About lugdunon, from one of our historians:
The area was inhabited since the Neolithic and a continuous Keltic settlement is attested since the 4th century BC.
Well, one thing z3n has said is that he was utterly disappointed with how the AI manages to defend itself--so in the next release, his CAI is actually set to defend as little as possible, and attack as much as possible. It's been a good balance, thus far, in testing. In my tests, the AI was quite aggressive, sending many stacks after me, and starting war with me at times.