4988]

andrew mizenko It gave my Roman heart joy! *evil laugh* Muhahaha

[@JimRFF]

you heathen

[@ajmizenko983]

Viktor Fälth BOOOO 👎🏻

[@Speederzzz]

Seeing him distroy those Mythraic gatherings made my mythraic heart hurt

[@crusader7659]

Crusade to retake Lionheart's channel. Deus Vult!

[@sam8black676]

what is the name of the first soundtrack music mode ? 5:26

[@sawney_bean]

Lionheart needs only 20 good men

[@edwardjoo4986]

viri perfectissimi literally translated to the very perfect men

[@ragnarokkr977]

There’s a mistake in the info under the map for Rome it say “when auralian (has) hailed by the army” instead of (was)

[@chadtopia]

I think all of us butcher the names, Lionheart :)

[@arqamtahir2379]

your game control is grate bro i have a bad speed in game so i lose more timeee

[@sohamc4979]

My neighbours love this campaign so much that they threw a brick into my window so they could hear it better :)

[@dylanjones7485]

Aurelian is one of the gods tbh

[@neo90sr]

i have an issue with armies not reinforcing, anyone know how to fix this?

[@MichaelHoffmann444]

5:40 - 7:06 I had to rewind the video, I was caught up in listening to the music and wasnt paying any attention to what he was saying haha. forgot how good the music was in rome total war

[@alexconstantellis3781]

Actually, if you want to do it historically, you should first take rome, then palmyra and your final task should be the gallic empire

[@Aldrahill]

I'm really enjoying Aurelian, but the other nations are just so much more fun, I love starting as the underdog.

[@Razor773_YT]

Hey Lionheart You Aurelian's army "The True Heirs."

[@joeypro2407]

I cant believe rome 2 is still 60 bucks. The game is 4, almost 5, years old!

[@jeremyg4560]

Master Jedi Any idea if this one will be on the Holiday discount on Steam? I always wait till I can get the discount. They are pricey for everything.

[@memorablename5187]

You can buy steam keys for around 10 pound

[@thephantomgamer3803]

Jeremy G it's $20 until December 4th

[@jeremyg4560]

ThePhantomGamer Thanks Gamer, I did check that out on Steam. Good to see a price like that.

[@endrileka8271]

Jeremy G It’s 50% off right now on steam, you should get it quickly

[@bigbattyman3850]

Dude this looks awesome im a getting this dlc asap

[@suppressorsonly-7993]

I’m about to buy this game extremely litt

[@gerardmarques649]

The culture system seems kind of weird factoring in cults. You could be Latin and favor Sol Invictus like the Emperor but the culture system penalizes foreign cultures. So does picking a cult have negative effects as it grows and overtakes the latin culture?

[@brycehoward4139]

William Marques yea

[@andrewgu2457]

William Marques Well the Sol Invictus building increases Latin influence so it doesn’t count as a foreign influence

[@cobi_ren]

I miss playing this game. After seeing these videos I might have to fire it up again. I did the Aurelian & Tetricus campaign but not the Palmyra campaign. Did you try it ? Was it hard ? (That’s what she said)

[@muhamadsinghateh6284]

Ur back

[@lionheartx10]

I never left! ;)

[@Bastilolxd]

I don't really understand what's happening but i like it

[@Carl-zk4hl]

Good video!

[@dixout4harambe38]

Why do the Leves look more uniform than the Legionnaires?

[@heitorsanthiago7159]

thats a very hard campaign

[@jameswilliams1085]

Really good!!

[@Roderkik]

does this DLC update the ingame battle movement to something of the likes of attila or even newer??? i can't quite get back into Rome 2 because it simply lacks some of the movement controls that the newer titles have. EDIT: nope.

[@bio_5467]

Praise the sun it’s Aurelian

[@pinolskun8764]

That was an almost perfect pronunciation of viri perfectissimi except the c becomes a double t while talking

[@TheSpicyLeg]

You already had sent an administrator to Dacia, that's why you couldn't send another.

[@mich8050]

So not only do you start with wars on all sides, but also client states in many areas

[@impaugjuldivmax]

Do you, guys, remember that 2004-2005 when the game has been released..and this music)

[@benjieduran6699]

Awesome gameplay

[@PSNGamer]

Very Cool!

[@matheus.bueno47]

Yeah, youc an't sack or raze like in Attila with the Roman factions. Hate that about Rome 2, there is a mod to fix that, but it probably won't work on a new patch.