The main reason was that in most cases (especially after AI autoplay), Africa is not controlled by Rome so it feels even weirder than Greeks if it flips to Byzantium. Also, it would make their UHV easier.
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I was thinking about that too, I was playing as the Romans and it felt really weird that I still had control of Egypt and Babylon, thinking that they would flip. Great idea imo, after all most of those territories they spawn with on the 600AD start.
Oh, that's great!
On the subject of the Byzantines it would seem strange to me if they even did spawn if the Romans never made it out east. If the Greeks control the Byzantine spawn area then it wouldn't make much sense for the Byzantines to just pop up in 330AD or whatever it is (unless of course Greece is a Roman vassal I suppose). But I guess the real issue impeding a historical simulation here is the ai's inability to recreate the a true Roman Empire. Heck, I just loaded a game as the Byzantines where Rome didn't control all of Italy (Milan was garrisoned by a celtic warrior yet at the same time Rome was able to go out and grab Tyre
The Byzantines only spawn if Greece is dead and Rome controls at least one city in the Greek core. The Roman stability has no impact on it, and player controlled Byzantium obviously spawns regardless.
Last time you said it was Babylon.
