'Tis the sheer awesomeness of RTW, even with it's terrible OPness, horrible inaccuracy historical-wise and other minor complaints, it's 6 years and we still play it and comment it.
I think I'll never find I game I'll like that much.
Back to the pre-ptolemaic period in egipt (see, I learned it, phoenixguard!), the only thing the egiptians were missing were those damned warhounds. It was the only thing I feared from pre-marian armies, due to their bugginess and stupidness