Wow, I'm amazed that an idea with so much potential has such a silent thread. Dogfish, if you still want to make a Rome era mod for ETW, I'm all for it. I already listed some possible start dates. I also came up with a faction list. Here is what I have so far.

Celtic:

Aedui
Arverni
Belgae
Cassi
Brigantes
Boii
Insubres
Arevaci (Celtiberi)
Galatians
Veneti (Brittany)

Thraco-Illyrian:

Illyrians
Getae
Odrysai

Other European:

Lusitani
Caledonians
Sweboz

Semitic:

Carthage
Nabataea
Saba

African:

Mauretanians
Numidia
Meroe
Axum

Italian:

Rome
Samnites

Western Greek:

Massalia
Syracuse
Epirus
Makedon
Aetolian League
Achaian League
Sparta
Athens
Rhodes
Pergamum

Eastern Greek:

Kyrene
Bithynia
Bosphorans
Ptolemies
Antigonids (Asia Minor)
Seleukids
Baktria

Asiatic:

Pontus
Cappadocia
Armenia
Atropatene Media

Nomadic:

Scythians
Sarmatians
Parthia
Saka
Yuezhi
Massagetae

Indian:

Gandhara
Mauryans
Pandya

That is a little over fifty factions and eleven cultures (if ETW allows that many cultures), so I think it is a good starting point.

I am aware that the modding community is still learning to crawl as opposed to walking or running with ETW, but it would be efficient to start working on conceptual stuff until the technical basis is ready.

Anyway, I'm up for it. Anyone else?

Chairman