<s>
Caesar	B-Application
II	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1995	O
video	O
game	O
of	O
the	O
Caesar	B-Application
video	O
game	O
series	O
that	O
takes	O
place	O
in	O
Ancient	O
Rome	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
have	O
the	O
opportunity	O
to	O
civilize	O
adjacent	O
barbarian	B-Application
provinces	O
,	O
eventually	O
reaching	O
the	O
entire	O
Roman	O
Empire	O
at	O
its	O
height	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
Caesar	B-Application
III	O
,	O
or	O
Pharaoh	O
,	O
the	O
province	O
and	O
city	O
are	O
separate	O
spheres	O
,	O
as	O
is	O
the	O
military	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Invading	O
Armies	O
differ	O
from	O
later	O
games	O
as	O
well	O
,	O
in	O
that	O
Barbarian	B-Application
towns	O
exist	O
within	O
many	O
provinces	O
from	O
which	O
Barbarian	B-Application
armies	O
can	O
emanate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
won	O
when	O
the	O
player	O
has	O
conquered	O
sufficient	O
provinces	O
to	O
attain	O
the	O
rank	O
of	O
Caesar	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
lost	O
if	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
computerized	O
rival	O
becomes	O
Caesar	B-Application
,	O
if	O
Caesar	B-Application
removes	O
the	O
player	O
from	O
their	O
post	O
for	O
running	O
too	O
large	O
a	O
deficit	O
,	O
for	O
going	O
beyond	O
the	O
time	O
frame	O
,	O
for	O
failing	O
to	O
follow	O
Imperial	O
demands	O
,	O
or	O
having	O
the	O
city	O
conquered	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
reviewer	O
for	O
Next	O
Generation	O
deemed	O
it	O
"	O
an	O
innovative	O
mix	O
of	O
SimCity-type	O
building	O
strategy	O
and	O
wargame	O
campaign.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
said	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
strongest	O
point	O
is	O
how	O
it	O
expands	O
from	O
a	O
city-building	B-Application
simulation	O
into	O
nation-building	O
and	O
wargames	O
,	O
but	O
also	O
highly	O
praised	O
the	O
graphics	O
and	O
simple	O
,	O
easy-to-grasp	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Caesar	B-Application
II	I-Application
was	O
a	O
runner-up	O
for	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
Worlds	O
1995	O
"	O
Strategy	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
"	O
award	O
,	O
which	O
ultimately	O
went	O
to	O
Command	B-Application
&	I-Application
Conquer	I-Application
and	O
Heroes	B-Application
of	I-Application
Might	I-Application
and	I-Application
Magic	I-Application
(	O
tie	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
editors	O
wrote	O
that	O
Caesar	B-Application
II	I-Application
"	O
surpassed	O
the	O
original	O
with	O
SVGA	O
graphics	O
and	O
an	O
actual	O
combat	O
module	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
noted	O
that	O
it	O
"	O
could	O
have	O
won	O
had	O
the	O
competition	O
not	O
been	O
so	O
strong.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
Gamer	O
also	O
nominated	O
Caesar	B-Application
II	I-Application
as	O
the	O
best	O
strategy	O
game	O
of	O
1995	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
lost	O
to	O
Command	B-Application
&	I-Application
Conquer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Caesar	B-Application
II	I-Application
and	O
its	O
predecessor	B-Application
were	O
named	O
,	O
collectively	O
,	O
the	O
96th	O
best	O
computer	O
game	O
ever	O
by	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
UK	O
in	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Sierra	O
On-Line	O
,	O
combined	O
sales	O
of	O
Caesar	B-Application
and	O
Caesar	B-Application
II	I-Application
surpassed	O
400,000	O
units	O
by	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
March	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Caesar	B-Application
II	I-Application
alone	O
sold	O
above	O
500,000	O
units	O
by	O
late	O
1998	O
,	O
and	O
ultimately	O
reached	O
2.5	O
million	O
sales	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
