A greeting and I hope to be welcome.
Italy at that time was rich in metals, and agriculture. The mining part of the peninsula used by the Etruscans and then by the Romans was the Maremma. The first Etruscan mines were on the island of Elba and in Gavorrano (Pyrite). The climate was different than now, was the "Roman Warm Period." The second was the "Medieval Warm Period" Only when Rome expanded much had the need to use the fertile plains of northern Africa. They arose in that period several Castrum to defend the barns now called Tunisia Algeria and Libya KSAR which derives from the Latin Castrum. From KSAR result, the words ALKA'ZAR in Spanish, Portuguese ALCA'CER, and CASSERO in modern Italian The granary of the empire was for many years the north africa. The beginning of Rome, moreover, came with the League of farms on the Tiber. Throughout Italy there are old remains of farms Republican expansionary period. For the stone the areas used were for the TIVOLI Travertine, the Apennines to the sandstone; Lazio was an open quarry of tufa and pozzolana to mix the burnt lime to make the first concrete.
On this occasion I congratulate you for the work you are doing with the historical tuning of the game.
PS. Sorry for my English