Your very first mission

This very first, introductory mission is offered by “someone” from your family. Their names aren’t important, but I’ll list them anyway as they change for each family. They can either be: Marcus Aemilius, Quintus Valerius, Tiberius Lucius, Titus Flavius and Gnaeus Julius.
Your family has come out of exile in Africa and bribed some senators to grant you some new land for a fresh start.

Bread and Circuses
Primary objectives:
• Build 15 Insulae
• Achieve a food satisfaction of 50%

Bonus objectives:
• Achieve entertainment satisfaction of 20%
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The first tier of missions

Rebuilding Corduba – Titus Flavius
Primary objectives:
• Achieve +20 Goods
• Build 2 Equite Houses

Bonus objectives:
• Achieve +40 Wood
• Build a Gold Mine

Legio VIII – Lucius Licinius
Primary objectives:
• Recruit 2 Hastati Squads
• Have two level 4 Squads

Bonus objectives:
• Build 6 Equite Houses
• Achieve average religion satisfaction of 30%
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The second tier of missions

Finishing Rebuilding Corduba gives you two missions:
Elections – Titus Flavius
Primary objectives:
• Establish a Land Trade Route
• Gain 3000 Denarii from trade

Bonus objectives:
• Win the mission in less than 20 minutes
• Research the Metal Separation Technology

Winds of Commerce – Marcus Crassus
Primary objectives:
• Establish a Naval Trade Route
• Gain 2000 Denarii from trade

Bonus objectives:
• Build 3 Ports
• Establish 3 Naval Trade Routes

Finishing Legio VIII gives you one mission:
The Siege of Patara – Lucius Licinius
Primary objectives:
• Lift the siege by destroying all enemy camps

Bonus objectives:
• Win the mission within 35 minutes
• Have two level 10 Squads
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The third tier of missions

Finishing Elections gives you two missions:
Scourge of the Pirates – Pompey Magnus
Primary objectives:
• Destroy all pirate encampments on all islands

Bonus objectives:
• Win the mission without losing a squad
• Defeat at least 12 enemy squads

The Two Quaestors – Marcus Tullius Cicero
Primary objectives:
• Build a Courthouse
• Build 3 Prefectures

Bonus objectives:
• Win the mission without getting lower than 50% popularity
• Export at least 70 units of Goods

Finishing Winds of Commerce gives you one mission:
Dangerous Opportunities – Marcus Crassus
Primary objectives:
• Build 5 Patrician Palaces
• Have an average Religion satisfaction of 50%

Bonus objectives:
• Defeat 5 enemy squads
• Build a Stone Quarry on each Stone Deposit in the map

Finishing The Siege of Patara gives you one mission:
The Walls of Ancyra – Lucius Licinius
Primary objectives:
• Survive the assault from the enemy army for 40 minutes

Bonus objectives:
• Have three level 8 squads
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The fourth tier of missions

Finishing Scourge of the Pirates gives you 2 missions:
Tarsus – Pompey Magnus
Primary objectives:
• Build 30 Houses
• Achieve 50% Food, Entertainment and Religious Satisfaction

Bonus objectives:
• Build a Victory Column in honor of Pompey Magnus
• Win the mission without constructing more than 70 buildings

Young Brutus – Marcus Junius Brutus
Primary objectives:
• Recruit a Praetorian Guard Squad
• Capture all Milestones

Bonus objectives:
• Win the mission in less than 45 minutes
• Win the mission with less than 10 houses

Finishing The Two Quaestors gives you one mission:
The Georgics – Marcus Tullius Cicero
Primary objectives:
• Time limit: 40 minutes
• Achieve a total production of +50 Wheat
• Achieve a total production of +50 Meat
• Achieve a total production of +50 Wine
• Achieve a total production of +50 Olive Oil

Bonus objectives:
• Win the mission within 30 minutes
• Win the mission within 20 minutes

Finishing Dangerous Opportunities gives you one mission:
The Fall of Spartacus – Marcus Crassus
Primary objectives:
• Destroy all Spartacus Forces

Bonus objectives:
• Reach 90% popularity
• Win the mission without having more than 5 squads

Finishing The Walls of Ancyra gives you no new missions.
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The fifth tier of missions

Finishing Tarsus gives you one mission:
Land of the Golden Sun – Family member, in my case Titus Flavius
Primary objectives:
• Build a Pantheon
• Achieve 75% average Entertainment Satisfaction

Bonus objectives:
• Have no unemployed citizens at the end of the mission
• Build 40 houses

Finishing Young Brutus gives you one mission:
Over the Rhine – Gaius Julius Caesar
Primary objectives:
• Destroy all the Barbarians on the other side of the river Rhine

Bonus objectives:
• Build a second bridge over the Rhine
• Win the mission in 25 minutes

Finishing The Georgics gives you no new missions.
Finishing The Fall of Spartacus gives you no new missions.
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The sixth tier of missions

Finishing Land of the Golden Sun gives you one mission:
Winter Preparations – Mark Antony
Primary objectives:
• Train 5 Triarii Squads for Caesar
• Achieve total production of 75 Wheat
• Achieve total production of 75 Meat

Bonus objectives:
• Build 15 Equite Houses
• Achieve 100% popularity

Finishing Over the Rhine gives you one mission:
The Britons – Gaius Julius Caesar
Primary objectives:
• Capture the barbarian village near the coast
• Defeat all remaining enemy villages

Bonus objectives:
• Win the mission within 40 minutes
• Win the mission without losing a Squad
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The seventh tier of missions

The following missions will be the last ones you finish before you will have to choose between "following history’s course or changing it."

Finishing The Britons gives you no new missions.

Finishing Winter Preparations gives you one mission:
A Legionary’s Pay – Mark Antony
Primary objectives:
• Gather 15000 Denarii

Bonus objectives:
• Establish 5 trade routes
• Have a total production of +50 Wine

Finishing A Legionary’s Pay gives you one mission:
Crossing the Rubicon – Mark Antony
Primary objectives:
• Build a Barracks
• At least 4 of Caesar’s squads must survive

Bonus objectives:
• Destroy 10 enemy squads
• Win the mission without losing a squad

Siding with Pompey Magnus

Fleeing Rome
Primary objectives:
• Transport at least 3 of Pompey’s squads to the other side of the sea

Bonus objectives:
• Win the mission without losing a Squad
• Win the mission within 30 minutes

Army of the Republic
Primary objectives:
• Time limit: 40 minutes
• Build 3 Equestri Squads
• Build 3 Praetorian Guard Squads

Bonus objectives:
• Gain 10000 Denarii
• Have a total production of 40 Olive Oil
• Have a total production of 40 Marble

Pompey Magnus’ storyline ends here and continues from Gaius Julius Caesar’s storyline mission - The Siege of Alexandria.

Siding with Gaius Julius Caesar

The Die is Cast
Primary objectives:
• Time limit: 40 minutes
• Recapture all camps controlled by the Optimates

Bonus objectives:
• Win the mission within 25 minutes
• Win the mission without losing a squad

Divide and Conquer
Primary objectives:
• Time limit: 45 minutes
• No more than 5 enemy (Roman) squads must cross the map

Bonus objectives:
• Destroy all of Pompey’s reinforcements
• Gain 10.000 Denarii

The Siege of Alexandria
Primary objectives:
• Destroy all enemy camps
• The Library must not fall

Bonus objectives:
• Win the mission without losing a squad
• Win the mission without losing the Lighthouse

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Finishing these 3 missions unlocks missions with: Cleopatra, Marcus Junius Brutus & Caesar

Cleopatra Missions

Queen of the Nile
Primary objectives:
• Building limit: 100
• Build 40 houses
• Achieve 90% average entertainment satisfaction

Bonus objectives:
• Win the mission within 40 minutes
• Have no unemployed citizens at the end of the mission

The Renegade General
Primary objectives:
• Time limit: 40 minutes
• Destroy all of Achilla’s settlements

Bonus objectives:
• Win the mission within 25 minutes
• Win the mission without losing a squad

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Marcus Junius Brutus Missions

Redemption of the Junii
Primary objectives:
• Build 10 Patrician villas
• Build the Pantheon
• Achieve 80% average entertainment satisfaction

Bonus objectives:
• Export at least 150 Goods
• Gain 20.000 Denarii
• Build 75 houses
• Achieve 80% average satisfaction of food, entertainment and religion

City of Nobles
Primary objectives:
• Time limit: 45 minutes
• Build the Circus Maximus
• Achieve 60% average satisfaction with food, entertainment and religion

Bonus objectives:
• Build 30 houses
• Gain 10.000 Denarii through trade

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Caesar Missions

Caesar’s Veterans
Primary objectives:
• Build 20 Equite houses
• Export at least 50 Wine
• Achieve a 60% average satisfaction of food, entertainment and religion

Bonus objectives:
• Upgrade 5 Wine Farms to level 4
• Gain 3.000 Denarii through trade

Promise of Power
Primary objectives:
• House limit: 30
• Build 8 Patrician villas
• Achieve 90% religion satisfaction

Secondary objectives:
• Build a Bath
• Build a Theatre
• Achieve 75% food satisfaction
• Achieve 75% entertainment satisfaction

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While the Cleopatra and Brutus missions end after 2 missions each, when you finish Caesar’s Promise of Power, Caesar is killed and 3 new people will offer you missions. Two of them you know already, Mark Antony and Marcus Tullius Cicero, but Gaius Octavius, Caesar’s adopted heir now wishes to pursue a career in politics.
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Marcus Tullius Cicero Missions

Soldiers and Taxes
Primary objectives:
• House limit: 30
• Gain 20.000 Denarii
• Achieve 150 recruits

Bonus objectives:
• Build at least 3 Temples
• Achieve at least 75% religion satisfaction
• Recruit 3 Praetorian Guard squads

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Do Cicero’s mission first as there’s no mission that follows it. Now here’s an interesting campaign twist, sorry for the spoiler -

1) After Octavius’ first mission, you’ll be offered “Race to Victory”, where you end up “capturing Mark Antony”. Then you get the mission “The Second Triumvirate”, where Octavius and Antony have put their differences aside and form an alliance with you to move against Longinus and Brutus in Rome.

2) If you choose Mark Antony’s side, you start by getting three missions; “Establishing Lugdunum”, “Return to Gaul” and “Vengeance”. During the “Return to Gaul”-mission, you’ll be notified that Antony, Octavius and yourself have formed an alliance and plan to divide the Roman Empire equally between the three of you.

However once Triumvirate / Vengeance is over, Octavius will give you the mission “The Battle of Actium”, where you will fight Antony. Whichever character you choose to side with, the outcome is the same. Antony must die.
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Gaius Octavius Storyline Missions

The New Caesar
Primary objectives:
• House limit: 25
• Gain 15.000 Denarii
• Recruit 5 Equestri squads

Bonus objectives:
• Achieve 100% popularity
• Establish 5 trade routes

Race to Victory
Primary objectives:
• Time limit: 45 minutes
• Capture Antony’s main camp

Bonus objectives:
• Achieve 100% popularity
• Have 3 level 10 squads

The Second Triumvirate
Primary objectives:
• Destroy all of Brutus’ camps

Bonus objectives:
• Defeat at least 20 enemy squads
• Gain 15.000 Denarii

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Mark Antony Storyline Missions

Establishing Lugdunum
Primary objectives:
• Build 30 houses
• Achieve a total production of 100 Goods
• Achieve a total production of 50 Iron Ore

Bonus objectives:
• Achieve 75% food, entertainment and religion satisfaction
• Have a total production of +50 Wine

Return to Gaul
Primary objectives:
• Time limit: 45 minutes
• Build 30 Equite Houses
• Build a Column
• Achieve 60% average food, entertainment and religion satisfaction

Bonus objectives:
• Build a Military Academy
• Have a total production of 200 Goods

Vengeance
Primary objectives:
• Destroy all of Longinus’ camps

Bonus objectives:
• Win the mission without having more than 5 squads
• Have +50 Wine

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Gaius Octavius Missions after completing all missions sided with Octavius or Antony. Either way, Antony must be defeated. Once you win Actium, Antony and Cleopatra will kill themselves, because they can’t win.

The Battle of Actium
Primary objectives:
• Destroy all of Antony’s camps

Bonus objectives:
• Destroy at least 15 enemy ships
• Win the mission without losing a squad

Finishing The Battle of Actium gives you one, final mission:
The Governor of Rome

Primary objectives:
• Build the Coliseum
• Build the Circus Maximus
• Build 100 Houses
• Achieve 90% satisfaction of food, entertainment and religion

Bonus objectives:
• Build 25 Patrician Villas
• Build the Pantheon

Once you’ve beaten this very mission, it’s finally the last of the Grand Ages: Rome campaign. Congratulations!! See you in the Augustus campaign… (see my next mission list walkthrough)

Sincerely,

Lasse E. Jensen aka