Oh crap! I modified your message instead of posting a new one! I am sorry, man, I am so sorry.
I will restore it as soon as possible, my apologies.
My post, after yours:
Ah yes, I was rather shocked when I first jumped in to the game. I couldn't even buy a tunic it was so expensive. I was lucky enough to find one tournament which made me relatively rich. The difficulty of the mod makes it fun though. The good thing is that the expensive armours and weapons cancel out the high amount of money you make from trading/winning tournaments.
That was my thinking, exactly.
Yeah, I like Rome Total War, but I recognise that it's quite loosely based on History. I will try a more real approach, but I will give room for innacuracies, small ones, though, mainly for Gameplay and aesthetical reasons. Thanks for the kind words, you flatter me. As for Selecudis, due to performance, I have them as far as the vertical line between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, more or less. Previously, the were stretched as far as India(well, more to the west, but you understand) but I had terrible losses at performance, and my PC is quite good. To give an idea on how big the Seleucids were, after those performance issues, I split them in half and still, the Seleucids are still one of the three biggest factions. When you have 22 that can be a problem.
About the Gauls, you are right, if nothings changes those will be and also Nervii. The Parthians have a very interesting story, much is unknow, but from the known bits, I would personally love to play as a Parthian nobleman. They covered vast territories in Asia, and thus is my dilemma on adding them to the mod. As with the Seleucids, I am afraid of performance loss.
EDIT: Ok, fixed. Oof, I was worried. Sorry for being absent minded again.