Hahaha, I wanted to do something different than the usual Tolkienesque names and Greco-Roman names evoked the right mix of gladiators and empire to me. And yeah, the equipment list is why this version took so long to finish.
For what it's worth I've done a lot of work on my mental health / perfectionism issues this past year and I don't intend on taking the game down again.
I hope you appreciate that the Faster Combat variant rule is ripped directly from your blog post, haha.