Populus Romanus: Ancient Rome

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About this game

The free edition of Populus Romanus — play the Conquest of Veii, a complete scenario from Rome's earliest wars, with no ads and no in-app purchases. If you enjoy it, the full game carries your legions from the expansion across Italy to the Punic Wars against Carthage.

WHAT THE FREE EDITION INCLUDES:
- The Conquest of Veii, 396 BC — Rome ends a ten-year war against its Etruscan rival, fully playable to victory
- The complete scenario editor — design unlimited battles of your own
- AI vs AI simulation tools for testing and balancing
- No ads, no in-app purchases, works fully offline

Populus Romanus — "the Roman people", the populus of SPQR itself — is a turn based wargame in the classic hex and counter tradition: each legion a counter on a hex map, where terrain, positioning and timing decide battles rather than reflexes. If you enjoy strategy board games or tabletop wargames, this is that experience, built for your phone, tablet or Chromebook.

Fight the great battles of the ancient empires as consul of Rome — from the walls of Veii to the armies of Carthage, with every centurion and legion under your command.

Play solo against a challenging AI, or pass and play in local hot-seat mode — a board game evening on a single device.

Raised on the great turn based strategy classics — the ones that kept you up promising yourself one more turn? This is a real game in that tradition: the Roman civilization against the powers of the ancient world, every decision yours, nothing standing between you and the next turn.

THE FULL GAME ADDS:
- Historical campaigns across the rise of the Roman Republic: expansion through central and southern Italy, wars against the Samnites, and the Punic Wars against Carthage
- Command the growing Roman empire scenario by scenario, with legions and auxiliary units
- Pay once, play forever: no ads, no in-app purchases, fully playable offline

Still to come: a new campaign following Hannibal himself, now in development.

Rome was not built in a day. Start with the first battles — free.

Ratings and reviews

Can I please have the older version back. I love this game and probably have more hours playing than almost anyone. I just want the basic game back. Maybe market it as a classic version. I would gladly buy the classic version again.My phone updated the app on its own, and while the new version is great, I miss the nostalgic version that I grew to love. Either way, keep making games, my friend.

Great turn based strategy game. Good variety of units. Terrain provided defense bonus and varied movement cost. Cities produce units, some resource management (like Advance Wars).

I played the old version and love the new. when will Britanicus be released again?

What’s new

- Full split-screen and multi-window support, including foldable devices
- Scenario editor: create scenarios playable from either side, each side with its own briefing and victory conditions
- Scenario editor: delete your saved custom scenarios
- Android 16 support
- Many smaller refinements throughout the game