I have tried most of the severs and yes that includes empty servers.

I assumed they were online because the server populations are constantly changing. Also i was told that when the servers are down the message should read unable to find/connect to rome server or somthing like that. I just get a connection failed warning.

I can log in fine, I can seach servers fine. But when i select a server and attempt to join in it goes to the load screen and then back to main menu with a warning that i lost connection. Plzzzzz help. I really miss this game and ive got friends that want to play as well.