So you are saying only a single culture can trigger MOT; pity. I wonder though that the game designers wouldn't make a more common culture such as 'western greek' the trigger for the reforms.

Like you pointed out, 'roman' is only an internal name. In that case Italy can just be an internal location. I wonder if a huge city in greece with any culture of the 'western greek' variety would be an effective trigger instead. Most of the factions that vie for greece in the early to midgame are western greek. This lessens the chances of the required culture being totally wiped out before the reforms trigger.

Is there anything fundamentally wrong with my thinking?