Old World's first expansion Heroes of the Aegean gives you control of Ancient Greece's greatest leaders and warriors. Lead Athens to victory in the Battle of Marathon, defend Greece from a Persian invasion as Leonidas and his 300 Spartans, and conquer the Hellenic world as Alexander the Great himself in a series of scenarios spanning over 200 years of classical history.

Lead Athens against the Persian army of Darius I, and reenact famous historical events like Pheidippides run to Sparta and the decisive Battle of Marathon

Hold off Xerxes' army as long as possible as Leonidas in the Battle of Thermopylae, engage the Persian navy at Battle of Salamis, and rout the enemy invaders from your land during the final Battle of Plataea

Fight for survival against much stronger enemies as Philip II, and turn Macedonia from a weak kingdom surrounded by rivals into the ruler of all of Greece

Play Philip's widow Queen Olympias as she holds the empire together after the king's assassination, and shepherd the young Alexander the Great into leadership before his rivals take power

Lead as Alexander the Great and expand the Macedonian kingdom in campaigns ranging from Tyre and Gaza to the Battle of the Persian Gate

Choose one of Alexander’s generals and carve an empire out of the chaos brought by his death, fighting his other former allies for parts of the Macedonian kingdom