This is for those wanting to run the mod using the Alex.exe.
Please ensure that you have:
1- Clean 1.6 BI installation
2- Installed the latest version of RO
3-Please ensure that you have both the Alex.exe in your RTW folder and that you have the chat_filter.san file installed in your RO data folder.
4. Please note that swimming does not work using the Alex.exe
5.Night Fighting does work with Alex.exe
INVASIO BARBARORVM: RESTITVTOR ORBIS Alex.exe Add On will install in your RO folder.
To create desktop icon:
Go the folder where RO has been installed.
- Right click on the RomeTW-ALX.exe icon.
- Select "Send to Desktop"
- The RomeTW-ALX.exe Icon should now be on your desktop.
- Right click on the Icon.
- Select Properties.
- In the target box, copy and paste the following:
-mod:RO -show_err -nm after RomeTW-ALX.exe. Make sure you leave a space between .exe and -mod:RO -show_err -nm.
Ensure that you name the desktop icon as RO-Alex Version
After installation you can then load whichever campaign you would like to play using the Alex.exe. It would be best to ensure that you load the corresponding BI campaign first, then load the Alex campaign second. For example, you want to play the 260AD mod, then load the BI version first, then the Alex version second.
When you load the Alex.exe campaign will will get your main menu looking like this:
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You will have the Main Campaign at the top which in this case will be the Alex.exe run campaign and at the bottom you will have a Provincial Campaign which will be the BI.exe run campaign.
If you have installed the same campaign for each exe then you will be able to play the Provincial Campaign in addition, but it will not include any horde factions nor historical characters.
As usual, please ensure that you delete the map.rwm file before starting a new campaign.
HISTORICAL CHARACTERS
Gallenius (Roman Empire)
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Publius Licinius EgnatiusGallienus (/ˌɡæliˈɛnəs/; c. 218 – September 268)was Roman emperor withhis father Valerian from253 to 260 and alone from 260 to 268. He ruled during the Crisis of theThird Century that nearly caused the collapse of the empire.While he won a number of military victories, he was unable to prevent thesecession of important provinces. His 15-year reign was the longest in half acentury.
Born into a wealthy andtraditional senatorial family,Gallienus was the son of Valerian and Mariniana. Valerian became Emperor inSeptember 253 and had the Roman senate elevate Gallienus to the ranks of caesar and augustus. Valerian divided the empire betweenhim and his son, with Valerian ruling the east and his son the west. Gallienusdefeated the usurper Ingenuus in 258 anddestroyed an Alemanni armyat Mediolanum in259.
The defeat and capture ofValerian at Edessa in260 by the Sasanian Empire threwthe Roman Empire into the chaos of civil war.Control of the whole empire passed to Gallienus. He defeated the easternusurpers Macrianus Major and Lucius MussiusAemilianus in 261–262 but failed to stop the formation of thebreakaway Gallic Empire undergeneral Postumus. Aureolus, another usurper, proclaimed himselfemperor in Mediolanum in 268 but was defeatedoutside the city by Gallienus and besieged inside. While the siege was ongoing,Gallienus was stabbed to death by the officer Cecropius as part of aconspiracy
Claudius II (Gothicus) (Roman Empire)
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Marcus Aurelius Claudius 'Gothicus' (10 May 214 – January 270), also known as Claudius II, was Roman emperor from 268 to 270. During his reign he fought successfully against the Alemanni and decisively defeated the Goths at the Battle of Naissus. He died after succumbing to "pestilence", possibly the Plague of Cyprian that had ravaged the provinces of the Empire.
Aurelian (Roman Empire)
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Aurelian (Latin: Lucius Domitius Aurelianus; 9 September 214 – c. October 275) was Roman emperor from 270 to 275. As emperor, he won an unprecedented series of military victories which reunited the Roman Empire after it had practically disintegrated under the pressure of barbarian invasions and internal revolts. His successes were instrumental in ending the Crisis of the Third Century, earning him the title Restitutor Orbis – "Restorer of the World".
The deaths of the Sassanid Kings Shapur I (272) and Hormizd I (273) in quick succession, and the rise to power of a weakened ruler (Bahram I), presented an opportunity to attack the Sassanid Empire, and in 275 Aurelian set out for another campaign against the Sassanids. On his way, he suppressed a revolt in Gaul—possibly against Faustinus, an officer or usurper of Tetricus—and defeated barbarian marauders in Vindelicia (Germany).
