I think the game should last until 117 AD, the height of the Roman Empire under Trajan.

[White-Tip]

I think the game lasting longer would allow players to do more things, and it would also involve Christianity, which would make the game more interesting by giving you a choice; embrace the new faith, or attempt to snuff it out.
What do you guys think?

[jomigaru]

Absolutely... but there is a problem: there is no content/challenges for the late game. Not even with mods like Invictus.

[galadon3]

Pretty much the problem, the game rather needs EARLIER starting dates, historically rome was never in real danger after the second punic war, even the mithridatic wars wich were a danger to its standing in the east, were so mostly because internal roman political struggles were mixed in.
If you'd go with a later starting date, romes basic strengths would need to be nerfed down in those, unless every later starting date would just be more boring playing rome, and more struggle playing anybody else.
Even the 3rd century stuff with the gaulic and palmyran empires breaking out of rome for a while would be not really hard to master as rome with how the game works.

[White-Tip]

Originally posted by jomigaru:

Absolutely... but there is a problem: there is no content/challenges for the late game. Not even with mods like Invictus.

Depends on your skill level, and in that department, I'm lacking.

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Originally posted by galadon3:

Pretty much the problem, the game rather needs EARLIER starting dates, historically rome was never in real danger after the second punic war

But the game takes place before the second Punic war.

[galadon3]

Originally posted by Plazza:

Originally posted by galadon3:

Pretty much the problem, the game rather needs EARLIER starting dates, historically rome was never in real danger after the second punic war

But the game takes place before the second Punic war.

Yes and the point about later starting dates (the logical next one would be the punic wars) is that besides one for just the clash carthage - rome would just be more and more rome-dominated.
And the game as is already has a pretty OP Rome that doesn't really has to fear much unless a player goes straight for it with one of the more powerfull nations.

At least I guess you are talking about more starting dates, since just making the game-time longer doesn't do anything you couldn't already have, after all you can play on after the end-date, it just disables achievements.