The game's main campaign takes place from 270 BC to 14 AD showcasing the rise and final centuries of the Republican period and the early decades of the imperial period of Ancient Rome. The game is the third title in The Creative Assembly's Total War series. The macOS version was released on Februby Feral Interactive, who also released the iPad version on November 10, 2016, the iPhone version on August 23, 2018, and the Android version on December 19, 2018. The game was released for Microsoft Windows in 2004. Rome: Total War is a strategy video game developed by The Creative Assembly and originally published by Activision its publishing rights have since passed to Sega.