However, Aurelian never reached Persia, as he was murdered while waiting in Thrace to cross into Asia Minor. As an administrator, he had been strict and had handed out severe punishments to corrupt officials or soldiers. A secretary of his (called Eros by Zosimus) had told a lie on a minor issue. In fear of what the emperor might do, he forged a document listing the names of high officials marked by the emperor for execution and showed it to collaborators. The notarius Mucapor and other high-ranking officers of the Praetorian Guard, fearing punishment from the emperor, murdered him in September 275, in Caenophrurium, Thrace.
Aurelian's enemies in the Senate briefly succeeded in passing damnatio memoriae on the emperor, but this was reversed before the end of the year, and Aurelian, like his predecessor Claudius II, was deified as Divus Aurelianus.
Diocletian (Roman Empire)
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Diocletian (/ˌdaɪ.əˈkliːʃən/; Latin: Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus; Greek: Διοκλητιανός; born Diocles; 22 December c. 244 – 3 December 311) was a Roman emperor from 284 to 305. Born to a family of low status in Dalmatia, Diocletian rose through the ranks of the military to become a cavalry commander of the Emperor Carus's army. After the deaths of Carus and his son Numerian on campaign in Persia, Diocletian was proclaimed emperor. The title was also claimed by Carus's surviving son, Carinus, but Diocletian defeated him in the Battle of the Margus.
Weakened by illness, Diocletian abdicated the imperial office on 1st May 305, and became the first Roman Emperor to abdicate the position voluntarily. He lived out his retirement in his palace on the Dalmatian coast tending to his vegetable garden.
Maximian (Roman Empire)
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Maximian (Latin: Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus; c. 250 – c. July 310), nicknamed Herculius, was Roman emperor from 286 to 305. He was Caesar from 285 to 286, then Augustus from 286 to 305.[2] He shared the latter title with his co-emperor and superior, Diocletian, whose political brain complemented Maximian's military brawn. At Diocletian's behest, Maximian abdicated on 1 May 305,gave the Augustan office to Constantius, and retired to southern Italy.
In late306, Maximian took the title of Augustus again and aided his son Maxentius'rebellion in Italy.In April 307, he attempted to depose his son, but failed and fled to the courtof Constantius' successor, Constantine (Maximian'sstep-grandson and son-in-law), in Trier.At the Council of Carnuntum inNovember 308, Diocletian and his successor, Galerius,forced Maximian to renounce his imperial claim again. In early 310, Maximianattempted to seize Constantine's title while theemperor was on campaign on the Rhine. Fewsupported him, and he was captured by Constantinein Marseille. Maximian killed himself in mid-310 on Constantine's orders.
Constantius Chlorus (Roman Empire)
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Flavius ValeriusConstantius "Chlorus" (c. 250 –25 July 306), also called Constantius I, was a Roman emperor as one of the four originalmembers the "Tetrarchy"established by Diocletian in 293.He was a junior-ranking emperor, or Caesar, from 293 to 305, and senioremperor, Augustus,from 305 to 306. Constantius was also the father of Constantine the Great,the first Christian emperor of Rome.The nickname Chlorus (Greek: Χλωρός, lit. "theGreen") was first popularized by Byzantine-era historians and was not usedduring the emperor's lifetime.
Of Illyrian and probably humble origin,Constantius had a distinguished military career and rose to the top ranks ofthe army. Around 289 he set aside Helena,Constantine'smother, to marry a daughter of Emperor Maximian, and in 293 was added to the imperialcollege by Maximian's colleague, Diocletian. Assigned to rule Gaul, Constantius defeated the usurper Carausius there and his successor Allectus in Britain, and campaigned extensively alongthe Rhine frontier,defeating the Alamanni and Franks. When the DiocletianicPersecution was announced in 303, Constantius ordered thedemolition of churches but did not actively hunt down Christians in his domain.Upon becoming senior emperor in May 305, Constantius launched asuccessful punitive campaign against the Picts beyondthe Antonine Wall. He died suddenly at Eboracum (York)in July the following year.
After Constantius's death,the army, perhaps at his own instigation, immediately acclaimed his sonConstantine as emperor. This act contributed to the collapse of theDiocletianic tetrarchy, sparking a series civil wars which only ended when Constantine finally united the whole Roman Empire under his rule in 324.
