okay.. im having a similar problem..

i have gold aswell..

this is what i did.. i uninstalled rome and Bi, then i reinstalled Rome(gold) without the Bi Disk included, then i installed patch 1.2, then installed EB 7.2..

when i start the game.. i get

error

script error in data/descr_sm_settlements.txt, at line 304, column 1.

expected culture type, found nomad

any help is greatly appreciated..