| 1 | * The tutorial, Rome is under siege, the Emperor is screaming on a balcony for his army to protect him. With Marius leading the proper defense, slaughtering Barbarians, manning giant balista, and even calling in an artillery barrage with catapults. |
| 2 | * Anytime you command a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testudo_formation testudo formation.]] Having a whole line of armed-to-the-teeth, stone-cold soldiers holding up a veritable wall of steel is awesome. |
| 3 | * Marius's LastStand against the ''entire barbarian army'' in the city of York as he ''orders his commander'' to flee and BringNewsBack! It takes serious balls for a Roman soldier to tell that to his boss. The [[ThemeSongPowerUp rousing music]] really helps too. |
| 4 | * The story of Damocles counts in many ways. The first fact is even after his generals abandoned him, Damocles still charged at the enemy head on and mowed many of them down before he died. |
| 5 | ** The part where he comes back as the ghostly black armored centurion swiftly and brutally avenging his death is just awesome. |
| 6 | * Vitallion's status as a badass was largely an InformedAbility for most of the game, considering all he did was order troops around and [[DistressedDude get captured and need to be rescued.]] Then the final mission begins and he leads the charge against Boudica's army, cutting a swath through the barbarians and definitely proving he earned his rank when he kills Boudica's [[WarElephants elephant]] with a single spear through the [[EyeScream eye.]] He manages to fight Boudica one-on-one for quite a while until she kills him. |
| 7 | ** To wit: Vitallion kills seven men and an ''elephant'' in '''under thirty seconds.''' |
| 8 | * The ending. Marius doing TheSlowWalk down Nero's hall, ''butchering'' over a dozen PraetorianGuard as if they are nothing more than new recruits fresh out of boot camp, and he still keeps going [[{{Determinator}} even after taking over three stabs clean through his body.]] Mega bonus points for one of Marius's kills being an ''[[OffhandBackhand offhand throat stab]]'' and at the end, of the two final enemies, all Marius has to do is [[SwordPointing point his sword]] at one of them to ''scare the shit'' out of him long enough to take out both of them. All ending with him finally getting [[BestServedCold sweet, sweet vengeance]] on Nero. |
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