some questions

[clone]

1can i ask something. this mod is wonderfull but i would like to ask why you choose this particular date. why you didnt choose the vanillia or euro barbarorum date where factions are smaller like rome or makedon.could in the futere move the date
2 why ptolemaic and seleukid kindoms are named empires.historically they were kindoms

[Frum]

The original mod, Roma Surrectum 1, did start earlier, during the time of the first Punic war. The Seleucid Empire has only ever been called an empire in virtually every single work of history. (See Will Durant The Life of Greece, for an example.) As for the Ptolemies, during this period they would have been classified as an empire, owning a multitude of provinces in diverse places (Egypt, Palestine, Anatolia, Greece, and even Ethiopia), whereas they are classified as a Kingdom after they lost these territories by the time the Romans subjugated them.

[clone]

The original mod, Roma Surrectum 1, did start earlier, during the time of the first Punic war. The Seleucid Empire has only ever been called an empire in virtually every single work of history. (See Will Durant The Life of Greece, for an example.) As for the Ptolemies, during this period they would have been classified as an empire, owning a multitude of provinces in diverse places (Egypt, Palestine, Anatolia, Greece, and even Ethiopia), whereas they are classified as a Kingdom after they lost these territories by the time the Romans subjugated them.

i wish the roma surrectum team changes the date

[dvk901]

But one of the reasons we chose the date we did was because we wanted to cover the start of the Second Punic War. Many mods start in 280BC...ours in 217BC.

[20ninescene]

That's a matter of personal preference but I like the start in 217 BC, hannibal invades italy and in the east the battle of Raphia is about to begin (one of my favorite battles because both armies have very similar armies).