Histories Of War is a series of historical wargames rules designed to allow players to recreate battles of the period using miniature soldiers or counters on a scenic battlefield. The system puts the player in the role of a general of large armies and the rules are designed to represent the action occurring simultaneously. Empire & Hordes pits the army of the Roman Empire against the Barbarian Hordes in central Europe between 50 BC and 500 AD. Can you re-write the histories of war? —description from the publisher