Ah, wow. Thanks a bunch.

In addition to the hordes of the Alemanii disappearing, the hordes of the Barbarian tribes of the Saxons, Jutes, Sevii, and Thurginians disappeared as well (all the green player nations).

Sure, but only one of my nations became an empire. The other 4 were still barbarian hordes...

I just bought this game and despite warnings about the learning curve I've found things to be pretty smooth going (just a bit of trial and error). I do have one issue though that I haven't been able to figure out. I started off the main campaign as the green player on fantasia. Using the Alemanii I ...