House of Julii
The House of Julii, one of the factions of the computer game Rome: Total War, are situated in the north of the Italian Confederation, or Roman Republic.
The family in real life didn't own northern Italy, but they did become the sovereign rulers of Rome. When playing the game the player is trying to replicate, or expand, on Julius Caesar's success in Gaul. The faction must fight Gaul, Germania, Spain and the northern Carthaginian Empire in Spain. The faction must also fight, or ally, with Britannia. In the game, each Roman House represents a different view of the Roman world, and a different vision for the future of the Republic. The Julii are extremely populist, believing in the power and importance of the Senate and People of Rome; everything is done for the glory of the Republic and the fact that Julii family members happen to be made wealthy and well-loved by their citizens is only a bonus and not an incentive. They are not very traditional, however, being one of the least aristocratic of the Patrician families, and their view of Roman culture can be summed up with the phrase "times change". Living on the frontier of civilization, they occupy the margin between the civilized comforts of Rome-proper and the savage, frozen wilderness of the Barbarian north. As such, they have an intense distaste for Barbarians and the barbarian lifestyle, and although being undoubtedly roughened-up by their life alongside the barbarians, they feel that their duty to Rome is to spread Latin civilization northward. They especially dislike Gauls, who have been a thorn in their side for generations.
After some success, the player can start the civil war, which happened in real life, but not how the game portrays it. They must strike down the Roman Senate (SPQR), and the other Roman factions: the Brutii, the enemies of the Hellenistic world, and the Scipii, the arch-enemies of Carthage.
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