Expeditions: Rome — How to Recruit All Companions

You won't have to go it alone when you play Expeditions: Rome. This is because you will meet and recruit companions throughout your travels. These companions will in turn allow you to form a versatile team to meet the challenges that await you in the campaign.

This Expeditions: Rome guide tells you when you'll be able to recruit each Companion, as well as what each Companion brings to the wartable.

Before we take a look at each companion, it's important to know a few things about companion loyalty and their interactions. Your companions in Expeditions: Rome are very different from the generic Legionnaires you can recruit:



  • Associated side quests are associated with them.
  • Many of them are often needed to complete important story missions.
  • Their opinion of the main character mainly affects their morale at the start of battles. Because they're an integral part of the story, they won't leave your party due to lost relationships.
  • There are ways to start a romance with companions in Expeditions: Rome.

All companions and their classes in Expeditions: Rome

After the murder of Quinctius Aquilinus (Prince)

Expeditions: Rome — How to Recruit All Companions

Caeso is one of your character's most loyal friends. As a fellow soldier, you can recruit him early in the game. He's a Princeps, which means he can equip shields and heavy armor, perfect for a tanker role. You can find out more in our Princeps class and best skills guide.

Syneros (Triarius)

Expeditions: Rome — How to Recruit All Companions


Similar to Caeso, Syneros will be with you once you start the campaign. Syneros is a Triarius, allowing him to equip staves and use support skills. Additionally, one of his unarmed skills called Soothe Pain acts as a healing ability.


You can find out more in our Triarius class and best skills guide, as well as our healing and reviving guide. Finally, you can get the Medic perk for Syneros by completing the Olympian side quest.

Bête Tabat (Veles)

Expeditions: Rome — How to Recruit All Companions

Bestia is a gladiator who seems to be at odds with your party when Expeditions: Rome begins. Yet he joins you in your initial fight. As Veles, Bestia can wield two weapons (with a dagger in her left hand). This allows him to hit his enemies with deadly combos. You can find out more in our Veles class and best skills guide.

Julia Calida (Sagittarius)

Expeditions: Rome — How to Recruit All Companions

When you reach Mytilene at the start of Expeditions: Rome, you will encounter a spy named Julius. Eventually she will reveal that she wants to join the fight against the enemy, and you can recruit her.


Julia is a Sagittarius, which means she is very optimistic and would probably prefer a Leo to an archer who can shoot enemies all over the map. You can find out more in our Sagittarius class and best skills guide.

Deianeira (Princeps)

Expeditions: Rome — How to Recruit All Companions

You won't encounter or be able to recruit Deianeira until you progress further in Mytilene in the first act. Eventually, you will be asked to go to Thracian Gladiator School. There, Bestia will free Deianeira and her fellow fighters.


Deianeira is similar to Caeso in that she is a Princeps. However, we have yet to confirm if this is due to our main character also being a Princeps, or if this is set in stone by default regardless of which class you choose.

And those are all the companions and when you can recruit them in Expeditions: Rome. For more guides, consider heading to our Expedition Tips: Rome page for so much more!

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