You can choose from the scenario-based 'City Building Kit,' which gives you various situations of natural resource availability, Imperial favor, and enemy strength, or create a career and climb the ladder of Roman politics. Caesar III lets you build many structures, including city walls, temples, aqueducts, and bath houses. The game provides many elements from historical Roman cities, including aqueducts, Roman Legions, Barbarians at your gates, the Coliseum, and even the famous horserace-hosting Circus Maximus. Don't forget to provide for the people's entertainment, lest they load up the cart and move to greener pastures. You have to balance the growth of infrastructure, water supply, industry, feeding your people, taxes, and city defense while simultaneously keeping the gods and your Emperor happy.
The responsibility is great, as you are charged with building your city from scratch.īuilding a city in Caesar III requires broad management skills.
In Caesar III, you play the role of a provincial governor of a Roman city in the time of the Roman Empire.
