Roma Surrectum

[Mythos_Ruler]

I like that Greece has so many regions. It makes sense to me. After all, Spartans, Makedonians, Epeirotes, Aetolians, and the Achaeans all fought for control of the area. Korinthos, Orchomenos, and a lot of other cities traded hands many times in the span of about 100 years. At one point Kydonia in Crete joined the Aetolian League. There was so much going on in this period that it's a shame it is not talked about more. The image of Greece is always about Athens vs. Sparta vs. Thebes vs. Athens, when reality, especially in this period, was much much more complicated than that. I would go as far as make twice as many regions in Greece, but halve their denarii output and halve their population growth and lower their loyalty significantly (so there are more rebellions). Make the region a real bear to conquer and control.

if I had my way I would make a full mod of my own with these facts in mind, focusing only on the Eastern Mediterranean, the Diadochi and lesser Greek states. My factions would be:

Kingdom of Macedon
Kingdom of Lysimachos (Hellenistic Thrakians/Odrysians)
Kingdom of the Attalids (Pergamon)
Kingdom of Epeiros (have Pyrrhos scripted to emerge at some point)
Kingdom of Seleukos
Kingdom of Ptolemy (owns a few cities here and there and mostly tries to bribe different factions off)
Aetolian League
Achaean League
Island of Rhodes
Athens
Sparta
Galatians (script them to invade from the North at some point and attempt to settle in Asia Minor)
Kingdom of Bithynia
Illyrians
Pontos (mostly pretty weak at first, but a bit player)
Republic of Rome (scripted to invade from the West at some point)
Rebel Cities Greeks
Rebel Cities Barbarians

That would be awesome. The map would be Greece proper, Southern Balkans, Thrake, the Aegean islands, Crete, and most of Asia Minor to about Cilicia, and include all kinds of rebel and independent cities. City loyalty would be difficult to maintain. The loyalty bonus to massacres would be reduced (if possible, but perhaps this is hardcoded).