Players act as governor of a Roman province and must build and maintain a thriving and prosperous settlement.

A successor game, Grand Ages: Rome (also known as Imperivm: Civitas III), was released in 2009.

Imperium Romanum features significantly improved graphics from its predecessor and also adds several large Roman monuments such as the Circus Maximus and the Colosseum.

The game features fully rendered 3D structures and people and allows the player to zoom in and out of the scene as well as rotate the camera a full 360 degrees.

[2] A review in GamesRadar+ praised the game's pace, buildings and user interface, while criticizing its uninspired mechanics and underwhelming design.