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**Mithridates VI Eupator** · 05-15-2014, 13:17

There are 28 factions + Eleutheroi in the 1st release, all of which have been revealed, and can be seen on the minimap in the screenshots above.

The Celtiberian faction is the Arevaci, previewed in this thread.

**Famine0** · 05-16-2014, 08:46

I forgot the Nabateaen kingdom got previewed together with with the Saba. Is the red faction near the Black Sea Cimmeria? I cant find the preview...
In the meanwhile these are the 27 factions that I can come up with:

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**Tux** · 05-16-2014, 09:02

You forgot the Kingdom of bosporus.

**Famine0** · 05-16-2014, 09:06

Ah, yes. I see they got previewed together with the Sauromatae. Thanks!

**moonburn** · 05-17-2014, 00:53

lso the casse have become the pritanoi

**Brennus** · 05-17-2014, 09:23

Originally Posted by moonburn

lso the casse have become the pritanoi

Yes. The Casse in EB were supposed to represent the Catuvellauni, the most powerful tribe in southern Britain between c.50BC and AD43. It appears that the historians in EB used Daitha O'haigan's book "The Celts: A chronological history" to select the name Casse, as here he reconstructs Casse as being an early form of Catuvellauni. The problem is that the historical evidence and, arguably, the archaeological evidence does not support the notion of there being a Catuvellaunian group before the 1st century BC at the earliest. The same goes for the most powerful tribe who preceded the Catuvellauni, the Trinobantes/Trinovantes.

The EBII team therefore decided to go for Pritanoi as it is a term which predates Catuvellauni and Trinovantes, furthermore there is greater archaeological evidence to support the existence of a group(s) like the Pritanoi in 272BC.