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''[[Centurion: Defender of Rome]]'' is a [[Turn
The game begins in [[Ancient Rome]] in the year 275 BC, placing the player in the sandals of a centurion in the Roman army, at first leading a single legion. The player's ultimate goal is to become a Caesar through a mix of successful military conquests and internal politics of [[Bread and Circuses]]
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The bulk of the game involve turn-based strategic planning and management on the world map and the real-time battles (with on-demand pauses to give orders to formations) against various enemies of the Roman Empire, such as the Celts, Carthaginians and Parthians. Centurion also features other "side-show" activities, such as gladiatorial combat (the player's duties involve financing the ludi events), chariot racing in the Circus Maximus, and naval battles. There is also some diplomacy (it is even possible to seduce the queen Cleopatra after forming an alliance with Egypt).
[http://www.oocities.org/rod_centurion/brindex.htm A devoted site with thorough information, hints and links] to some [[
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* [[Alternate History]]: Winning the game requires conquering nations that were never under Roman rule; Ireland–northern part of Britannia, barbarian peoples between the Rhine and Danube rivers and the Ural Mountains, and Middle East enemies like Parthia.
* [[Alternative Calendar]]: Subverted; the [[Opening Narration|intro]] uses [[Ab
* [[Anachronism Stew]]/[[Popular History]]: The in-game historical date is only a turn counter; the game mixes elements and leaders separated by centuries such as Hannibal and Cleopatra.
* [[Ancient Rome]]: An amalgam of [[The Roman Republic]] and [[The Roman Empire]].
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* [[Break Meter]]: Courage: Fierce, Good, Weak, and Panicked. Some enemies are easier since their maximum morale is lower.
* [[Chariot Race]]: one of the mini-games
* [[Combat
* [[A Commander Is You]]: And a leader of several historical field commanders, one per legion.
* [[Conscription]]: Legions are levied and reinforced locally, raising or strengthening one lowers the manpower of their current region and their initial courage depends on that of the habitants of the province where they are raised, it reaches the maximum eventually, thanks likely to some offscreen [[Boot Camp Episode|BootCampEpisodes]] going on.
* [[Decapitated Army]]:
** The death of a general is followed by the general retreat of a significant part of his army. If the units aren not very brave to begin with then it overlaps with [[Keystone Army]].
** If the player loses Italy, taxes are no longer collected in any province.
* [[Easy Communication]]: Averted, during battles you can only change the orders of the units who are within the leader's range of voice (and each leader has a different one.)
* [[Empty Promise]]: You can promise a certain tax setting during a negotiation and then set it at different level, with no real consequences.
* [[Exactly What It Says
* [[Game Over]]: ''[[The Glory That Was Rome|Sic transit gloria mundi, the Roman Empire has fallen]].''
* [[Gladiator Games]]: One ot the mini-games. The citizens of Rome get restless if they don't get one from time to time
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* [[Opening Narration]]: Romulus and Remus founded Rome [snip] and some years after that there you are, an ambitious young [[Title Drop|centurion]] sitting idly by the banks of the Tiber river, with a legion.
* [[Optional Sexual Encounter]]: The player can attempt and seduce Cleopatra succesfully if certain conditions are met. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZkS-FT8vV0 The scene] is implemented as a special form of diplomatic bargain and ends with a [[Sexy Discretion Shot]].
* [[Permanent Elected Official]]:
** You, the game spans decades and centuries but you are an inmortal Roman magistrate, with a better rank as time passes and you progress.
** The political leaders of the other nations are permanent, too. Hannibal will greet you at the gates of Carthage no matter in what century you pay him a visit.
** The Roman generals hang on in there too until they are killed in battle.
* [[Rags to Royalty]]: You start as a simple Centurion with a simple legion and end up as [[The Emperor|Caesar]] when you win the game.
* [[Rape, Pillage and Burn]]: The legions can plunder a province for a one-time bounty. It makes the province poorer for the rest of the game.
* [[Risk
* [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]]: Panicked units make a 180 degree turn and leave the battlefield. A lot of units panick when their leader is killed so massive routs are common.
* [[Shout-Out]]: The chariot races to [[Ben
** [[Shout-Out/To Shakespeare|To Shakespeare]]: The game parting words : [[Julius Caesar (
* [[Spiritual Successor]]: To [[Defender of the Crown]]. And the [[Total War]] series could be considered this to Centurion, since they share a lot of concepts and gameplay.
* [[Take Over the World]]: The goal of the game.
* [[Video Game Cruelty Punishment]]:
** Plundering an occupated nation makes its romanization progress slower and makes other free nations reluctant to sign an alliance with you.
** Outrageous taxes often lead to popular uprisings.
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