modding isn't the problem. it's just something CA did to the patch. don't ask me why. there's a thread about this in the apothecary, you might want to check it out. there is a solution, although it is a rather complicated one.

let this be a warning to everyone: once you patched rome, never, ever, uninstall it. it really is a pain in the ass to reinstall it and get it running again. i've been busy for at least three hours and i still haven't managed to get rome running again.