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Civilization VII
Civ 7 Rome Civilization Guide
★ Start Here: How to Play | Early Game
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★ Tech, Civics, Buildings, Units, & Wonders
★ Economic, Military, Science, Culture Victories
★Recommended Guides: Treasure Fleets
┗ Map Types | Trade Routes | Migrants
Rome is a playable Civilization from the Antiquity Age in Civilization VII (Civ 7). Read on to learn Rome's unique ability, starting biases, civics, best leader to choose, and strategies to play as the Rome.
List of Contents
Rome Overview
Attributes, Ability, and Starting Biases
| Rome | Age |
|---|---|
 Rome
|
Antiquity |
| Attributes | |
|
Cultural Militaristic |
|
| Age Unlock | Starting Biases |
| Norman, America, French Empire, Spain, Prussia | Grassland |
| Unique Ability | |
| Twelve Tables: Adds Culture on Districts in the Capital and City Centers in Town. | |
Rome Unique Civics
| Unique Civic | Effects |
|---|---|
| Exercitus Romanus | Unlock the Temple of Jupiter Unique Building. Unlocks 'Auxilia' Tradition. The Legatus Unique Commander gains the Bulwark promotion for free. |
| Civis Romanus | Unlock the Basilica Unique Building. Unlocks 'Cursus Honorum' Tradition. Increased Gold in the Capital for every Town. |
| Legatus Pro Praetore | Gain a free Infantry Unit in new Settlements that you found. Increased Settlement Limit. Unlocks 'Latinitas' Tradition. |
| Senatus Populusque Romanus | Increased Social Policy in the Government. Increased Settlement Limit. Unlocks 'Princeps Civitatis' Tradition and Colosseum Wonder. |
Rome Unique Units and Infrastructure
| Unique Units |
・Legatus (Civilian) ・Legion (Tier 2) (Military) ・Legion (Tier 3) (Military) |
|---|---|
| Unique Infrastructure |
・Forum ・Temple of Jupiter ・Basilica |
Rome's Wonders
| Wonder | Effect |
|---|---|
 Colosseum
|
+3 Culture. +2 Happiness on Quarters in this Settlement. Ageless. Must be placed adjacent to a District. |
Leader Choices for Rome
Recommended Leaders
| Leader Choices for Rome |
|---|
|
・
 Augustus (Historic Choice) ・
 Benjamin Franklin (Strategic Choice) ・
 Catherine the Great (Strategic Choice) ・
 Charlemagne (Geographic Choice) ・
 Friedrich (Baroque) (Strategic Choice) ・
 Friedrich (Oblique) (Geographic Choice) ・
 Lafayette (Geographic Choice) ・
 Machiavelli (Geographic Choice) ・
 Napoleon (Emperor) (Geographic Choice) ・
 Napoleon (Revolutionary) (Geographic Choice) |
The table above shows the recommended Leaders to play as in terms of strategic pairing, historical accuracy, and geographic advantages when choosing Rome as your civilization.
Civ 7 Leaders List and All Abilities
Recommended Rome Victory Paths
Culture and Military Paths
Rome specializes in having a strong Culture and Military with bonuses that feed off each other. However, they're better suited for a Military Legacy Path rather than Culture since they have ways to heavily boost their Legions and don't get Production Boosts for Wonders.
How to Play as Rome
Select a Leader With Strong Synergies
| Recommended Leaders When Playing Rome | ||
|---|---|---|
|
Augustus
|
Lafayette
|
 Trung Trac
|
The first step when starting a new game is to choose your Leader and Civ combo. For Rome, you'll want to pick Leaders with bonuses that can buff up their Units and Cultural output.
A few examples of strong Leaders are Augustus, since he's Rome's signature Leader and plays extremely well around its Town focused empire, Lafayette, for extra Tradition Combat Strength buffs on Legions, and Trung Trac, who specializes in Commanders and can immediately settle with your first Legatus.
Best Leaders and Civilizations Tier Lists
Use All of Rome's Traditions
Thanks to Rome's powerful Cultural output, you can quickly unlock Civics compared to most other Civs. Because of this, you'll want to prioritize unlocking all of Rome's Traditions so that you can increase the bonuses of the Forum and buff your Legions' Combat Strength.
Create a Ton of Legions
Rome is one of the strongest military Civilizations due to their Legions gaining massive Combat Strength bonuses from Traditions. Aim to build multiple armies full of Legions to exploit their strength, and to also get Culture when you have the Cursus Honorum Tradition slotted in your Government.
Settle With Legatus Not Settlers
Instead of building Settlers, you should use a Legatus to settle a Town instead. They can do this every three levels so make sure they're in the thick of battle to get the experience they need to level up.
As a note, you should build at least one Settler and settle a Town nearby so that you can jump-start your empire.
Don't Convert Towns to Cities
A bunch of Rome's bonuses benefit from having Towns instead of Cities. Unless you need the extra space for certain buildings or Wonders, you should aim to keep all Settlements outside of your Capital as Towns to maximize the bonuses that you can get.
Should You Convert a Town Into a City?
Always Build the Colosseum
Unlike most other Civilizations, Rome has a unique Narrative Event when they build the Colosseum, allowing them to gain one of two bonuses. Unless you desperately need the Happiness boost, you should always pick the "Staged Battle" so that your Legions can get a further +2 Combat Strength boost.
Civilization VII (Civ 7) Related Guides
All Antiquity Age Civilizations
| Antiquity Age Civilizations |
 Aksum
|
 Egypt
|
 Greece
|
|---|---|---|
 Han China
|
 Khmer
|
 Maurya India
|
 Maya
|
 Mississippian
|
 Persia
|
|
Rome
|
||
All Exploration Age Civilizations
| Exploration Age Civilizations |
 Abbasid
|
 Chola
|
 Hawai'i
|
|---|---|---|
 Inca
|
 Majapahit
|
 Ming China
|
 Mongolia
|
 Norman
|
 Shawnee
|
 Songhai
|
 Spain
|
|
All Modern Age Civilizations
| Modern Age Civilizations |
 America
|
 Buganda
|
 French Empire
|
|---|---|---|
 Meiji Japan
|
 Mexico
|
 Mughal
|
 Prussia
|
 Qing China
|
 Russia
|
 Siam
|
||
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