>roman history spans over 2,000 years
>99% of games about rome are in the same ~100 time span
why? there are countless interesting scenarios to choose from, but devs always choose the same shit

As per Leonard of Chios and George Sphrantzes, these were some of the last recorded statements of Constantine XI made before his officers and soldiers as part of a speech during the last days of Constantinople

>"Gentlemen, illustrious captains of the army, and our most Christian comrades in arms: we now see the hour of battle approaching. I have therefore elected to assemble you here to make it clear that you must stand together with firmer resolution than ever. You have always fought with glory against the enemies of Christ. Now the defence of your fatherland and of the city known the world over, which the infidel and evil Turks have been besieging for two and fifty days, is committed to your lofty spirits."
>*He told the men that there were four great causes for which a man should be prepared to die: his faith; his country; his family and his Emperor - in that order.*
>"It is impossible for me to go away: how could I leave the churches of our Lord, and His servants the clergy, and the throne, and my people in such a plight? What would the world then say of me? God forbid that I should live as an emperor without an empire. Should the city fall, I shall fall with it."
>"You, my comrades in arms, obey the commands of your leaders in the knowledge that this is the day of your glory, a day on which, if you shed but a drop of blood, you will win for yourselves an eternal crown of martyrdom."