Galerius (Roman Empire)
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Galerius (/ɡəˈlɛəriəs/; Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximianus; c. 258 – May 311) was Roman emperor from 305 to 311. During his reign he campaigned, aided by Diocletian, against the Sassanid Empire, sacking their capital Ctesiphon in 299. He also campaigned across the Danube against the Carpi, defeating them in 297 and 300. Although he was a staunch opponent of Christianity, Galerius ended the Diocletianic Persecution when he issued an Edict of Toleration in Serdica in 311.
After the elevation of Constantius I and Galerius to the rank of Augustus, two new Caesars were required to take their place. The two persons whom Galerius promoted to the rank of Caesar were very much his creatures, and he hoped to enhance his authority throughout the empire with their elevation.
The last years of Galerius saw him relinquishing his aspirations towards being the supreme ruler of the empire, though he managed to retain the position of first among equals. He spent the remainder of his years enjoying himself and ordering some important public works, such as discharging into the Danube the superfluous waters of Lake Pelso, and cutting down the immense forests that encompassed it.
Galerius died in late April or early May 311 from a horribly gruesome disease described by Eusebius and Lactantius, possibly some form of bowel cancer, gangrene or Fournier gangrene.
Galerius was buried in his mausoleum at Gamzigrad-Romuliana, which was part of the palace he built at his birthplace, today's Zaječar in Serbia.
Carinus (Roman Empire)
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MarcusAurelius Carinus (died285) was Roman emperor from 283 to 285. The elder son ofemperor Carus, he was first appointed Caesar and in thebeginning of 283 co-emperor of the western portion of the empire by his father.Official accounts of his character and career, which portray him as debauchedand incapable, have been filtered through the propaganda of his successfulopponent, Diocletian.
After the death ofEmperor Probus ina spontaneous mutiny of the army in 282, his praetorian prefect, Carus,ascended to the throne. The latter, upon his departure for the Persian war,elevated his two sons to the title of Caesar. Carinus, the elder, was left to handlethe affairs of the west in his absence, while the younger, Numerian, accompanied his father to the east.
Carinus at least initiallyacquitted himself ably of his commission, displaying some merit in thesuppression of disturbances in Gaul and againstthe Quadi, but the young emperor soon leftthe defence of the Upper Rhine to his legatesand returned to Rome, where the surviving accounts, whichdemonize him, assert that he abandoned himself to all kinds of profligacy andexcess. Reportedly, he managed to wed and divorce nine separate women duringhis short rule in Rome,and made the infamy of his private life notorious. He is supposed to haveinitiated persecution against many whom he considered to have treated him withinsufficient respect before his elevation; to have alienated the senate by hisopen aversion and contempt; and to have prostituted the imperial dignity withthe various low entertainments which he introduced into the court.
Carus, when he heard of hisson's deportment in the capital, declared his intention of degrading him fromhis station, and substituting Constantius Chlorus,then already marked for ability and virtue, in his place. However, Carus diedsoon thereafter in the middle of the Persian war, and the two young Caesarsjointly succeeded him.
Carinus back in Rome in the aftermath ofhis accession organized the celebration of the annual games, the ludi Romani, on a scale of unexampledmagnificence. At the same time Numerian was forced by the soldiers toabandon their father's ambitious campaign in the east, due to theirsuperstitions at Carus' death, which occurred allegedly by a bolt of lightning.
Numerian headed with his armyfor Rome, wherea triumph was awaiting him, leaving the Persians astonished by the inexplicableretirement of a victorious army. However, Numerian's health was broken by theclimate, and being unable to bear the heat of the sun, was borne on the marchin a covered litter. Arrius Aper, thePraetorian prefect, assumed the conduct of affairs in his name, but hisambitious temper excited the suspicion of the troops. At Heraclea in Thrace theybroke into the Imperial tent, and Numerian was found dead. Diocletian, commander of the body-guards,affirmed that Numerian had been assassinated by the praefect, and afterexecuting the latter he was proclaimed emperor by the soldiers.
Carinus left Rome at once and set out for the east to meetDiocletian. On his way through Pannonia he put down the usurper Sabinus Julianus and in July 285 heencountered the army of Diocletian at the Battle of the MargusRiver (the modern Morava River)in Moesia.
Posthumus (Gallic Empire)
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MarcusCassianius Latinius Postumuswasa Roman commander of Batavian origin who ruled as Emperor in theWest. The Roman army in Gaul threw off its allegiance to Gallienus around the year 260,andPostumus assumed the title and powers of Emperor in the provinces of Gaul, Germania, Britannia and Hispania, thereby founding what scholars havedubbed the GallicEmpire. He ruled forthe better part of ten years before he was murdered by his own troops.
