I found a really helpful list of answers on MATY of game myths. There are some that I knew were false/true, but there were some myths I didn't even know about. You can find them here: http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,3.0.html
 
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   This is one of the custom lots I recently downloaded. It's a small roman starter homan...and man is the inside small!!! lol I may make it larger/add a level when the family gets bigger, but it won't right now because Caractus Doli has been selected for execution at the colliseum. Currently he has two boys with another child on the way with Mariam (Froder) Doli.

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This was Caractus and Mariam when they were teens.

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   This is Noel and Vallah Froder's bedroom with their dog and another family mnember's dog on their bed. I wanted to show it to you because of Adele's lovely bed and armoir.

Below are pictures of their estate including the gardens I put together with the first custom foliage I've ever downloaded.

 
   I got all of these from Modthesims.info. Please, press the Thank! button for the downloads to support all of these great creators! And most importantly, please read all of the downloading information before you download! If you still have questions you should check the comments section. Happy Simming!
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Invisible Driveway & Extension
I found there are many of these on the website, but I picked this one because it had the extension and it had been downloaded the most times.
http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=90875

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  As always,The Dark Project has plenty of wonderful old fashioned/Medieval items including this Gate Garage Door, which would look great in my Roman Palace.

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Recolors of the Diving Board, Chinese Doors and more!
Yay! I'm so glad I found this diving board recolor! These are also in The Dark Project.

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NPC Vehicle Horse & Carriage Default Recolors

There are some awesome old-timey defaults for all of the different NCP vehicles. The original is down below, but I'm using the recolors because I thought the white carriage school bus looked too upperclass to show up at all of my poor sims houses. haha. Each vehicle is different for the different workers. Yay! As a note, only download one of the sets as they both contain meshes and one will conflict with the other since they're defaults. IMPORTANT NOTE: YOU NEED THE HORSE MESH DOWN BELOW FOR THE VEHICLES TO WORK CORRECTLY!

Here are the original one's by Hexameter. Here's the link for the school bus and gardener, but you can find the other's by looking on the "Related" tab.
http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=278910
http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=276714

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Custom Horse Sounds for the Carriages
You can download these sounds regardless of which carriages you download since they override the regular vehicle sounds. But you can still use the carriages even if you don't want to download the sounds. http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=121761

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Brown & Other Recolors of the Traditional School Bus
If you want to make the school bus look less obviously modern, but not download the other vehicles you can get this brown default recolor (as well as other colors if you want them, but just download one).

 
 
Antoinette Hair by Adele: http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=263465
Wood Recolor of Trashcan: http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=231132
Wood Recolor of Card Table: http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=231241
Wood Recolor of Mailbox: http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=231137
Medieval Animal Skin Bedding: http://www.thesimsresource.com/artists/simaddict99/downloads/details/category/sims2/id/210912
Roman Style Stone Seat/Bench: http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=97633
Persianesque Living Room: http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=287185
     Recolor: http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=295426
Amelia Set: http://www.modthesims.info/d/292115
Xavier Set (Love it!!): http://www.modthesims.info/d/294379
Regal Dining Set: http://www.modthesims.info/d/286672
Ornate Chinese Set: http://www.modthesims.info/d/280402
Victorian Gothic Set: http://www.modthesims.info/d/299075
Set of Parchment Wallpapers: http://www.modthesims.info/d/277283
Set of Adele's Wall Coverings: http://www.modthesims.info/d/294859
Odette Build Set: http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=326535
Monte Carlo Bedroom: http://www.parsimonious.org/furniture2/pages/k8-Monte_Carlo.html
     Recolors: http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=260977
Tarox's Site: http://www.tarox4sims2.de/verschie.html
     Lots - Themed: http://www.tarox4sims2.de/
     Recolors of Tarox's Meshes: http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=198211
Roman-Looking Medieval Stone Set for Outdoor & Indoor: http://blackypanther.de/include.php?path=content/download.php&contentid=2346
 
Mods I Recently Downloaded:
Relationship Decay Fix (good for bigger families or popularity sims): http://drupal.cyjon.net/node/387
Bigger Families Mod: http://drupal.cyjon.net/node/141
Stop guests from complaining that you invited them over but didn't let them sleep: http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=342467

I didn't download the 8 Day Teen mod yet, but I probably will. You can find it here: http://drupal.cyjon.net/node/60. It would make teen grow up slightly faster and reduce the amount of time I have to play a household to get them to grow up which in turn would help me go through the challenge faster (not that much faster, but fast enough so that I don't die before i finish it!)

More useful downloads for historical themes!
Mini-Fridge that works as a regular fridge: http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=96010
Mahogany Freetime Nursery Recolors: http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=342467