Will9, that looks more like Alexander! And the other guy you showed is probably Caesar!
I can't understnad why Julius Caesar would be in over Augustus Caesar, as Julius ruled Rome for 5 years, whereas Augustus ruled for 42 years (which places him as one of the longest ruling European monarchs).
As I said, Hector didn't appear, all that appeared was a message about him sending acrobats. Unless a message like "Cleopatra has sent some dancing bears" appears, we can safely assume that the Phoencians are not playable. (And they're not barbarians, either, Zenon!).
And while that only means 2 Middle Eastern Civs, the Arabs (in Civ4, at least) pretty much cover the entire Middle East (except for Turkey) plus North Africa and even Central Asia (and partially India; in Civ4 one of their cities is Anjar, which is in the state of Gujarat).
But they should have just put in all the civs from Civ1 and then included the Spanish, Arabs, Japanese, and Persians alongside them. Although that would mean more Civs than there were in Civ3...
By the way, can somebody tell me what leaders and civilization were in Civ2 (including exp packs)?