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    Emil Lazarian
  • 7 years ago
    • Categories: 2018

VideoGame: Total War: Rome 2 now features playable Queen Erato of Armenia

PanArmenian, Armenia
March 9 2018
March 9, 2018 – 14:54 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – To celebrate the International Women’s Day, Total War: Rome 2’s new culture pack Desert Kingdoms will feature acient women rulers and warriors, including Queen Erato of Armenia, Polygon reports.

Erato was a princess of the Kingdom of Armenia and member of the Artaxiad Dynasty who served as Roman client queen of Armenia from 10 BC until 2 BC with her brother-husband King Tigranes IV.

Cleopatra of Egypt and Teuta of Illyria are also playable as faction leaders and generals, along with custom visuals and voice-over. They follow the addition of Zenobia, queen of Palmyra in the Empire Divided campaign, released last November. Total War:

Rome 2 was originally released in 2013, and has since been supported with numerous add-on packs, though this is the first “culture pack” since 2014.

Elsewhere in the game, women will feature in more prominent roles, where historically appropriate.

Featured ancient leaders also include Berenice Phernophorus of the Seleucids, Olympias II from Epirus.

Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS