This mod starts in 527 AD. The West has fallen. The city of Rome is now in the hands of the powerful Ostrogoths, and the rest of western Europe is firmly ruled by Germanic successor kingdoms who all vie for greater and greater power. But in the East the light of Rome still burns brightly. In the city of Constantinople, the New Rome, the memory of Roman greatness remains. On its Imperial throne sits a man named Justinian, and he's ready to embark on a quest to reconquer all the lands that once belonged to Rome, and to unite its people under the banner of the one true God... This mod also features two additional campaigns: Mauricius in 591 AD, and Heraclius in 622 AD.