Hi, I have been playing EB since the release of v0.81. After got tired of buggy M2TW, EB is simply perfect...I thank to you for this epic RTW mod.

In my Pahlava campaign, I have been at war with Seleucids for 35 years, I just captured Byzantion and will be going through Thrace and Greece. In my progression I did not recruit single Parthian HA or cataphract unit, except HA given at the start of the game, because of their high upkeep. In my campaigns I generally try to balance my taxes and upkeep cost so due to high upkeep of HAs and cataphracts I recruit Persian archers, eastern slingers or mercenary phalanxes and peltasts to fight with Seleucids and their mighty phalanx armies.
I have over 45 provinces and I am now able to recruit an army consisting of HAs and cataphracts without affecting my economy badly. I think cataphracts can only be recruited in Homeland Regions and when attacking through Makedonia and Koinon Helenon, may I able to recruit cataphracts from Byzantion, Nicaea or Anatolia? I mean now I can build government type 3 or 4 in Byzantion and after some years can Byzantion be my homeland region to build first type MIC? Or should I gather them from my starting areas(homeland regions)?
I began to play with Parthians because of their HAs and cataphracts but I have not used them in my campaign.

Sorry for my English.

Thanks for your time.