What is the age of Charlemagne campaign map?
The brand new Age of Charlemagne Campaign map is focussed in on Europe from the year 768 CE. With 52 conquerable provinces, it provides a detailed and vibrant geopolitical starting position, offering hundreds of hours of potential gameplay.
Who were the Avars?
Much like the barbarians and nomads centuries earlier, the Avars – a confederation of displaced Rouran, Hephthal and Turkic people – find themselves in former Roman lands. In AD577, they entreated with the Empire to take on their enemies in return for safe passage and a place to settle, incorporating any subjugated foes into their confederation.
What are the influences in age of Charlemagne?
Influences ranging from illuminated manuscripts and early stained glass work will lend colour and atmosphere to your campaign. Age of Charlemagne is an epic expansion for Total War: Attila, set in the Middle Ages on an sprawling new campaign map of Europe.
What happened to the Avars in the Balkans?
Imperial grace, however, is reliably fickle, and successive Emperors denied the Avars a home in the Balkans. Disgruntled, the nomads went to war, fighting to the very walls of Constantinople in AD626 before finally being broken and driven back.
What happened to Charlemagne after his father died?
The year is 768 CE and, after the death of his father, Charlemagne is to share the Frankish throne alongside his brother. A situation that ill-befits a man of his vision, and their relationship clouds as he feels the fiery blood of his grandfather, Charles Martel, stir in his veins.
Do you have the steel and vision of Charlemagne?
Greatness awaits you, if you have the steel and vision of Charlemagne. Age of Charlemagne includes a diverse selection of playable factions, each one featuring its own faction traits, unit roster and unique and challenging conditions under which they can be named a ‘kingdom’ in their own right.