Characters / Total War: Arena

Rome

Germanicus

Sword Infantry Commander. Available at the start.

Scipio Africanus

Spear Cavalry Commander.

• Catchphrase: "Carthago delenda est."^note Carthage must be destroyed. Historically this was the catchprase of Cato the Elder.

Julius Caesar

Heavy Artillery Commander.

Sulla

Sword Infantry Commander. Added in Update 2.2.

• Animal Motifs: The snake is used for the decoration of Sulla's equipment to illustrate his historical reputation as a ruthless dictator.

Greece

Cynane

Archer Commander. Available at the start.

Leonidas

Spear Infantry Commander.

Miltiades

Spear Infantry Commander.

Alexander the Great

Spear Cavalry Commander.

Barbarians

Arminius

Spear Cavalry Commander. Available at the start.

Boudica

Wardog Commander.

Vercingetorix

Sword Infantry Commander.

• Kill It with Fire: Vercingetorix's special ability "Scorched Earth" has his troops throw firebombs to set an area in flames. It's very devastating against tightly clustered infantry and discourages the use of tactics like Formation Fighting and Phalanx.

Ambiorix

Archer Infantry Commander. Added in Patch 3.1.5.

Carthage

Hannibal

Sword Infantry Commander. Added in Update 3.0.

• Artistic License – History: For some reason, this version of Hannibal has a pirate-style black eyepatch when there is no historical evidence to support that this type of eyepatch even existed in the ancient era. Although it is recorded that Hannibal lost the use of one eye from a battle injury or opthalmia, it's still hard to say if he actually did wear an eyepatch and what it would've looked like if he did have one.

Hasdrubal

Sword Infantry Commander. Added in Update 3.0.