Hi all. Russian team released alpha version of Natus ob imperium mod. Starting with second punic war, 218BC, Hanibal is in Italy. Ending date 107AD.
Playable factions:
1)Rome
2)Carthage
3)Numidia
4)Ptolomei
5)Makedonia
6)Seleucid
7)Armenia
8)Pontus
9)Pergamom
10)Parthia
11)Greek city states
12)Suebi
13)Cherusci
14)Sarmatia
15)Saka
16)Mauryan
17)Thrace
18)Dacia
19)Epirus
20)Baktria
21)Scythia
22)Bosphor
23)Boii
24)Belgae
25)Arverni
26)Anglee
27)Cantabrian
28)Lusitani
Cultures:
There are 10 cultural types in the game:
Roman culture - is unique by nature. Rome has bonus in its spreading.
Phoenician culture - is the culture of the northwest regions of Africa.
Hellenistic (Greek) culture - is the culture of the most factions which appeared after Alexander's Empire crash.
Eastern (Zoroastrian) culture - is the culture of some eastern factions which stayed faithful to the ancestors' traditions and didn't fall under Hellenistic influence.
Indian culture - is the most ancient culture.
Even Alexander the Great had admired the centuries-old Indian history. It's represented by the Maurya Empire.
Scytho-Sarmatian culture - is the culture of the Great Steppe.
Thracian culture - is the culture of the Balkan barbarians.
Germanic culture - is the culture of the terrible Cherusci, Suebi, and Ingaevones (including the Teutons and Cimbri)
Celtic culture - is the second widespread culture (after the Hellenistic one). It's the culture of Celtic tribes.
Barbarism - in case of your cultural level decrease in a city, the barbarism appears. It influences people's minds.
You can download it here https://yadi.sk/d/nqNxTeIVtFacr
Here are some picture of it.
Battlefield:
Campaing map: