The year is 401 AD, and spring is in the air on what appears to be a normal night along the Rhine. It is not. Tens of thousands of Germanic soldiers have moved in silence toward the river under cover of darkness. The Roman province puts up a fight, but the soldiers stationed there are beginning to understand that centuries of control over this territory are ending. The Germanic tribes need a strong leader to unite them — and that leader is you. Push through Europe province by province, capture Rome, and be remembered by history.