Alright... posted this before but no-one answered.

Quote Originally Posted by Sigurd
That's it. I can't get any further with my Roman campaign (at 226 BC). Every time I fight a battle I can't get back to the campaign map. I am thrown out to the main menu and the most recent saves (made several) will do the same. I can load older saves, but it kinda defeats the point when you just can't progress in the game. I even loaded an older save and didn't fight a single battle, just stayed in the campaign map and moved past 226 BC to 225 BC.. but as soon as I fight a battle (able to finish the battle), I get thrown out to the main menu when loading the campaign map.

Anyone experienced anything similar?
I am wondering if this is a prologue bug. Read some similar complaints on .com and they were related to playing the prologue which suddenly stops and you are expected to continue by playing an actual campaign.
Problem is... I didn't play the prologue. I can't get past the point I am at and it always happens after I successfully take a full city. Which incidentally is where I am at in my campaign. I have laid siege to two major cities, one in Provincia and the other the rebel controlled Corsica & Sardinia: either one will drop my game to the menu.. and trying to reload any saves from just before taking one of those cities will not load.
Maybe the solution would be to just play the prologue and trigger whatever lays dormant in the game.

Did all of you play the prologue before starting your own campaign?