This mod has millions of issues. I can live with the fact that for some reason you can't block with a gladius or that Rome is split into a bunch of different factions(civil war, hell yeah!), however the 2 things i can't forgive to this mod are the way the war system works and how small factions having literally endless resources.
Seriously.... Ever got into a war with one or multiple factions from the complete opposite end of the map? Yea. BS. Why would a bunch of african tribes wage war on me, sitting in northern europe?
Playing as one of the roman factions, you quickly notice the enormous size and army difference to barbarians. Normally, you could just play a war of attrition with these guys, since they usually have 2 cities, some forts and a few villages against your faction owning multiple of these. Yea, no. German nobles grow on the trees of the Hercynian Forest and will come at you in endless waves. You just slaughtered an entire tribe worth of enemies? Yea, guess what, in 2 days they will be back in full force and this will go on for an eternity, until you conquer all their land. And then be attacked by a faction on the opposite side of the map with 0 connections to you or your faction.
Great Job! This could be the definitive Rome mod, but it's full of crap instead.