First things first. Bravo to Asgaroth for his speech.
Thank you TwoKnives...

If we do not have a free people faction then I suggest we put the Dacians back in or we make Celt-Iberia, or even Bactria..
I was only explaining why not to use Sparta nor Aedui nor Suebi and some other thoughts...

And I say Aetolian league is the best option.We will give them all the hoplites me and hameleona have made,that way they won't be crushed by Epirus or Macedon early in the game.And besides that we will have an extended map so they won't be to close.

I could not agree more, I want the start date to be as historical as possible, but after that it's up to the player to alter the course of history

The basic point for me here is that we make historical events to happen but in what way will it resolve it is up to the game...We do not need to make Romans win the Punic wars,we just need to make Punic wars happen.Because if we do everything like it was in history then it will be boring and players will know what will happen on the world map that they are playing...

So Punic wars,yes...Rome wins,does not need to be that way,because of this it will be more interesting.