Mythic Entertainment has announced their new MMORPG game, Imperator, following the success of their Dark Age of Camelot game. Imperator will be a sci-fi game, set in an alternate world where Ancient Rome never fell. Here's a bit of info about the Republic as it exists in this alternate reality

The Republic is home to many planets, each containing wildly different flora, fauna, creatures, culture, and climate. As the game begins, new threats to the Republic have sprung up internally and from beyond its borders, making the galaxy more dangerous and the Republic itself less stable - an exhilarating setting for the online gamer. Over the last few decades, many themes of classical Roman history have found their way into modern science fiction and fantasy, in Imperator the architecture, beauty, nobility, and even the savagery of Rome are the heart of the game. ...