Talk:Coming of the Huns/@comment-31571913-20190809130337/@comment-31571913-20190811131703

Anyway, I've read through the in-game instructions again, it dates the scenario to "373 to 453 AD". Rather than depicting one specific battle, this would mean that the scenario represents the entire Hunnic invasions and Gothic migrations on a sort of microcosmic scale, similar to how the previous scenario used three town centers on a sea map to represent the Roman presence in Italy, the Balkans and the Middle East.

In this case, it can be assumed that the Victory aftermath text really does imply an alternate history ending where Western Rome overcomes the Huns and Goths. It wouldn't be the only time the series goes for a more favorable conclusion to a campaign. AoE II had the Scots win the Battle of Falkirk and had the Teuton crusaders succeeding to bring Barbarossa's corpse to Jerusalem. The Third Greek War scenario from this game also seems to go for an unhistorical Hellenic victory over Rome, unless it's only depicting one non-decisive battle I'm unaware of. And as mentioned, the Loss text ("Rome has fallen. [...] Welcome to the Dark Ages.") pretty much sums up what happened in history.