I understand you will keep the 3 roman faction system(at least for the beta). I was wondering how will you adress the historical balance issue . I mean being 3 different factions they will each fight another enemy and to avoid extermination they will each have to match it in strength. I think esp. about Carthage. They come in contact with the ex-Scipii.This will mean full Carthaginian army vs. 1/3 of roman forces. If the armies had their historical strengths(it took almost every roman soldier to defeat Carthage, esp. during the second punic war) this faction is a certain victim.If the armies of Rome were beefed up so that each faction can fight it's enemy on their own, you'd get a much stronger Rome than in reality.
So I bring to your attention the following idea(has been posted before around here but I assume you guys are too busy to go through each and every post on this forum):Unite the roman factions and keep the Senate. This way you will not be able to implement the roman internal wars, but the way I see it, EB's goal is to recreate the military and 'political' situation of around 270 B.C. and then develop into an 'alternate history' under the player's control.And in that period Rome was united.