Is there a Paradox Game like Imperator that deals with the first 7 centuries AD?

[rakovsky]

I liked Paradox Games' Crusader Kings II, and how it had regional and imperial dynasties. It started in about the 10th century AD. I see that Paradox Games' Imperator: Rome ends in about the end of the 1st century BC with the start of imperial-age Rome. Is there a Paradox game that covers the period in between Imperator: Rome and the Crusader Kings series?

By comparison, in the Total War series, Rome I has a Barbarian DLC that covers the 5th century AD, and Total War Rome II includes the 1st century AD with Augustus' dynasty.

I did see that Imperator Rome has an extended Timeline Mod, but that was about it that I noticed.

[EpicD1CK]

no paradox game covers that period probably because balancing rome wont be easy. Youll find mods for eu, ck and imperator that all tries to cover some periord within that time frame tho. Eu has extended timeline, ck has fallen eagle and imperator has:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2578689167

[rakovsky]

That's a good point about the balancing issue, as the 1st to 4th centuries AD were the strongest period for Rome.

But thinking of it later, 1st to 4th century Rome did have major rivalries.
- The Parthians were the most obvious rival, and Rome never fully conquered them. They had on and off conflicts for centuries.
- Germania was quite strong despite being barbarian. More exactly, the Germans (Goths, Teutons, etc.) were strong enough to hold their own and deter Rome from trying to conquer most of Germany after the early 1st century.
- China was maybe bigger than Rome, but it was far enough away that it was basically just a distant trading partner and curiosity.
- Armenia, Osroene/Edessa/Sanliurfa, Nabatea/Petra, and other nations were serious powers, but not strong enough to conquer major portions of the Roman empire. Maybe Armenia could have conquered Asia Minor or the Middle East.
- The Jewish revolts of 70 and 135 AD were actually quite serious, and a few Roman legions got annihilated fighting them.
- Rome had major internal rivalries in that period. One was the 4 faction conflict involving Vespasian in about 68 AD. Rival generals fought eachother, and this forms an AOE1:ROR campaign scenario. Total War has a campaign for the Crisis of the Third Century, a Roman civil war.

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As for games, I found:

EU:Rome (2008)
Imperator: Rome (2019)

Total War series:
TW: Rome I (2004) (I played the demo. It was decent) It has a Teuteburg Forest "Historical Battle" (early 1st century AD), and the campaign ends in about 14 AD.
TW: Rome I Remastered (2021)
TW: Rome II (2013) The campaign runs to 28 AD. This may specifically refer to the Augustus DLC.
TW: Attila (2015) The events and objectives run from 395-450 AD, although you can keep playing after that date.

I think that there is no Paradox or Total War game that covers the start of Islam and 7th century Arab conquest of Jerusalem.

[Jiggy]

Maybe you can check this MOD:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2500984457

[rakovsky]

Playing as Judea with Tinwiz's Timeline Extender Mod for Invictus (version 1.5f Dies Natalis), I converted to Christianity in the early 2nd century, soon after conversion became possible. I finally held all the map's territories on Oct. 2, 991 AUC (238 AD). Playing with Invictus as Judea was a more rewarding experience than with the vanilla version, because of lots of special features like the Davidic bloodline and the mission tree. I made a write-up of my playthrough here:
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/success-as-christian-judea-with-the-invictus-timeline-extender-mod.1593597/