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Rome: Total War is a PC strategy game developed by The Creative Assembly and released on by Activision

Activision

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. The Mac OS X

Mac OS X

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version of the game was released on by Feral Interactive

Feral Interactive

Feral Interactive is a publishing company founded in 1999 that publishes games and other software that did not fit in with the release programs of the large established publishers. It publishes Macintosh games and has relationships with publishers such as Electronic Arts, Eidos Interactive,...

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The game is the third title in The Creative Assembly's Total War series.

The game's main campaign is set during the rule of the late Roman Republic

Roman Republic

The Roman Republic was the period of the ancient Roman civilization where the government operated as a republic. It began with the overthrow of the Roman monarchy, traditionally dated around 508 BC, and its replacement by a government headed by two consuls, elected annually by the citizens and...

and early Roman Empire

Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....

(270 BC – AD 14), with the player assuming control of one of three Roman families; other factions are playable outside the main campaign.