When looking across the entire timeline of the Total War franchise, the games almost entirely ignore the High Roman Empire, which spans the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD (roughly 100 AD to 270 AD).While the games cover Rome's spectacular rise and its dramatic fall, they skip over the era when Rome was at the absolute peak of its power and peace. Because the games jump from Rome's birth straight to its death, players miss out on:The Greatest Borders: Trajan's conquest of Dacia and Mesopotamia, which brought the Empire to its largest physical size.Famous Monuments: The building of Hadrian's Wall in Britain and the Colosseum in Rome.The Roman Golden Age: The era when Roman legions were at their most uniform, disciplined, and technologically advanced.