Over 2000 years ago there was a city called Sparta. The city had only two purposes - to train for war and to fight the wars she trained for. Over time Sparta became renowned for having the strongest, fastest, bravest and most deadly fighters in the known world. They were the Spartaites and were feared by all. With these warriors Sparta carved out an Empire for itself - 'Lakedaimon'. However, it was soon to find that its reign was not to be unopposed and other great cities were rising to the fore; Athens, Thebes, Corinth, Macedonia and not to forget the threat from the east - the massive Persian Empire.

Can you unit Greece in time to defy the Great King and his mighty Persian Empire?

Engrossing turn based strategy that builds on the success of Legion & Chariots of War

New & beautifully hand-crafted 3D rendered campaign map

Upgraded to fully 3D battles with free zoom and rotatable camera

Optional 2D battles for low spec machines

Innovative "Always Active" 2 player multiplayer over LAN & Internet via Gamespy

Use ships to travel from island to island, fight naval battles & perform naval invasions.

Siege castles and assault them when they are weakened

Build city walls armed with catapults and hurl Greek fire onto your enemies, scorching the earth and killing anyone in their path

Huge battles allowing twice as many squads as before (up to 16 per side) on battlefields 4 times the size

Enhanced diplomacy options, trade agreements, tributes, spying sabotage & more

Over 100 different nations on a huge campaign map that spans Greece and the ancient near east

Loads of great new Greek & Persian units with hundreds of animations

New resources, technologies, nations, leaders, units, structures, events, barbarians & more