As a provincial governor charged with spreading the glory of Rome, your mission is clear: build cities, foster trade and industry, make money. How you accomplish this is entirely up to you. Gain wealth and power, make a career out of pleasing the Emperor, battle barbarians and repel invaders, or concentrate on building the next Eternal City. Fail and you'll end up as lunch for the lions. Prove your strength of mind and spirit and you just may be crowned Caesar!
The game is quite a complex strategy game which involves a lot of reading of menus and objectives. It is predominantly controlled by the mouse/pointer. The only time you need to use the keyboard is for naming saved games and entering your own name as the governor but you can get around this by accepting the default names that are offered. It is not necessary to hold the mouse button down to drag and drop objects - only single clicks are required. There is a useful 'undo' option available if you make a mistake when placing objects, which is required quite often in the game e.g. putting buildings in the correct position.
