EB is against "what if" scenerios but also against pushing the game down a "set path" scenerio.

The Roman government resource placement is outdated and may use some changes if rethought. Originally (in v0.7x), the Romans could build Type2s just about everywhere. It was scaled back a bit to cut off the eastern parts of the map.

Remember that government levels mean different things to different factions. For some factions, Type2s are areas closely tied to the culture and military of the faction or even core territories, for the Romans Type2s are Provinces.