First of all, I'd like to say that the EB team did an exceedingly awesome job with all of the factions and I enjoyed testing out each and every single one. I can also tell you that this mod broadened my knowledge of the Classical Period (to the point that I consider myself an expert among my peers ) , but this mod also inspired a new found love of Persians.

No no, I'm not wooing Iranian women exclusively, but rather an admiration of their culture and history. Most of my prior knowledge of Persia was of their failed attempts of Greek subjugation and Leonidas and all that jazz, but now I'm realizing the wealth of culture and history that the Achaemenids cultivated.

I try to humbly recreate the Persian Empire with the Pontics, Hai, and Parthians, but I always seem to get bored when I reach more than 20 provinces and the micromanaging reaches colossal proportions. Any other Persophiles around here?