This is such a catch-all head I´ll post my question(s) in here instead of opening a new topic. Please excuse me if some of them already have been asked and answered, but without a search function it´s impossible to find stuff.
Now, here we go:
The factions are, as we all know, assigned to different cultures, now I wonder, where is that done? And can it be changed, e.g. make a fifth Roman faction by deleting a barbarian one, or is the number of factions per culture fixed?
Is it possible to make a fifth Roman faction (roman buildings, units and all) that is not part of the Roman empire but a completely independent faction (showing in the senate diplomacy panel like any other- the initial roman faction don´t show there until outlawed), but using roman units and all?
How or where is the culture penalty defined? Can there be different penalties between different cultures (a stronger penalty for Romans conquering barbarians than Romans conquering Greeks)?