Victorianus (Gallic Empire)
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Marcus PiavoniusVictorinuswas emperor in the Gallic provinces from 268to 270or 269 to 271,following the brief reign of Marius.He was murdered by a jealous husband whose wife he tried to seduce
Tetricus I (Gallic Empire)
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Gaius Pius EsuviusTetricus was the emperor ofthe Gallic Empire from271 to 274. He was originally the praeses (governor) of Gallia Aquitania, and became emperor after themurder of Emperor Victorinus in 271,after receiving the support of Victorinus's mother Victoria.During his reign, he faced external pressure from Germanic raiders, who pillaged theeastern and northern parts of his empire, and the Roman Empire, from which the Gallic Empire had seceded. He also facedincreasing internal pressure, which led him to declare his son, Tetricus II, caesar in 273 and possibly co-emperorin 274, although this is debated. The Roman emperor Aurelian invaded in 273 or 274, whichculminated in the Battle of Châlons,at which Tetricus surrendered. Whether this was the result of a secretagreement between Tetricus and Aurelian or necessary after his defeat isdebated. Aurelian spared Tetricus, and even made him a senator and corrector (governor) of Lucaniaet Bruttii. He died of natural causes a few years after 274.
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Septimius Odaenathus (Palmyran Kingdom)
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Septimius Odaenathus (Palmyrene: 'Dynt/Odainat; Arabic: أذينة Uḏaina; c. 220 – 267) was the founder king (Mlk) of the Palmyrene Kingdom who ruled from Palmyra, Syria. He elevated the status of his kingdom from a regional center subordinate to Rome into a formidable state in the Near East. Odaenathus was born into an aristocratic Palmyrene family that had received Roman citizenship in the 190s under the Severan dynasty. He was the son of Hairan, the descendant of Nasor. The circumstances surrounding his rise are ambiguous; he became the lord (ras) of the city, a position created for him, as early as the 240s and by 258, he was styled a consularis, indicating a high status in the Roman Empire.
Zenobia (Palmyran Kingdom)
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Septimia Zenobia (Palmyrene: Btzby/Bat-Zabbai; c. 240 – c. 274 AD) was a third-century queen of the Palmyrene Empire in Syria. Many legends surround her ancestry; she was probably not a commoner and she married the ruler of the city, Odaenathus. Her husband became king in 260, elevating Palmyra to supreme power in the Near East by defeating the Sassanians and stabilizing the Roman East. After Odaenathus' assassination, Zenobia became the regent of her son Vaballathus and held de facto power throughout his reign.
Palmyran Family Member (Palmyran Kingdom)
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Shapur I (Sassanid Empire)
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Shapur I (also spelled Shabuhr I; was the second SasanianKing of Kings of Iran. The dating of his reign is disputed, but it is generally agreed that he ruled from 240 to 270, with his father Ardashir I as co-regent until the death of the latter in 242. During his co-regency, he helped his father with the conquest and destruction of Arab city of Hatra, whose fall was facilitated, according to Islamic tradition, by the actions of his future wife al-Nadirah. Shapur also consolidated and expanded the empire of Ardashir I, waged war against the Roman Empire and seized its cities of Nisibis and Carrhae while he was advancing as far as Roman Syria. Although he was defeated at the Battle of Resaena in 243 by Roman emperor Gordian III (r. 238–244), he was the following year able to win the Battle of Misiche and force the new Roman Emperor Philip the Arab (r. 244–249) to sign a favorable peace treaty that was regarded by the Romans as "a most shameful treaty".
Shapur later took advantage of the political turmoil within the Roman Empire by undertaking a second expedition against it in 252/3–256, sacking the cities of Antioch and Dura-Europos. In 260, during his third campaign, he defeated and captured the Roman emperor, Valerian. He did not seem interested in permanently occupying the Roman provinces, choosing instead to resort to plundering and pillaging, gaining vast amount of riches. The captives of Antioch, for example, were allocated to the newly reconstructed city of Gundeshapur, later famous as a center of scholarship. In the 260s, Shapur suffered setbacks against Odaenathus, the king of Palmyra. According to Shapur's inscription at Hajiabad, he still remained active at the court in his later years, participating in archery. He died of illness in Bishapur, most likely in May 270.
Sassanid Shah (Sassanid Empire)
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RESTITVTOR ORBIS - ALEX.exe Add On
