Originally Posted by largh 
More than the male-female issue, I was expecting an outrage against racism. As far as I have understood, the Romans were among the more (or most) racistic cultures in the history. Have they really handled that side so well that there is no internet raging against the devs?
Are you sure? I've often head they were a mixed culture and very tolerant about that. Very pragmatic, actually, if you could prove your worth, it didn't matter what background you had.
Of course, if you were a slave, you had to be freed first.