Over 2000 years ago there was a city called Sparta. The city had only two purposes - to train for war and to fight the wars she trained for. Over time Sparta became renowned for having the strongest, fastest, bravest and most deadly fighters in the known world. They were the Spartaites and were feared by all. With these warriors Sparta carved out an Empire for itself -‘Lakedaimon’. However, it was soon to find that its reign was not to be unopposed and other great cities were rising to the fore; Athens, Thebes, Corinth, Macedonia and not to forget the threat from the east - the massive Persian Empire. Can you unite Greece in time to defy the Great King and his mighty Persian Empire? Features: Engrossing turn based strategy set in a historically accurate Greek world. New & beautifully hand-crafted 3D rendered campaign map with optional 2D battles for players who don't like 3D! Innovative "Always Active" 2 player multiplayer over LAN & Internet via Gamespy. Use ships to travel from island to island, fight naval battles & perform naval invasions. Build city walls armed with catapults and hurl Greek fire onto your enemies, scorching the earth and killing anyone in their path. Huge battles allowing thousands for men to fight our spectacular battles. A wealth of diplomacy options, trade agreements, tributes, spying sabotage & more. Over 100 different nations on a huge campaign map that spans Greece and the ancient near east. Multiple resources, technologies, nations, leaders, units, structures, events, barbarians & more. Spartan was awarded Game of the Year at Independent Games Festival 2004 in the Visual Arts Category! Specs: Platform: PC Complexity: Easy Players: 2 Min Spec: Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP Pentium III 128 MB RAM 500 MB free hard drive space 16 MB DirectX compatible video card DirectX compatible sound card DirectX 8.0 or higher Multiplayer: LAN & Internet Source: The Developer Website.