I just read on the RTR forums...

[Dayve]

That in their next version, 7.0, when the Marius reforms take place, Gaius Marius is going to appear with a legion!

I was under the impression you couldn't make historic generals appear one a campaign had started?

[Cheexsta]

It says that? Heh, I need to read the 7.0 threads more...

Anyway, yes you can make specific characters appear, however they won't join your family tree. It'd be sorta like recruiting a general in BI.

However, I don't know all the details on this 7.0 feature so I can't really say for sure what's happening.

[Dayve]

Well i took your advice and looked for the platinum version of 6.0, and in my search i happened to come across a RTR 7.0 thread which i happened to enter just to see what 7.0 would have and just happened to skim through and see something like: "What better for the Marian reforms than to have Marius himself appear with a legion!?" Along those lines... Don't ask me where i found it, the RTR forums are big and i haven't been there in a year.

[Dooz]

Don't ask me where i found it, the RTR forums are big and i haven't been there in a year.

A year of playing EB . Just sayin!

[amritochates]

Rtr 7.0- Bi

Eb 0.8- Rtw1.5

[Avicenna]

Maybe it's like the Slavs, Romano-British, RE rebels and Ostrogoths spawning? It's BI after all.