I would choose Rome. It just seems like a very enhanced and touched up version of MTW. Well, except for the AI. The best enhancement has to be the fact that provinces are no longer single shapes. Each province has roads and feels alive. Also, you no longer count provinces by the number of provinces but rather by their size (i.e. not being able to cross Lybia as quickly as you cross Alexandria). The AI definately needs improvement, though. It feels like they took the strategy map AI from MTW and just made a horrible battle map AI (units just stand in city center as my archers pick them off). I guess this would make sence if archer casualties were reduced for shield/heavy armor troops. Chariots also feel like crap. Those blades at the whiles should cut whole lines of people down. The only true melee weapon that would be able to defeat a chariot should be a large spear. They actually produce less casualties than normal cavalry! This really makes the Britons look like crap because the chariots are "supposed" to be their strong point.