Mediterranea

• The geography is the Mediterranean basin and northwestern Europe, rather than Britain.
• The period starts somewhat later (around the start of Turn 6 in Britannia) but the ending date is about the same.
• There are no high quality ("cavalry" or "Roman") armies, but all armies have three movement points.
• There is no defensive terrain, but Byzantium acts as defensive terrain for the Byzantines.
• Leaders effectively have infinite movement, and are much more powerful in combat.
• Only nations with ships can move between sea areas.
• Many nations become settled, this means that once they occupy an area they cannot abandon it by moving out. (They can still retreat.)
• There are more nations, leading to longer turns. On the other hand there are fewer turns, so a game should take about the same time in total.
• There are no stacking limits.
• Overpopulation limits include units at sea, and units in off-map arrival areas. They don't apply in between double moves ("major invasions" in Britannia).
• Not all nations score victory points on the same turns.
• Nations start with one-third of a unit of population increase.
• Attackers retreat before defenders, and retreat of only some units in a combat is legal.
• A single army of each of two nations may coexist in an area by mutual agreement. (This complicates combats, since some battles have more than one defending nation.)
• Balancing is achieved by comparing victory points earnt in the game against historical achievements. Factions are only approximately balanced.

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