Expeditions Rome is a CRPG that features a lot of endings. Depending on your choices, things significantly change in the latter part of the game. So let’s try to list all of the possible endings and see how you can get them.
Obviously, this guide is full of spoilers. Also, this is a work in progress and will be updated in the coming days.
The Moment of Truth is the fork before the end of your adventure. Here, you get to decide the ultimate fate of Rome. After your adventures and troubles with your vengeance, you finally have control of your destiny. Should you march into Rome with your legion or should you wait and battle it out with words inside the Senate? Your choice here greatly affects Act IV of the game so choose wisely! Or you can just save and replay it from here if you’re curious about the other path.
Some endings, such as exile and sacrifice, are found in both paths in The Moment of Truth. However, while they ultimately lead to the same fate, they are from different scenarios. This means that you can view two different endings depending on how you went with them. Did you make a sacrifice after you marched your legion into Rome? Or did you make it after exhausting all means just to protect your friends? Both lead to the same ending but both feature different dialogues and endings for you and your companions. So take note of that when replaying for the endings.
You chose to sacrifice your life in order to save your friends from execution. Despite your efforts, you still killed a Consul in cold blood and in front of the public. The Senate decides to execute you. However, the people of Rome know better and they celebrate you as the hero that you were.
To get this ending, surrender to the Senate after attacking Lurco.
You decided that the life of your friends is far more important than the rules and traditions of Rome. Your companions flee with you to Egypt wherein you help in shaping it into a powerful partner of Rome. You reside in the royal palace, acting as an ambassador of Rome.
After defeating Lurco, accept the offer of your companions to escape to get this ending.
Tired of the politics, you decide to retire to your vineyard. People find it odd that after all you have been through, after having the Consulship within your grasp, you decide to turn away and work in the fields instead. A very peaceful ending as you live life away from politics and from the military. Perhaps the best ending?
Arrest Lurco and choose to retire to get this ending.
Showing that you can command people, have great respect of the laws of the Senate, and have garnered the admiration of the people of Rome, you decide to take on the role of a senator. Democracy has been defended and you stood by it during its greatest challenge. Eventually, your role in defending Rome this lands you the position of Consul.
Arrest Lurco and choose to become a senator to get this ending.
Even after all the carnage, you still decide to surrender to the Roman Senate. Principled or not, the Senate did not find it great to have someone march a legion into Rome to devastate it. Whether Lurco was right or wrong, it does not matter. You still broke the laws and you get executed for it. Rome then plunges into chaos as you have revealed the rot and weakness of the Senate. Rome fails and never achieves greatness.
After killing Lurco, surrender yourself to the Senate.
You flee to Egypt and find yourself as an administrator of the country. Egypt prospers and rivals Rome’s power.
Decide to escape to Egypt after you defeat Lurco to get this ending.
You become the supreme ruler of Rome. Lurco was just the first step. You eventually become the single most powerful individual in Rome and you then start to lead it to an Empire. Romans revere you and think of you as a god. Rome prospers and becomes a large empire spanning vast lands.
Take on the mantle of the Emperor by choosing it after you defeat Lurco.
