mboettcher
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While both are technically the same Civ, mid republic Rome and Mid imperial Rome are almost entirely different beasts culturally, militarily and economically. Their achievements apart from one another (though obviously imperial Rome depends on the republic foundation) are well more than enough to make it into the game. Imperial Rome can make it on its all time great socioeconomic accomplishments and Republic Rome on it military and legal achievements.
Ok this may not be the best idea but I would at least like both periods of the Roman empire/republic to be well represented. Basically all we ever had from the Republic Period was the mostly useless forum and the guys who ended the Republic. There's no Roman constitutional achievements, the senate, Scipio Africanus, Cicero, Pompey, Marius etc. Where's the early legionary drafting system (u know not the Praets which weren't even a military unit...), unique Roman warships (the one with the claw whose name I am forgetting), basically all the figures who actually did the majority of the conquering for them.
edit: also to be fair many of the great emperors aren't represented as well and neither is the great Roman engineering capacity. I mean the aqueducts were a rather unique engineering achievement for, well, until the 20th century. (The 1920's was the first time a major world city surpassed imperial Rome's per capita fresh water supply)
Ok this may not be the best idea but I would at least like both periods of the Roman empire/republic to be well represented. Basically all we ever had from the Republic Period was the mostly useless forum and the guys who ended the Republic. There's no Roman constitutional achievements, the senate, Scipio Africanus, Cicero, Pompey, Marius etc. Where's the early legionary drafting system (u know not the Praets which weren't even a military unit...), unique Roman warships (the one with the claw whose name I am forgetting), basically all the figures who actually did the majority of the conquering for them.
edit: also to be fair many of the great emperors aren't represented as well and neither is the great Roman engineering capacity. I mean the aqueducts were a rather unique engineering achievement for, well, until the 20th century. (The 1920's was the first time a major world city surpassed imperial Rome's per capita fresh water supply)