Quote Originally Posted by Bootsiuv
BTW, I agree that Syrakousai and Massilia are two completely different powers.

If you include Massilia, then arguments could be made for any greek colony....How about Emporion as a faction? :P
Quote Originally Posted by Krusader
Massilia is a pretty bad choice compared to many other factions in terms of military, influence and importance, so the EB team scrapped it.
Errm. Krusader is a member, so Massilia is quite definitely not going to be in EB II. Fortunately no member has said anything about Syracuse so we can still continue to speculate their inclusion.

:edit: Corrected the quote.