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Nice little expansion to an already deep and time consuming "game". With the $10 price tag, I'm afraid it will join "Sword of Islam" for the Christmas Sale for this gamer.

Ehm.....about this bit: "none other than the Byzantine, the Holy Roman Empire."

That reads to me like you're saying the Eastern Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire is also known as the Holy Roman Empire....which is of course not true. Might want to tweak that ^^

Or I'm just being stupid, that could be the case xD

The Roman Empire (31 bce–476 ce in the West, and to 1453 in the East) is pretty self-explanatory: It was the empire whose capital was Rome. At its height it stretched from Scotland to the Persian Gulf and all the way around the Mediterranean. But it was always centered on Rome, right? Not so fast.

In 330 ce, the Emperor Constantine, the first emperor to convert to Christianity, moved the capital east to Byzantium and changed its name to Constantinople (a.k.a. Istanbul). Why Constantinople? Because if you’re going to found a capital city, you might as well show some good old-fashioned Christian humility and name it after yourself. In the fourth century, the empire officially split in two, with Rome being one capital and Constantinople the other. Then, when Rome was sacked in 476 ce, the western half ceased to be. So Rome was no longer part of the Roman Empire. As for the Holy Roman Empire, you may remember the Mike Myers “Coffee Talk” bit (cribbed from Voltaire) on Saturday Night Live: “The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy nor Roman nor an empire. Discuss.” Well, that’s mostly true.

On Christmas Day, 800 ce, the pope revived the Roman title of emperor and bestowed it on Charlemagne. That’s where the “Roman” comes from. But the empire (like Charlemagne) was really Germanic. In fact, it was considered the first German Reich (the second stretched from the unification under Bismarck through World War I. And let’s not get into the third one). Charlemagne’s successors would eventually rule most of Central Europe, including modern-day Germany, Poland, Austria, the Czech Republic, the Low Countries, parts of France and Italy, and more. The term "Holy Roman Empire" did not come into use until the 10th Century.

Until its official dissolution in 1806, the Holy Roman Empire was never a single unified state, but more a hodgepodge of hundreds of kingdoms and principalities unified under the Holy Roman emperor, who sometimes inheredited the job and sometimes was elected to it.

Two dynasties stand out as rulers of the empire. The Hohenstaufens led the empire during the Crusades. In fact, it was because of the Crusades that Frederick II dubbed his empire “Holy.” In the 13th century, however, the Hohenstaufens were replaced by the Hapsburgs, who were all over the thrones of Europe for the next 800 years or so. In the process, they won the award for Most Thoroughly Inbred Royal Family Ever.

Sorry. Long answer to short question:)

Well there was no need for that! xD

I clearly know all that hero, why on earth would you think I didn't? This is my Empire! I know stuff about the dear old Romans :P

Well, *shuffles feet* there are other readers here...
It was certainly not meant to be a lecture, my dear fellow but you did raise a question, did you not?

No I didn't, I just said the Byzantine Empire isn't the same as the Holy Roman empire and that the way that was written it made me think that's what they meant! There aint no question mark there!

You are a silly person that just likes to talk about interesting things ^^

Mind you, I like it when you do that!

I know. What can I say, my son tells me this all the time:)
I think the question was in your last line, dear chap. I was merely giving substance to your argument.
*door knocks* Hang on there, there are some guys in white coats outside with a large white van parked in the drive. Help?

Oh well, see you on visitor's day mate!

This is how the release reads:
"Legacy of Rome will be a breath of hot, spiced, Mediterranean fresh air into the deliciously dark world of Crusader Kings II. With it, the Byzantine Empire is receiving some tender loving care, with new factional politics and revolts, new options for generals and Orthodox patriarchs, new Byzantine-specific events and decisions, and – most excitingly - Self Improvement ambitions for your regent!"

That makes more sense, to me anyway.

"Yes, they'll actually work to be the kind of ruler you want them to be. It's as if they're on your side, or something."

^^