A new Rome: Total War Gold Edition Product Section (thanks Frans) reveals plans for a new bundled edition of the large-scale RTS game slated for release on March 3, 2006:

Rome: Total War Gold Edition brings together the multi-awarding winning Rome: Total War and its critically acclaimed official expansion, Barbarian Invasion. Available in one great value pack, this is the perfect opportunity for armchair generals to conquer and control the greatest empire ever known by man.

In Rome: Total War you must guide one of three noble Roman families on a century-spanning quest to seize control of the Roman Empire.

In Barbarian Invasion witness the decline of Rome as it suffers attack from Barbarian Hordes and a bitter internal struggle between rival factions.