Marius saves Roma at the verge of Hannibal's campaign attack. http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/346838 Initial setup http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/175185 A sampling of yellow (player) counters from Italia II. The Ostrogoths, Lombards, and Visigoths. http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/173083 A sampling of green (player) counters from Italia II. The Arabs, Vandals, and Foederati. http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/173082 A sampling of blue (player) counters from Italia I. The Carthaginians. http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/173081 A sampling of red (player) counters from Italia I. The Romans. http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/173080 Start of Italia 2. The Roman Empire is divided into two factions: Western Romans under Stilichio (brown) and Afro Romans under Bonifatius (blue). The Sardes on Corsica and Sardinia are already independent (1), and the fate is lurking in the North (Vsigoth http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/172850 The start: when Rome still was a pesky city state http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/166528 Game map http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/166527 Initial set-up Italia I http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/166526 Game components http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/166525 476 AD: Odoaker has made it all the way down to Rome - the Western Roman Empire in ruins http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/165945 With the player aid charts http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/165740 At Essen 06 http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/165739 a view from the Alps... http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/162648