Great!!! I was leaning towards trying Macedonia first, but now for sure te Roman first, and who can blame me for putting off resurrecting ole Alex' dream , eh? But I have a question, and this is because of my extreme rustiness. I know how to switch from melee to ranged weapons, but how can I switch from the spear for the Early Principes to their short-swords, or can it even be done for that matter. Might just be a cool, but relatively useless sword, yes?